The Subscriptions Mission builds and scales the products, platforms, and business models that convert free listeners into lifelong Premium subscribers. We focus on driving acquisition, optimizing conversion, improving retention, and delivering seamless commerce experiences that fuel Spotify’s growth and bring fans closer to the creators they love.
At Spotify, our Subscriptions data powers the decision engines and experiences behind our 700M+ Monthly Active Users and 290M+ Premium subscribers. You’ll join a collaborative, cross-functional team focused on building the systems that power merchandising, personalization, and seamless subscription experiences at global scale. Together, we shape how users discover value and choose to stay with Spotify.
What You Will Do
- Design, build, and run scalable Java services that power our merchandising platform and support conversion and upsell journeys
- Work closely with your squad to design backend systems, APIs, and data models on Google Cloud Platform
- Partner with product managers, data scientists, and engineers to solve meaningful technical challenges
- Improve and scale data pipelines that support experimentation, heuristics, and machine learning applications
- Contribute to architecture decisions that improve reliability, performance, and long-term maintainability
- Support production systems end-to-end, ensuring services are observable, reliable, and continuously improving
- Share knowledge through code reviews and collaboration, helping strengthen the team’s technical practices
Who You Are
- You have 5+ years of experience building backend systems using Java
- You have strong computer science fundamentals and experience working with distributed systems at scale
- You have experience designing and operating cloud-native services (e.g., GCP or AWS)
- You are comfortable designing APIs and working with partners to translate needs into scalable solutions
- You have experience running high-volume services in production and understand reliability, observability, and performance
- You collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and take ownership of complex work from idea to delivery
- You seek feedback, learn continuously, and look for ways to improve systems and how teams work together
- You have experience with technologies such as gRPC, BigQuery, Bigtable, CMS integrations, or ML-driven systems
Where You Will Be
- This role is based in London, England or Stockholm, Sweden
- 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.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience building backend systems using Java
- Experience working with distributed systems at scale
- Experience designing and operating cloud-native services (e.g., GCP or AWS)
- Experience running high-volume services in production
- Familiarity with technologies such as gRPC, BigQuery, Bigtable, CMS integrations, or ML-driven 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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