Backend Engineer

Description

ATC is the squad behind Spotify’s perimeter systems — the critical edge layer that connects millions of users to Spotify every second. Sitting within the Infrastructure product area, this team focuses on building a robust, scalable, and transparent networking layer that just works for engineers across Spotify.

From handling massive traffic at the edge to protecting Spotify from external threats, the team plays a key role in keeping the platform reliable and secure. You’ll work closely with engineers across Spotify to design systems that scale effortlessly while continuously improving how we manage and protect traffic at a global level.

What You'll Do

• Work closely with your squad to own and evolve Spotify’s perimeter infrastructure, handling traffic between clients and backend services at massive scale
• Design, build, and maintain systems that automate and simplify cloud networking, provisioning, and monitoring
• Contribute to distributed systems by writing, reviewing, and improving production-grade code
• Help enhance traffic protection capabilities, including DDoS mitigation and scraping prevention
• Partner with engineers across Spotify to design reliable, scalable services and improve platform usability
• Run disaster recovery exercises and prepare systems for real-world failure scenarios
• Troubleshoot complex system behaviors and continuously improve performance and resilience
• Take part in an on-call rotation and support the operational health of the services your team owns

Who You Are

• You have experience working with Kubernetes and understand networking fundamentals across multiple layers of the stack
• You are comfortable operating and debugging distributed systems in production environments
• You have strong coding skills in at least one programming language and are open to learning others such as Java or C++
• You are experienced with systems like load balancing, monitoring, or configuration management
• You care about software engineering practices such as testing, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
• You enjoy solving complex problems and are curious about how systems behave under the hood
• You are comfortable working in a distributed team and collaborating across locations
• You bring a thoughtful and methodical approach to solving infrastructure challenges

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

Learn about life at Spotify

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.

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 - 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.