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Spotify

Backend Engineer – Core Infrastructure

Spotify

Backend Engineer managing Spotify’s perimeter infrastructure systems at a large scale. Collaborating with distributed teams to improve system performance and security.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudDistributed SystemsJavaKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Work with a collaborative team to improve the infrastructure systems that power Spotify’s backend
  • Build, operate, and maintain central services with a focus on reliability and scalability
  • Design and develop infrastructure tools and services used by engineering teams across Spotify
  • Work with modern technologies at scale, supporting thousands of developers and over a billion users
  • Contribute to improving system performance, availability, and resilience
  • Take part in an on-call rotation and support the services your team owns

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • experienced in building backend systems or infrastructure services
  • strong programming skills in at least one language; experience with Java is helpful
  • experience working with cloud-based environments
  • understand fundamentals of distributed systems and scalable architecture
  • care about building reliable systems and improving how they perform over time
  • enjoy learning, experimenting, and working with new technologies
  • comfortable collaborating with others across teams and locations
  • interest in networking, media delivery, or CDN systems

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • flexible to work where you work best!

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Hard Skills & Tools
Javabackend systemsinfrastructure servicescloud-based environmentsdistributed systemsscalable architecturesystem performanceavailabilityresilienceinfrastructure tools
Soft Skills
collaborationlearningexperimentationcommunication