Spotify Logo

Spotify

Senior SRE Engineer - Backstage

Sorry, this job was removed at 04:10 p.m. (EST) on Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025
Hybrid
New York, NY
Hybrid
New York, NY

Similar Jobs

5 Days Ago
In-Office
New York, NY, USA
175K-205K Annually
Senior level
175K-205K Annually
Senior level
Consumer Web • Fintech • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you will enhance developer workflows by building tools, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring system reliability in a cloud-based environment.
Top Skills: AWSCircleCIDatadogGoRuby On Rails
55 Minutes Ago
Hybrid
New York, NY, USA
115K-173K Annually
Senior level
115K-173K Annually
Senior level
AdTech • Digital Media • Marketing Tech
Lead supply side technology partnerships, manage API integrations, negotiate deals, and drive growth initiatives within a collaborative team framework.
Top Skills: Ad TechApi IntegrationsBi ToolsJSONOauthOrtbRestSsaiVastVmap
3 Hours Ago
Easy Apply
Hybrid
2 Locations
Easy Apply
Senior level
Senior level
Fintech • Mobile • Software • Financial Services
As a Staff Software Engineer in AI, you will design and develop AI solutions to enhance member financial experiences, guide architecture, mentor engineers, and drive initiatives from concept to completion.
Top Skills: AIAWSJavaKotlinKubernetesLarge Language ModelsMachine LearningPostgresPythonSpring
Are you ready to shape the future of developer experience? We’re on the hunt for an innovative, collaborative, and passionate Senior SRE Engineer to join our Backstage organization. Together, we’re creating a pioneering platform that transforms how millions of developers build, scale, and innovate. If the idea of solving big problems at scale while driving developer happiness excites you, then this is the role you’ve been waiting for.

Backstage is more than just a platform—it’s a ground-breaking force in the developer community. Born out of Spotify’s quest for better developer tooling, Backstage is now a powerhouse driving the future of developer portals across the globe. From industry titans building internal developer platforms to lean teams looking to skyrocket satisfaction, our solutions set the new gold standard.
As part of the Backstage team, you’ll shape the developer experience for companies big and small, for our thriving open-source community, and for Spotify itself. You’ll have the unique opportunity to be at the forefront of developer tooling, driving innovation that touches millions.

As part of the Backstage team, you’ll shape the developer experience for companies big and small, for our thriving open-source community, and for Spotify itself. You’ll have the unique opportunity to be at the forefront of developer tooling, driving innovation that touches millions.

What You'll Do

  • Take operational responsibility for services, participating in an on-call rotation to ensure customer SLAs are routinely met.
  • Build and operate infrastructure on GCP and AWS, with a focus on network connectivity, security, and observability.
  • Design and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform to ensure consistency and reliability.
  • Collaborate with security teams to implement and deliver on compliance, ensuring platform security and trustworthiness.
  • Promote and implement SRE methodologies to enable smooth deployments, monitoring, and short feedback loops for incident resolution.
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product, design, sales, marketing, and customer success.
  • Shape technical strategy and deliver impactful, high-visibility projects that transform the developer experience.

Who You Are

  • You have demonstrable experience with SaaS infrastructure, GCP, Distributed Systems, TypeScript, and Node. (React experience is a plus!)
  • You love to work with scale and thrive in distributed systems, designing pragmatic solutions.
  • You're passionate about engineering and follow sound practices like continuous delivery and automated testing.
  • You're a mentor and collaborator with excellent communication skills who inspires teams and guides others.
  • You're always improving and open to feedback, refining processes, and pushing boundaries.
  • You're an open-source advocate and have contributed to or been involved in open-source communities.

Where You'll Be

  • For this role, you can be within the EST time zone with a preference to be in New York.
  • Working hours? We operate within the EST zone for collaboration.

The United States base range for this position is $156 275-223 350, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Spotify New York, New York, USA Office

4 World Trade Center, New York, NY, United States, 10007

What you need to know about the NYC Tech Scene

As the undisputed financial capital of the world, New York City is an epicenter of startup funding activity. The city has a thriving fintech scene and is a major player in verticals ranging from AI to biotech, cybersecurity and digital media. It also has universities like NYU, Columbia and Cornell Tech attracting students and researchers from across the globe, providing the ecosystem with a constant influx of world-class talent. And its East Coast location and three international airports make it a perfect spot for European companies establishing a foothold in the United States.

Key Facts About NYC Tech

  • Number of Tech Workers: 549,200; 6% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
  • Major Tech Employers: Capgemini, Bloomberg, IBM, Spotify
  • Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, Fintech
  • Funding Landscape: $25.5 billion in venture capital funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
  • Notable Investors: Greycroft, Thrive Capital, Union Square Ventures, FirstMark Capital, Tiger Global Management, Tribeca Venture Partners, Insight Partners, Two Sigma Ventures
  • Research Centers and Universities: Columbia University, New York University, Fordham University, CUNY, AI Now Institute, Flatiron Institute, C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, NASA Space Radiation Laboratory

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account