Backend
We are looking for a mid-level Fullstack Engineer to join Spotify’s Platform Developer Experience (PDX) team. We make Spotify engineers faster and more effective by driving improvements in developer flows across disciplines, and provide tools to align on engineering standards and practices. You will be working in a small, nimble team tasked with speeding up our developer experience endeavors through quick exploration of new products, incubation of new internal products or features, and pairing with other teams to bring improvements in existing products.
Locations
Stockholm
London
Job type
Permanent

What You’ll Do

• Work across the full stack (backend, frontend, data) with an emphasis on backend, to bring developer experience improvements to life.
• Design, develop, and maintain a variety of tools, systems, and resources—such as Backstage plugins, datasets, and libraries—that enhance the developer experience and our understanding of it.
• Conduct exploratory work and evaluate applicability and usefulness of introducing third party tools (most notably Generative AI solutions) into our development workflows.
• Work with engineers in other teams within the product area to implement productivity improvements in existing systems.
• Maintain and evolve datasets that are powering our developer experience metrics.

Who You Are

• You are proficient in Java, and experienced with Typescript/Javascript and Python
• You have a solid backend foundation and you feel comfortable working across the tech stack. You have a keen interest to develop your skills in new domains.
• You have experience and knowledge from a broad set of technologies and practices, for example, experimentation, UX/frontend, API design and implementation, or cloud stacks such as GCP.
• You are a generalist with a product-focused mindset, not afraid of stepping out of your role to get things done.
• Experience working in the developer experience space and familiarity with productivity frameworks and metrics would be a bonus.

Where You’ll Be

• This role is based in Stockholm (Sweden) or London (UK)
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.

Our global benefits
Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
Learn about life at Spotify
You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 500 million users.
Learn more about our cultur

• Work across the full stack (backend, frontend, data) with an emphasis on backend, to bring developer experience improvements to life.
• Design, develop, and maintain a variety of tools, systems, and resources—such as Backstage plugins, datasets, and libraries—that enhance the developer experience and our understanding of it.
• Conduct exploratory work and evaluate applicability and usefulness of introducing third party tools (most notably Generative AI solutions) into our development workflows.
• Work with engineers in other teams within the product area to implement productivity improvements in existing systems.
• Maintain and evolve datasets that are powering our developer experience metrics