The Subscriptions Mission is shaping the future of how millions of people discover, purchase, and experience Spotify Premium. We build the platforms and tools that power Spotify's global subscription business, enabling new offers, pricing strategies, and commerce experiences that help our business move quickly while delivering exceptional experiences for listeners.
Join the Monaco squad, where we create the internal products that enable Spotify teams to launch, configure, and manage Premium offers with confidence. From subscriptions and prepaid products to pricing updates and promotional campaigns, our tools support business-critical operations through intuitive experiences, trusted workflows, and reliable platform services.
As a Fullstack Engineer, you'll develop end-to-end solutions spanning modern web applications, backend services, and data platforms. Working closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and business partners, you'll help create the tools that enable Spotify's global subscription business to innovate safely, efficiently, and at scale.
What You'll Do
Build end-to-end features across modern web applications, backend services, and data platforms that support Spotify's global subscription business.
Create intuitive internal products that enable business teams to launch, configure, and manage Premium offers through secure, guided workflows.
Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services that power subscriptions, prepaid products, pricing, promotions, and the offer lifecycle.
Develop GraphQL and gRPC APIs that connect frontend applications with distributed platform services.
Design efficient database schemas, implement data migrations, and optimize application performance using PostgreSQL.
Build secure, reliable, and auditable systems that support business-critical financial operations and SOX-compliant approval workflows.
Collaborate with engineers across the Subscriptions Mission to evolve shared platform capabilities, improve developer experience, and increase platform reliability.
Write maintainable, well-tested code while contributing to technical design, architecture discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement.
Participate in an on-call rotation to help maintain the reliability and availability of services powering Spotify Premium.
Who You Are
You have experience building and delivering production software across both frontend and backend technologies.
You have experience developing scalable backend services using modern Java, with Java 17+ experience being a plus.
You have built modern web applications using TypeScript, React, and Next.js.
You have experience designing or consuming GraphQL APIs and enjoy building schema-driven applications.
You have worked with gRPC services and Protocol Buffers, or you're excited to deepen your expertise in distributed systems.
You have hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or another relational database, including schema design, migrations, and query optimization.
You care about writing reliable, maintainable, and well-tested software that delivers long-term value.
You enjoy partnering with engineers, designers, product managers, and business stakeholders to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.
You have a passion for simplifying complex workflows and creating intuitive experiences for internal users.
Experience with tools such as jOOQ, Flyway, Apollo GraphQL, DataLoader, Styled Components, Storybook, TanStack Query, Tailwind CSS, Material UI, or similar technologies will help you ramp up quickly.
Experience building commerce platforms, subscription products, pricing systems, distributed systems, or large-scale platform modernization initiatives is beneficial.
Where You'll Be
We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the EMEA region as long as we have a work location.
This team operates within the Central European and GMT time zones for collaboration.
Skills Required
- Production fullstack development across frontend and backend
- Experience developing scalable backend services using modern Java
- Experience with Java 17+
- Built modern web applications using TypeScript, React, and Next.js
- Designing or consuming GraphQL APIs
- Experience with gRPC services and Protocol Buffers
- Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL including schema design, migrations, and query optimization
- Ability to write maintainable, well-tested code and participate in code reviews and architecture discussions
- Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation to maintain service reliability
- Experience with tools such as jOOQ, Flyway, Apollo GraphQL, DataLoader, Styled Components, Storybook, TanStack Query, Tailwind CSS, Material UI
- Experience building commerce platforms, subscription products, pricing systems, or distributed systems
Spotify Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Spotify and has not been reviewed or approved by Spotify.
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Flexible Benefits — Employees consistently praise the total compensation package beyond base salary, highlighting a mix of RSUs, cash incentives, and stipends alongside core pay. The package is described as flexible and customizable through equity choices (e.g., RSUs, options, cash) that can be tailored for long-term wealth building.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are repeatedly highlighted as substantial, including generous vacation, paid sick days, volunteer time, and flexible holidays. These policies are framed as a meaningful part of the overall rewards experience beyond salary.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and mental health support. Additional employer contributions to HSAs are cited as strengthening the overall health and wellness value proposition.
Spotify Insights
What We Do
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