Web Engineer – Backstage

Leveraging our thriving open-source developer experience platform, Backstage, our teams are delivering high-impact external commercial products that truly up-level the industry standard of developer experience. Whether it’s a seasoned tech company that wants to build an internal developer portal using Backstage, or smaller companies that just want to quickly and easily increase developer satisfaction, or anything in between – our teams are shipping solutions that meet platform engineering needs all across the industry. By joining us, you will help play an instrumental role in improving the experience of developers at our customer companies, in our fast-growing open-source community, and at Spotify internally. If you want to make a direct impact in helping Spotify become the industry leader in developer experience, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Do

• Become a valued member of an autonomous, multi-functional team. Use your experience of the frontend to design intelligent solutions that include front-end and back-end systems.
• Develop and maintain features with TypeScript, React and NodeJS.
• Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, potentially including taking part in an on-call rotation.
• Collaborate closely with not only product and design partners, but also marketing, business development, customer success, and sales.
• Promote sound engineering practices, drive work on technical strategy and roadmaps.
• Deliver high-impact and high-visibility projects with the fast-paced style of a startup, supported by the resources of a global company.

Who You Are

• You are experienced with modern React/JavaScript/CSS/HTML coding, testing, debugging and automation techniques.
• You care about the user experience and are passionate about building user-friendly web applications.
• You are not afraid of digging into backend technologies, such as NodeJS and Java.
• You know and care about sound engineering practices, like continuous delivery and automated testing.
• You have impact through your communication skills and love sharing your knowledge with others, helping them grow.
• Bonus points if you have a history of contribution or other direct engagement with open-source projects.

Where You’ll Be

• This role is based in Stockholm (Sweden) or London (UK)
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.

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