Build and evolve backend services that power AI Fleet Management across Spotify and Portal’s external customers
Design scalable distributed systems that support safe, observable, and repeatable fleet-wide changes
Integrate AI-native capabilities into backend workflows using modern LLM tooling and agent-based automation
Develop services across a polyglot backend stack including Java, Python, and Node.js
Take ownership of well-scoped services end-to-end, including participating in operational support and on-call rotation
Collaborate with product, design, and go-to-market partners to shape practical, customer-facing platform capabilities
Contribute to strong engineering fundamentals including automated testing, observability, reliability, and continuous delivery
Help evolve internal and external APIs, SDKs, and platform primitives used daily by other engineers

3+ years of experience building backend services and distributed systems
strong experience in Java and Python and are comfortable working in a polyglot environment that includes Node.js
experience designing and operating production systems with reliability and scalability in mind
comfortable taking ownership of services from implementation through production support
care about developer experience and how APIs, tooling, and workflows are consumed
practice continuous delivery, automated testing, and clean engineering habits
communicate clearly and collaborate effectively across engineering and cross-functional teams

Backend Engineer – Platform Developer Experience

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