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Backend Engineer - Core Infrastructure

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We’re looking for Backend Engineers to join Spotify’s Core Infrastructure team. You’ll help build and improve the foundational systems that power Spotify,

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EngineeringOtherBackend EngineeringDevOps & InfrastructureBackend Developer

We’re looking for Backend Engineers to join Spotify’s Core Infrastructure team. You’ll help build and improve the foundational systems that power Spotify, enabling engineers across the company to deliver reliable and scalable experiences to millions of listeners worldwide.

This team focuses on content delivery management (CDN) and the internal platform that supports it, making it easier for engineers at Spotify to build, scale, and manage global traffic efficiently.

Work with a collaborative team to improve the infrastructure systems that power Spotify’s backend

Build, operate, and maintain central services with a focus on reliability and scalability

Design and develop infrastructure tools and services used by engineering teams across Spotify

Work with modern technologies at scale, supporting thousands of developers and over a billion users

Contribute to improving system performance, availability, and resilience

Take part in an on-call rotation and support the services your team owns

You are experienced in building backend systems or infrastructure services

You have strong programming skills in at least one language and are open to learning others; experience with Java is helpful

You have experience working with cloud-based environments

You understand the fundamentals of distributed systems and scalable architecture

You care about building reliable systems and improving how they perform over time

You enjoy learning, experimenting, and working with new technologies

You are comfortable collaborating with others across teams and locations

You have an interest in networking, media delivery, or CDN systems

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

Location & Eligibility

Where is the job

London

Hybrid — some on-site time required

Who can apply

Open to applicants worldwide

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Worldwide

Listing Details

Posted: April 16, 2026
First seen: April 16, 2026
Last seen: April 30, 2026

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Scored at: April 30, 2026

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