Senior Backend Engineer - Subscriptions

London March 7, 2026 Full Time Lever
The Subscriptions Mission builds and scales the products, platforms, and business models that convert free listeners into lifelong Premium subscribers. We focus on driving acquisition, optimizing conversion, improving retention, and delivering seamless commerce experiences that fuel Spotify’s growth and bring fans closer to the creators they love. At Spotify, our Subscriptions data powers the decision engines and experiences behind our 700M+ Monthly Active Users and 290M+ Premium subscribers. You’ll join the User Understanding team, where we build the backend systems and data foundations that power merchandising, conversion, and upsell journeys. Our work directly impacts subscriber growth and revenue, enabling smarter decision-making through heuristics, experimentation, and ML-powered capabilities.
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