Senior Software Engineer, Audiobooks Mission
Spotify
Expired
Job Category
Information Technology
Overview
Posted :
2023-04-13
Description
Engineering
Backend
The Audiobooks Mission is a team in the Product & Technology organization passionate about the ecosystem and strategies of Audiobooks on Spotify. We work across both the creator and consumer audiobooks ecosystems, in order to get the best possible product to market with the best possible content.
Location
New York or Remote ESTAmericas
Job type
Permanent
Spotify is looking for a backend engineer to join the Voices team at Findaway! You will work with our team to improve and evolve the Voices platform and infrastructure to provide the best experience for independent authors and narrators. You will ensure that Voices is modern, stable, fast, and extensible to set us up for the future. Your attention to detail and process will make the entire audiobook journey from production to distribution and reporting smooth and accurate.
What you'll do
- Be a technical leader of the Voices Python backend systems by maintaining and advancing them.
- Deploy well-tested, maintainable and scalable software solutions.
- Collaborate with other engineers to architect and realize the best version of Voices.
- Mentor newer engineers, promote and participate in continuous learning to elevate the entire team.
- Ensure that we have insights into the health of our systems and deployments, freeing us to iterate quickly with confidence.
- Embrace and improve our standards and processes to reduce friction and unlock efficiency.
Who you are
- You're proficient in Python and Django Rest Framework, with a strong foundation in SQL.
- You have a passion for writing code as well as understanding and crafting the ways systems interact.
- You have experience deploying to and implementing solutions in AWS.
- You believe in the benefits of agile processes and shipping done code often.
- You are pragmatic and work to coalesce requirements into reasonable solutions that provide value.
- You believe in iteration and know that finding the right solution is more important than the first.
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: https://lifeatspotify.com/locations
- Working hours? We operate within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration and ask that all be located in 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 our Work From Anywhere options here.
Our global benefits
Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
Learn about life at Spotify
The United States base range for this position is $156,275-$223,250, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. This range encompasses multiple levels. Leveling is determined during the interview process. Placement in a level depends on relevant work history and interview performance. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. 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.
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