Backend Engineer II
Spotify
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Sweden
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About the role
- Work across the stack in a cross-functional team that helps deliver a magical experience to all of our users around the world.
- Design, develop, deploy and optimize high-efficiency backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability.
- Deliver testable, maintainable, and high-quality code.
- Share knowledge, promote standard methodologies, and collaborate with equally passionate members of your team.
- Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, potentially including taking part in an on-call rotation.
- Work in an environment that thrives with diversity and one that cultivates your individual growth by exposing you to exciting problems, a network of skilled peers, and the ability to acquire new skills through various mechanisms outside your day-to-day work.
Requirements
- Have a proven understanding of Java and Python.
- You are interested in keeping up with current standard methodologies in your areas of expertise.
- You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming, and automated testing.
- You have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms, and understand how to apply them to craft pragmatic solutions.
- You are not afraid to learn new skills in order to help your team achieve its goals.
- You are passionate about your work, towards helping your team achieve its goals.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
JavaPythonbackend serviceshigh availabilitylow latencyscalabilitycontinuous deliverydefensive programmingautomated testingdata structures
Soft skills
collaborationknowledge sharingproblem-solvingpassion for workadaptabilityteamworkcommunicationindividual growthoperational responsibilitydiversity awareness