# Senior Backend Engineer, Home Surfaces [Spotify](https://gurify.com/jobs?q=Spotify) · New York, NY · Posted 2 weeks ago Senior [Backend](https://gurify.com/jobs/backend) [Apply on the original posting → (opens in a new tab)](https://jobs.lever.co/spotify/cefcda32-523e-418b-a327-383104741153/apply) ## Job description The Personalization team makes deciding what to play next easier and more enjoyable for every listener. From Blend to Discover Weekly, we’re behind some of Spotify’s most-loved features. We built them by understanding the world of music and podcasts better than anyone else. Join us and you’ll keep millions of users listening by making great recommendations to each and every one of them. The Home Podcasts Squad builds the systems that power podcast recommendations across some of Spotify’s most important distribution surfaces, including Home, the Podcast Subfeed, and the Now Playing view. We develop the ranking systems behind these recommendations and create experiences such as topic-based shelves and cross-content recommendations that help listeners discover podcasts they'll love. We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build and evolve the backend infrastructure and pipelines that make these experiences possible. You’ll work on systems that identify, retrieve, rank, and filter relevant podcast content to create personalized experiences for millions of listeners around the world. The Personalization team makes deciding what to play next easier and more enjoyable for every listener. From Blend to Discover Weekly, we’re behind some of Spotify’s most-loved features. We built them by understanding the world of music and podcasts better than anyone else. Join us and you’ll keep millions of users listening by making great recommendations to each and every one of them. The Home Podcasts Squad builds the systems that power podcast recommendations across some of Spotify’s most important distribution surfaces, including Home, the Podcast Subfeed, and the Now Playing view. We develop the ranking systems behind these recommendations and create experiences such as topic-based shelves and cross-content recommendations that help listeners discover podcasts they'll love. We’re looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build and evolve the backend infrastructure and pipelines that make these experiences possible. You’ll work on systems that identify, retrieve, rank, and filter relevant podcast content to create personalized experiences for millions of listeners around the world. The United States base range for this position is $164,448 - $234,926, 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, paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future. Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for Who You Are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens. At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can. Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service. **Live in Spotify’s hiring system.** Read from the company's own applicant tracking system, not reposted from a job board — so it's a real, open requisition rather than an ad that outlived the role. 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