Senior Engineer

As a Senior Engineer in the Smooth Operator squad, you will drive end-to-end delivery of scalable, reusable systems that power Spotify’s content and catalog operations. You’ll put your T-shaped skill set to work across the stack - building intuitive internal tools, implementing robust backend workflows, and shaping platform capabilities that advance moderation, IP protection, and catalog quality. Your work directly supports Spotify’s mission to ensure a safe, high-quality content ecosystem for creators, partners, and listeners.

What You’ll Do

• Build Operational Tooling:
• Design, implement, and iterate on internal user interfaces and content-management tools that improve visibility, streamline review workflows, and support compliance and provider self-service.
• Deliver Robust Backend Workflow Execution:
• Develop reliable, auditable orchestration of complex content actions—such as takedowns, geoblocking, relocations, and metadata adjustments—across multiple backend systems and services.
• Integrate Across Domains:
• Consolidate actioning logic, evolve shared workflows, and enable moderation and review support for emerging content types by integrating with existing platforms and backend systems.
• Drive Technical Quality:
• Champion engineering best practices, uphold system reliability and performance standards, and contribute to architectural decision-making across the squad.
• Collaborate and Influence:
• Partner closely with product, design, data science, legal, and operations to define requirements, shape roadmaps, and deliver solutions that meaningfully improve content operations at scale.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of experience as a full stack engineer building and maintaining production systems.
• Experienced in designing and developing backend applications in Java. Deep proficiency in React, and TypeScript and are passionate about delivering end-to-end experiences and software architecture across the front-end, back-end, and the APIs that glue them together
• You are fluent with modern cloud/platform tooling (preferably GCP: GKE, Pub/Sub, managed storage)
• Strong system-design, problem-solving, and debugging skills, with an ability to navigate ambiguity and break down complex problems.
• Effective communication, collaboration, and cross-functional partnership skills.
• Experience in content moderation, operational tooling, or trust and safety systems is a plus.