Senior Backend Data Engineer – Content Intelligence
Core
Design, build, and scale backend and data systems powering Spotify's content intelligence capabilities for audio, video, text, and images.
Role type
Senior Backend Data Engineer (ML Infrastructure)
Builds
Scalable infrastructure for large-scale content processing and AI/LLM-enabled workflows
Domain
Streaming media, Content Intelligence, Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend engineering, Data engineering, Distributed systems, Java, Scala, Python, System design, End-to-end ownership
Preferred skills
ML infrastructure, AI/LLM systems, Model evaluation, Multimedia processing, Audio processing, Search systems, Recommendation systems
Technologies
Java, Scala, Python
Responsibilities
Design and evolve scalable backend and data systems, Take end-to-end ownership of engineering projects, Build reliable infrastructure for content processing, Create RFCs and contribute to architectural decisions, Develop cost-efficient systems for high-throughput workloads, Partner with engineers to deliver technical solutions, Evaluate and integrate AI capabilities into production systems
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC