Senior Backend Engineer - Subscriptions

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

Senior Backend Engineer for Spotify's Subscriptions Mission, focusing on building and scaling products, platforms, and business models that convert free listeners to Premium subscribers. The role involves driving acquisition, optimizing conversion, improving retention, and delivering seamless commerce experiences. The engineer will work on systems powering merchandising, personalization, and global subscription experiences, leveraging data to enhance user value and retention for Spotify's 700M+ MAU and 290M+ Premium subscribers.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and scale the products, platforms, and business models that convert free listeners into lifelong Premium subscribers.
  2. Drive acquisition, optimize conversion, improve retention, and deliver seamless commerce experiences that fuel Spotify’s growth.
  3. Build the systems that power merchandising, personalization, and seamless subscription experiences at global scale.
  4. Shape how users discover value and choose to stay with Spotify.

Skills

Required

  • backend engineering
  • subscriptions
  • commerce
  • personalization
  • data-driven decision making
  • global scale systems

Nice to have

  • experience with large-scale consumer products
  • experience in growth or retention initiatives