Senior Backend Engineer – Surfaces

📋 Description

• Take charge of and enhance the primary experimentation service, crafting agentic workflows that streamline experiment setup, configuration, and validation across various backend systems.

• Create and manage API-first orchestration layers that facilitate coordination between experimentation and content delivery systems.

• Develop and incorporate LLM-driven workflows into robust, production-ready infrastructure, including planner, generator, and validator architectural patterns.

• Establish and maintain SLOs and SLAs for experimentation infrastructure, fostering a strong culture of reliability and operational excellence.

• Collaborate closely with content, feature, and platform teams to expand automated experimentation patterns across an increasing array of surfaces and configurations.

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve bottlenecks in experiment orchestration to guarantee swift and dependable workflows.

• Work across squads to continuously enhance how experimentation and evaluation are conducted across Spotify Surfaces.

• Participate in architectural decisions that bolster system scalability, observability, and maintainability.

⛳️ Requirements

• You possess experience in building and managing large-scale backend systems that support high-traffic user experiences.

• You are comfortable utilizing AI-assisted tools to create high-quality software.

• You have a solid background in distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architecture.

• You understand how to design systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and reliability.

• You are a product-focused engineer who excels at the crossroads of infrastructure, AI, and experimentation.

• You have experience translating conceptual architectures into scalable, production-ready code.

• You are at ease collaborating across multiple teams and engaging with cross-functional partners.

• You prioritize creating maintainable systems that support rapid iteration and experimentation.

• You are driven by the desire to transform fragmented, manual processes into streamlined, automated workflows.

• You have experience defining and working with SLOs, SLAs, and observability tools.

• Familiarity with LLMs, agent frameworks, or A/B testing infrastructure is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• 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