Senior Backend Engineer - Subscriptions

London💼 Full-time🗓 2025-12-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architect, develop, and operate Java services on Google Cloud Platform to drive user conversion, retention, and upsells via a platformized merchandising system.

Role type

Senior Backend Engineer (Java, GCP)

Builds

Scalable backend services, data models, and APIs for user conversion and retention

Domain

Music streaming, cloud-native infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Java, gRPC, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), BigQuery, Bigtable, distributed systems, API design, cloud-native architecture

Preferred skills

External CMS integrations, ML team collaboration, data pipelines

Responsibilities

Architect and operate Java services for the merchandising platform, design scalable backend systems and APIs, mentor team members, collaborate on cross-functional delivery initiatives

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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