Senior Backend Data Engineer – Content Intelligence

• You have 5+ years of relevant engineering experience, with strong experience in backend and/or data engineering
• You have deep expertise in either backend or data engineering and are comfortable working across both disciplines
• You have experience building and scaling large-scale distributed systems
• You have strong programming experience in Java, Scala, and/or Python
• You understand how to design systems with scalability, reliability, performance, and cost in mind
• You’re comfortable taking end-to-end ownership of complex engineering problems
• You can translate technical problems into designs, RFCs, and executable engineering plans
• You communicate effectively and enjoy collaborating with engineering, product, and technical stakeholders
• You’re comfortable operating in an environment where backend, data, ML infrastructure, and AI increasingly overlap
• You’re able to participate in a shared on-call rotation
• Experience with ML infrastructure, AI/LLM systems, agents, model evaluation, or integrating model APIs at scale is a plus
• Exposure to large-scale multimedia processing, audio processing, search, or recommendation systems is a plus

Where You’ll Be

• This role is based in London or Stockholm
• 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.

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