We are looking for a dedicated intern to join our teams, who are passionate about learning and working on highly available, low latency backend services that form the backbone of our product experience for hundreds of millions of users across the globe. You will learn how to build accessible and usable web applications for highly–available and high-throughput systems. Our systems power hundreds of teams @Spotify and deliver more than 3TB of user's account data live. In the process, you may impact millions of users every second. You'll learn how to make sure that the applications you build scale well for our users and they have access to music all the time.
What you'll do
- Work across the entire web stack, with modern web frameworks (Next.js, React and Node.js).
- You will collaborate closely with other engineers and become a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional team.
- Learn how to build top of funnel user experiences to drive sign ups, user activation and engagement.
- Learn about web best practices and collaborate with equally passionate members in your team.
- Work closely with product, insights, design and other engineers to provide accessible and usable web applications.
- Work in an environment that supports your individual learning and growth.
Who you are
- You are pursuing a Bachelor’s degree or a boot camp certification in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or a related field of study.
- You have a graduation date of 2023.
- You are an inclusive colleague and a true great teammate.
- You have some experience building user-friendly, data-rich JavaScript/HTML/CSS applications.
- You have some knowledge of React and/or TypeScript.
- You follow current and emerging trends of the web platform.
- You can tell us about projects you’ve worked on that have involved your frontend or web work.
- You are interested in building web products at scale and want to have an experience working in a high-growth tech company on a consumer-facing product.
- You care about quality willing to learn how to deliver high-quality products.
- You have analytical and problem-solving skills, and can communicate your ideas.
- You are comfortable working collaboratively on a cross-functional team.
- You're passionate about learning, supporting the team to reach their goals and, ultimately, the Spotify mission of - “giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it".
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 EMEA 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 Central European and GMT time zones for collaboration and ask that all be located in that time zone.
Our paid summer internships last for 10-13 weeks and start at the beginning of June. The last day to apply is March 13th, 2023 at 10 AM 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.
