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Spotify

Senior Backend Engineer – Advertising

Spotify

Senior Backend Engineer on Advertising Product & Technology team building Java services for ad auction and ranking decisions at scale. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve user and advertiser experience.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
JavaScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Architect, develop, and operate Java services that power real-time ad auction and ranking decisions at massive scale.
  • Build and maintain the services that conduct scoring, filtering, and selecting winning ads across slot types, formats, and multiple demand sources.
  • Design and evolve auction mechanics including second-price logic, floor price enforcement, bid shading, and guaranteed delivery prioritization.
  • Be a technical leader and valued contributor in an autonomous, cross-functional agile team.
  • Collaborate with other engineers, product owners, and data scientists to identify and solve challenging problems.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • You have 4+ years of working experience as a Backend Engineer.
  • You have worked with Java, and ideally Scala.
  • You have experience building low-latency, high-throughput systems where milliseconds matter — ad serving, real-time bidding, auction systems, or similar domains are a plus.
  • You have written distributed, high-volume services and know how to deploy and keep them running in production.
  • You love working in an environment where you constantly experiment and iterate quickly.
  • You believe data is the most powerful tool for informed decision-making.
  • You have a deep understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms.
  • You care about quality and you know what it means to ship high quality code.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Spotify is an equal opportunity employer.
  • We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need.

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Hard Skills & Tools
JavaScalaSystem DesignData StructuresAlgorithmsDistributed SystemsHigh-Throughput SystemsAd ServingReal-Time BiddingAuction Systems
Soft Skills
CollaborationProblem SolvingAgile MethodologiesQuality Focus