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Backend Engineer - Podcaster Mission (Remote Eligible - Americas)
Spotify, United States
Experience
1 Year
Salary
Job Type
Job Shift
Job Category
Traveling
No
Career Level
Telecommute
Qualification
As mentioned in job details
Total Vacancies
1 Job
Posted on
Mar 13, 2021
Last Date
Apr 13, 2021
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Job Description
About the Podcaster mission
Spotify is a global community of over 250 million music fans and artists, and now podcasters. It’s always been our mission to make audio more accessible, and create a new and wonderful way for creators and fans to connect with each other.
The Podcaster Mission is the team within Spotify responsible for building the best tools for podcast creators. We have two platforms that help us do that: Anchor (the platform that allows you to create, distribute, monetize, and grow a podcast, all for free) and Spotify for Podcasters (the platform that makes it easy to understand and engage with your listeners on Spotify).
We’ve done a lot already, and we have no plans of slowing down. Come help us build the future of podcasting!What you'll do- Build out the Node.js server that powers Anchor’s mobile and web apps, in a way that can simultaneously serve huge volumes of concurrent users
- Help to provision and manage every part of Anchor’s cloud infrastructure, from file storage to web and database servers
- Architect and implement the front- and back-ends of both public-facing and internal websites
- Work closely with Anchor’s data and write efficient queries against it
- Design and build out our infrastructure for scalability, using techniques such as serverless components (e.g. AWS Lambda)
- See projects through from conception to launch
- Keep code maintainable through extensive documentation and automated tests
- Support other people to "level-up" or raise the capabilities of the team in their domain
Who you are- You have a sense of humor
- You have experience building web apps (back- and front-end)
- You have experience writing highly optimized SQL
- You are fluent in Javascript, HTML, and CSS, and have a deep understanding of REST
- You have a solid understanding of Unix-based operating systems
- You get excited about challenging problems and have a love for clean code
- You have a strong foundation in object-oriented programming, data structures, and design patterns
- You have a familiarity with git
- You possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
- You have a persistent/determined work ethic and a willingness to try anything and everything
- You are interested in podcasts, radio, or audio in general
- You have the ability to work well with cross-functional teams
Where you'll be- We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them!
- Where in the world? For this role, it can be within the Americas region in which we have a work location and is within working hours
- Working hours? We operate within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration and ask that all be located that time zone
- Prefer an office to work from home instead? Not a problem! We have plenty of options for your working preferences. Find more information about about our Work From Anywhereoptions here.
You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 345 million users.
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Spotify
Information Technology and Services - San Jose, United States