Senior Backend Engineer - Commerce Platform

Spotify Spotify · Consumer · London, United Kingdom +1 · Subscriptions R&D

Senior Backend Engineer role focused on building and operating the backend systems for Spotify's global commerce platform, including purchases, billing, invoicing, and payments. The role involves designing and developing scalable distributed systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and improving system performance and reliability.

What you'd actually do

  1. Design and build scalable backend systems that power Spotify’s internal commerce platform
  2. Develop and evolve services and data pipelines supporting invoicing, receipts, and payment flows
  3. Work on complex, high-scale distributed systems that handle millions of transactions daily
  4. Collaborate with cross-functional partners across engineering, product, and data to deliver seamless user experiences
  5. Contribute to architectural decisions that shape the future of Spotify’s commerce ecosystem

Skills

Required

  • backend systems design
  • distributed systems
  • data pipelines
  • payments
  • billing
  • invoicing

Nice to have

  • system performance
  • reliability
  • observability