Summer Internship, Backend Engineering Intern | Personalization Mission (US)

Spotify has more than 400M listeners in more than 180 markets around the world, who use our music, podcast, and audiobook services to find what delights, entertains, educates, and informs them. Personalization provides the technology to serve them what they expect to find, to help them explore and find new things to enjoy, and for us to suggest things they might not be aware of that they would like. As a result, from Blend to Discover Weekly, the Personalization team is behind some of Spotify’s most-loved features. Join us and you’ll keep millions of users listening by making great recommendations to each and every one of them.
We are looking for a Backend Engineering intern to #JoinTheBand and help improve how we experiment on the Home page. You will work with a team to improve our learning velocity and increase the usability of our experimentation tooling and frameworks. Above all, your work will impact the way the world experiences music and engages with the Home page. 

What you'll do

• With your help, we will accelerate the learning velocity of teams that want to run A/B tests on the Homepage. 
• You’ll collaborate with frontend and backend engineers to build tooling that enables teams to run experiments. 
• You’ll apply backend engineering concepts to design and build services with a focus on low latency and high availability. 
• You’ll build and operate infrastructure to support the experimentation process on Home.

Who you are

• You are pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• You have a graduation year date of 2024 or 2025.
• You currently have valid work authorization to work in the country in which this role is based that will extend from June to September 2023.
• You have experience with Java or a JVM language such as Scala.
• You care about agile software processes, data-driven development, reliability, and responsible experimentation. 
• You have a desire to improve the way we run experiments on the Homepage.

Where you'll be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them!
• Where in the world?  For this role, it can be within the AMER region in which we have a work location.
• Prefer an office to work from instead? Not a problem! We have plenty of options for your working preferences. Find more information about our Work From Anywhere options here.
• Working hours? We operate within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.

Our paid summer internships last for 10-13 weeks and start at the beginning of June. The last day to apply is February 7, 2023 at 10AM CET.
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.
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.