Backend Engineer - Platform Developer Experience

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London, Greater London, England
Hybrid
Junior
Music
The Role
Develop and maintain backend features for Spotify's developer platform while collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams and contributing to engineering practices.
Summary Generated by Built In
 What if the systems you built changed how millions of developers work — not just at Spotify, but across the industry?You’ll join the AI Fleet Management team within Platform Developer Experience. We’re building the next generation of fleet management — evolving what we’ve proven internally into a scalable experience that ships externally through Portal, Spotify’s developer platform built on Backstage.

Our platform enables engineering teams to execute safe, automated, fleet-wide changes across thousands of repositories and environments. From mature platform engineering organizations to teams investing in developer experience for the first time, we’re delivering tooling that improves reliability, automation, and developer satisfaction at scale.

If you’re excited about building systems that directly improve how developers ship and maintain software, this is your opportunity to have meaningful impact while growing your skills.

What You'll Do

  • Be a valued member of a collaborative, multi-functional team
  • Develop and maintain backend features using Java, Python, and Node.js with support from more senior engineers
  • Learn to leverage AI tools such as Claude Code and the Agent SDK to improve development workflows
  • Contribute to the reliability and maintainability of services owned by your team
  • Participate in operational support for team-owned services, learning how to troubleshoot and resolve production issues
  • Collaborate with product, design, and other engineering teams to deliver thoughtful and scalable solutions
  • Contribute to sound engineering practices such as code reviews, testing, and continuous integration
  • Grow your technical skills in an environment that supports your development

Who You Are

  • You have experience with backend development, including coding, testing, and debugging
  • You are comfortable working with languages such as Java, Python, or Node.js
  • You understand the fundamentals of software engineering practices such as version control, automated testing, and continuous integration
  • You care about user experience and understand how backend systems impact end users
  • You are curious and eager to learn new technologies, including AI-powered development tools
  • You communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with teammates across disciplines
  • Bonus points if you’ve contributed to open-source projects or built personal projects that demonstrate your interest in backend or platform engineering

Where You'll Be

  • This role is based in London
  • 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.

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. 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.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.

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.

Top Skills

Ai Tools
Java
Node.js
Python
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The Company
HQ: Stockholm
9,574 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in Sweden in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 50m tracks for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including offline mode, improved sound quality, and an ad-free music listening experience.

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