We are looking for a lead web engineer to join an autonomous,
cross-functional agile team. You will work with members of your team to
build features and scalable architecture for web applications and
services within Spotify. The technologies you are familiar with are less
important to us than your ability to demonstrate practical experience of
web application development; a deep understanding of software
engineering best practices; and experience operating with an agile
mindset.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Lead and work with the team to plan, design and build solutions
- Plan, build and maintain scalable applications
- Bind our front and back end services together
- Monitor, test and continuously optimize your designs
- Deliver modern, testable and maintainable code
- Collaborate with software engineers, product owners, designers, and
analysts across multiple teams
- Ensure that our customer’s experience is the very best it can be
- Share knowledge, evangelize best practices, and collaborate with
some of the best developers in the business as a member of the
Spotify web guild
- Participate in annual company-wide hack weeks
- Work from our awesome office in New York. We offer relocation
packages if you do not currently live in New York.
- Participate in a community of peers to represent your domain
WHO YOU ARE
- You have at least 7+ years of experience in Web Development
- You have experience working in an agile environment, and are
comfortable challenging teams to improve their ways of working
- You have a deep understanding of system design, data structures, and
algorithms
- You are proficient in the following programming languages: Java,
JavaScript, Clojure
- You are interested and capable of learning other programming
languages as needed
- You care about quality, testing, and automation and you know what it
means to ship high quality code
- You are adaptable and resourceful and you are able to develop
effective solutions to problems
- You know how to build user-friendly, data-rich web applications
- You care about web technologies, exploring data, usability, design
and music
- You have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and can
communicate your ideas; especially to those not technologically
proficient
- You have experience with continuous delivery and automated testing.
- You value team success over personal success
- Nice to haves: A degree in Computer Science or a similar area, music
industry experience, ad industry experience and a familiarity with
data and analytics
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We
strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and
background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a
better product for our users and our creators. This is something we
value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of changing the
way the world listens to music.