or apply directly on Spotify's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 26 days Spotify's roles stay open a median of 44 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 34% of Spotify's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Spotify
- low 0 stale, 0 reposted of 80 open
- Hiring momentum
- 155 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Spotify's own lever board since 2026-08-04. Full hiring picture for Spotify.
About this role
As a Senior Backend Engineer on the Mission Control team at Spotify, you will be responsible for building and expanding the core infrastructure that supports the processing and distribution of podcasts and other creator content. Your work will focus on enhancing the Distribution API, which is crucial for creators and partners to manage, distribute, and monetize their content on the platform.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Spotify as an employer.
What you need
- Experience in backend development
- Proficiency with APIs
- Strong understanding of content distribution systems
What you get
- Health insurance
- Six-month paid parental leave
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Monthly meal allowance
- 23 paid days off
- Paid flexible holidays
Worth weighing
- No specific technologies or programming languages mentioned
- Salary range provided but may be modified in the future
Summarised from Spotify's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Spotify on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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