Backend Engineer, Podcast

Spotify•New York, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Podcast Mission develops strategies and builds products that serve creators and listeners interested in podcast and video content. As the #1 podcast platform in the world, we look to continue improving and scaling the experience of podcasts on Spotify. We build and maintain products like Spotify for Podcasters, Megaphone, and Chartable, and are always eager to provide creators with easy ways to increase their audiences on Spotify and give them new innovative means for monetization. Mission Control is a team within Spotify’s Podcast Platform product area, building the core infrastructure that powers how podcasts and other creator content are processed, uploaded, transformed, and distributed across Spotify. As the creator ecosystem evolves, we are expanding the systems that enable new content formats and experiences, helping creators and partners reach audiences in new ways. At the center of this work is our Distribution API — a platform that allows creators and partners to manage, distribute, and monetize content on Spotify regardless of where it is hosted. This API is becoming a key integration point for some of the world’s largest creator platforms. The team is also exploring how advances in AI can shape the next generation of creator and listener experiences, building the APIs and infrastructure that make those possibilities real.

Requirements

You have professional experience building backend systems, with strong experience in Java
You are familiar with cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS and relational databases like MySQL
You understand distributed systems and have experience building APIs or services at scale
You are comfortable moving across different parts of the stack and picking up new technologies
You use AI-powered development tools as part of your workflow to accelerate learning and delivery
You communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with teammates and external partners
You thrive in fast-paced environments and adapt well to changing priorities

Responsibilities

Build reliable backend services that power how creator content is ingested, processed, and distributed across Spotify at massive scale
Contribute to the development and evolution of the Distribution API, enabling seamless integration for creators and partners
Expand ingestion pipelines to support new and emerging forms of creator content
Build APIs and backend systems that enable AI-driven experiences and interactions across Spotify’s creator platform
Collaborate with product managers, partner teams, and stakeholders to deliver platform capabilities used across Spotify and by external partners
Participate in on-call and goalie rotations to ensure system reliability and performance
Work with senior engineers to design scalable systems supporting millions of creators and pieces of content