Full-Time

Senior Platform/SRE Engineer

Backstage

Posted on 11/29/2024

Spotify

Spotify

10,001+ employees

Digital music streaming service with podcasts

Consumer Software
Entertainment

Compensation Overview

$156.3k - $223.3kAnnually

+ Equity

Senior

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid role; preference for candidates in the EST time zone, ideally in New York.

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure
Platform Engineering
Site Reliability Engineering
Required Skills
React.js
TypeScript
AWS
Terraform
Google Cloud Platform
Requirements
  • Demonstrable experience with SaaS infrastructure, GCP, Distributed Systems, TypeScript, and Node (React experience is a plus!)
  • Sound practices like continuous delivery and automated testing are second nature.
  • Your communication skills inspire teams, and your guidance helps others grow.
  • Contributions to or involvement in open-source communities.
Responsibilities
  • Build and operate infrastructure on GCP and AWS, focusing on network connectivity, security, and observability.
  • Design and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions with Terraform, ensuring consistency and reliability.
  • Collaborate with security teams to deliver on compliance, ensuring platform security and trustworthiness.
  • Promote and implement SRE methodologies, enabling smooth deployments, monitoring and short feedback loops to resolve incidents.
  • Take operational responsibility for services, participating in an on-call rotation to ensure uptime.
  • Work closely with multi-functional teams: product, design, sales, marketing, and customer success.
  • Shape technical strategy and deliver impactful, high-visibility projects that transform the developer experience.

Spotify provides a digital music streaming service that allows users to access millions of songs and podcasts from various artists and creators. Users can choose between a free plan, which is supported by ads, and a premium subscription that offers an ad-free experience along with features like offline listening and higher sound quality. This tiered model caters to different user preferences and budgets. Spotify generates revenue through subscription fees from premium users and advertising from the free tier. Unlike its competitors, Spotify stands out with its extensive music library, user-friendly interface, and personalized playlists. The company's goal is to connect listeners with a wide range of audio content while supporting artists and advertisers.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$2B

Headquarters

Stockholms kommun, Sweden

Founded

2006

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

12%

2 year growth

11%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Spotify's continuous innovation, such as the AI DJ and new podcast features, keeps the platform fresh and engaging for users.
  • The company's global reach and diverse content library provide ample opportunities for cultural impact and market expansion.
  • Spotify's dual revenue streams from subscriptions and advertising offer financial stability and growth potential.

What critics are saying

  • The highly competitive music streaming market requires constant innovation to maintain user interest and market share.
  • Dependence on licensing agreements with music labels could lead to increased costs or content limitations.

What makes Spotify unique

  • Spotify's extensive music library and personalized playlists set it apart from competitors like Apple Music and Amazon Music.
  • The freemium model allows Spotify to cater to a wide range of users, from those who prefer free, ad-supported listening to those willing to pay for premium features.
  • Spotify's innovative features like AI DJ and podcast comment sections enhance user engagement and offer unique experiences not commonly found on other platforms.

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Benefits

Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse

Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents

Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs

Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success

All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub

Spotify On Tour, join your colleagues on trips to industry festivals and events