Spotify
audiobook
FullStackEngineer-Audiobooks
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“Full Stack Engineer - Audiobooks at Spotify. Skills: React, TypeScript, Java, AI-assisted development tools. Build and evolve features end-to-end across a React/TypeScript frontend and Java backend services. Use AI-assisted development tools as a core part of your workflow”
What You'll Achieve.
ship impactful experiences for audiobook creators
Industry & Context.
solving real problems for creators
some in person meetings
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
experience building web applications across the stack
Nice to Have
TypeScript and Java experience preferred, comfortable using AI tools and agents to support your development workflow, comfortable with modern infrastructure practices (CI/CD, containers, cloud platforms), care about observability
What You'll Do.
Build and evolve features end-to-end across a React/TypeScript frontend and Java backend services
Use AI-assisted development tools as a core part of your workflow
and high-quality code
take operational responsibility for the components you develop
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers; Contribute to technical discussions; participate in RFCs and code reviews; Share knowledge and promote best practices within your squad; communicate clearly and collaborate well in a distributed team
Communication Scope
communicate clearly
Full Job Description
## Description Spotify for Authors (SFA) is the creator platform for the audiobook industry — a web application that gives publishers, authors, and narrators tools to manage their catalog, track performance, and distribute content on Spotify. We're scaling toward 100,000 users across a React/TypeScript frontend, Java backend services, and data pipelines that feed into Spotify's broader audiobook ecosystem. SFA connects to Spotify's highest-priority bets: expanding audiobook access, building content creation tools, and shaping discovery surfaces. We operate with a "short toes" philosophy — contribution has no borders, quality is shared, and we use modern tools (including AI) to reduce toil and amplify creativity. ## What You'll Do Build and evolve features end-to-end across a React/TypeScript frontend and Java backend services that power the SFA platform at scale Use AI-assisted development tools as a core part of your workflow for code generation, automated testing, and AI-powered code review Deliver testable, maintainable, and high-quality code and take operational responsibility for the components you develop Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, and designers to ship impactful experiences for audiobook creators Contribute to technical discussions and participate in RFCs and code reviews Share knowledge and promote best practices within your squad ## Who You Are You have experience building web applications across the stack. TypeScript and Java experience preferred. You're motivated to learn, take on new challenges, and T-shape You think product-first while building tech solutions You're comfortable using AI tools and agents to support your development workflow You're comfortable with modern infrastructure practices (CI/CD, containers, cloud platforms) and care about observability You communicate clearly and collaborate well in a distributed team You're pragmatic and motivated by solving real problems for creators ## Where You'll Be This role
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