Hybrid Backend Engineer – Core Infrastructure

at Spotify

• Job title: Backend Engineer – Core Infrastructure
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Java, Python, SQL, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Backend Engineer focusing on Storage Infrastructure and developing scalable solutions for Spotify. Engaging in high-profile projects and enhancing foundational systems for audio streaming service.

Responsibilities

• Build tools to effectively manage the fleet of storage solutions at Spotify and drive high impact optimization projects.
• Design and build systems to accomplish data storage resources migration.
• Work on a tech stack that includes backend services (Java and Python); utilities and scripts (in Python and Bash); data pipelines (in Python and SQL) and frontend that’s part of Backstage in TypeScript).
• Own and be on-call for team’s tier 1 system.

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in building highly scalable and reliable services using Java or Python
• 3+ years experience working with cloud based environments
• Familiar with cloud infrastructure technologies in the data storage space such as Google cloud storage, Bigtable, CloudSQL, Spanner, Caching technologies like memcached
• Experience with writing and querying data pipelines or building frontend solutions
• Passionate about the power of data when it comes to focusing on the right things
• Equipped with a systematic problem-solving approach coupled with effective communication skills and drive.

Benefits

• Flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.