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Posted 16 days ago

Senior Backend Engineer - Content Platform

Spotify

  • Salary: not listed by employer

  • 4.0 out of 5 on Glassdoor

  • Estimated range: From £70,000 per year Estimated Estimated pay meets the Skilled Worker visa minimum

  • Also hiring in Canada, Sweden and United States (open roles on Tech Abroad)

  • Permanent residency after about 5 yrs

  • Citizenship after about 6 yrs

  • Work language: likely English (posting is in English)

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About the role

What You'll Do • Build and run the backend services and data pipelines that ingest, validate and process music deliveries from partners, covering audio, metadata, lyrics and new content types

• Own large parts of the ingestion pipeline and lead technical work as we add video, richer partner data and other new content

• Make ingestion more reliable, catch data quality problems at the point of entry, and improve the operational tooling around the pipeline

• Design and evolve APIs and schemas that other teams depend on, keeping contracts stable and backward compatible

• Help move validation towards real time and make Silk Road a well-documented, self-serve platform

• Deliver roadmap work, take part…

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Location Insights: London

  • Rent (City)

    Average private rent across London was £2,332 a month in August 2026. This covers all property sizes, and ONS gives no centre/outside split.

  • Take-home pay (Country tax)

    At least £4,040 a month after tax, from the estimated market pay for this job title (£70,000 a year), not the employer's offer, using the average rate of 30.7% for a single employee on a higher salary

  • Weather (City)

    London: summer highs about 73°F / 23°C, winter highs about 46°F / 8°C

  • Safety (Country)

    High peacefulness (Global Peace Index rank 39)

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