Spotify

Backend Engineer II – Native Ads – Music

Spotify

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $125,300 - $179,000 per year

About the role

  • Design, build, and operate backend services and large-scale data pipelines that power Native Ads forecasting, supply allocation, and campaign delivery optimization.
  • Develop and maintain the data infrastructure behind ML forecasting models that predict campaign reach, clicks, conversions, and supply availability across segments, surfaces, and markets.
  • Build systems that enable forecasting at scale; supporting bulk buying workflows, multi-subcampaign budget allocation, and high-throughput forecast serving for internal and external customers.
  • Contribute to supply optimization systems including campaign pacing, business-aware supply allocation, and auction infrastructure to maximize delivered revenue and yield.
  • Collaborate with data scientists and ML engineers to productionize prediction models, build feature pipelines, and ensure model outputs are reliable and observable in production.
  • Help drive improvements to data quality, pipeline reliability, and system observability across the forecasting and delivery stack.
  • Work in a cross-functional, agile squad alongside product managers, data scientists, and other engineers to continuously experiment, iterate, and deliver on squad objectives.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of professional experience in backend engineering, with meaningful exposure to data engineering or ML infrastructure.
  • Proficient in at least one backend language such as Java, Scala, or Python, and have experience building services and data pipelines that operate at scale.
  • Experience with distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Scio, Apache Beam, Spark, Flink, or Dataflow) and are comfortable working with large-volume, heterogeneous datasets.
  • Familiarity with cloud data platforms, ideally GCP, including tools like BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, and Dataflow.
  • Understanding of data modeling, pipeline orchestration, and the tradeoffs between batch and streaming architectures.
  • Care about data quality, system reliability, and building infrastructure that downstream consumers can trust.
  • Excitement to work at the boundary of backend systems and data/ML, eager to deepen skills in both areas.
  • Thrive in collaborative, cross-functional environments and comfortable navigating ambiguity as requirements evolve.
  • Growth mindset and energized by the prospect of seeing work directly impact how artists promote their music to millions of listeners.
Benefits
  • health insurance
  • six month paid parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • monthly meal allowance
  • 23 paid days off
  • 13 paid flexible holidays
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Hard Skills & Tools
backend engineeringdata engineeringML infrastructureJavaScalaPythondistributed data processingdata modelingpipeline orchestrationbatch and streaming architectures
Soft Skills
collaborationcross-functional teamworkadaptabilitygrowth mindsetproblem-solvingcommunicationdata quality focussystem reliabilityeagerness to learnnavigating ambiguity