Spotify: Backend Software Engineer – New York, NY

Spotify is looking for strong technical leaders as Backend Software Engineer in New York – NY, who can join our autonomous teams and contribute to all aspects of development.

In software engineering, the terms “front end” and “back end” are distinctions which refer to the separation of concerns between a presentation layer and a data access layer respectively. The front end is an interface between the user and the back end. The front and back end may be distributed amongst one or more systems. In software architecture, there may be many layers between the hardware and end user. Each can be spoken of as having a front end and a back end. The front is an abstraction, simplifying the underlying component by providing a user-friendly interface. (wikipedia.org)

You will be joining a small team of talented developers that share a common interest in distributed backend systems, their scalability, and continued development. You will get a chance to apply these and other skills to ongoing projects and user facing products that compose your favorite music streaming service. Spotify believes in the growth and empowerment of our people. To that effect, we promote an open and proactive culture where engineers are encouraged to learn and contribute in ways outside the general coding assignment. This can include areas such as recruitment, hack projects, open source, conferences, public speaking, leadership among others. Our mission is to make all of the world’s music available to everyone, everywhere, and we want your help to it!

Backend Software Engineer Responsibilities:

• Provide technical leadership to the development team
• Work closely with Product Owners, QA, Agile Coaches and other teams in an agile environment to collaborate and influence new products
• Continuously design, develop and deploy backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability
• Measure and evaluate features and system metrics to continuously improve user experience and service performance
• Code primarily using Java and Python
• Work with technologies like Hadoop, Hive, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, RabbitMQ, etc
• Be proactive, go beyond expectations

Backend Software Engineer Requirements:

• You are fluent in multiple programming languages (dynamic or static typed)
• You have experience with Linux/Unix systems
• You have extensive experience with relational databases and key-value stores
• You are comfortable with processing and analyzing large data sets
• You have worked with distributed/scalable systems and high-volume transaction applications
• You have good understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms
• You are passionate about what you do

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