Senior Backend Engineer, Podcast
Build and scale Spotify's Distribution API for podcast content distribution
The Mission Control team builds core infrastructure for processing and distributing podcasts and creator content across Spotify and beyond. You will expand systems that bring new content types onto Spotify and help creators distribute content more broadly across platforms. The Distribution API enables creators and partners to manage, distribute, and monetize content regardless of where it's hosted.
Why This Role?
Work on the Distribution API that is becoming the backbone of how partners integrate with Spotify
Key Responsibilities
- Build and expand systems for processing and distributing podcasts and creator content
- Develop and scale the Distribution API to support new content types and formats
- Onboard creator platforms onto Spotify's ecosystem via the Distribution API
- Explore ways to help creators distribute content more broadly across platforms
- Maintain core infrastructure that powers podcast distribution across Spotify and beyond
Requirements
- Experience building scalable backend systems
- Proficiency in distributed systems and API design
- Background in content delivery or media platforms
- Skills in systems that process and distribute digital content at scale
Required Skills
View Original Description from Lever Postings
Original description from Lever Postings
The Mission Control team within Spotify’s Podcast Platform Product Area builds the core infrastructure that powers how podcasts and other forms of creator content, including emerging and future formats, are processed and distributed across Spotify and beyond. As Spotify’s creator platform continues to grow, we’re expanding the systems that bring new types of content and experiences onto Spotify, while also exploring how we can help creators distribute their content more broadly across platforms and reach new audiences. At the center of this evolution is our Distribution API, a platform that enables creators and partners to manage, distribute, and monetize their content on Spotify, regardless of where it’s hosted. The API is quickly becoming the backbone of how partners integrate with Spotify, and we’ve already onboarded some of the world’s largest creator platforms into the ecosystem, with many more on the way.
Salary Context
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Hiring at Spotify
Spotify has 20 other active roles on LokerDollar and has been hiring here since May 7, 2026 — across Engineering, Design, Data & Analytics.
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- Is Senior Backend Engineer, Podcast at Spotify a remote job?
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- What type of employment is Senior Backend Engineer, Podcast at Spotify?
- This is a full time position.
- How do I apply?
- Click the "Apply" button on this page to go to the official application at Spotify.
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