Software Engineer - Financial Engineering

What You'll Do

• Build, operate, and evolve scalable Scio data pipelines on Google Cloud Platform that process high-volume financial data with accuracy and reliability.
• Develop and enhance Java backend services that power integrations across Spotify's financial ecosystem.
• Design and evolve data models and datasets that support accounting, reconciliation, financial reporting, and operational insights.
• Build and improve integrations with external financial systems to bring critical financial data into Spotify's financial ecosystem.
• Partner closely with Finance, Product, and Engineering teams to translate accounting requirements into reliable, scalable technical solutions.
• Improve the scalability, observability, and resilience of financial data pipelines and backend services.
• Contribute to engineering best practices through continuous delivery, automated testing, monitoring, and thoughtful code reviews.
• Help drive technical decisions that improve the long-term maintainability of Spotify's financial engineering platform.

Who You Are

• You have 3+ years of professional experience building backend systems and data-intensive applications.
• You are experienced with Scala or Java and at least one distributed data processing framework such as Scio, Apache Beam, Spark, or Flink.
• You know how to design and build reliable backend services and scalable data pipelines that support business-critical workflows.
• You have experience designing data models that enable accurate, high-volume financial processes.
• You have worked with workflow orchestration platforms such as Flyte, Airflow, or similar technologies.
• You care deeply about engineering fundamentals, including continuous delivery, automated testing, monitoring, and writing production-quality code.
• You enjoy collaborating with cross-functional partners and translating complex business requirements into elegant technical solutions.
• Experience working within financial, accounting, or other regulated data domains is a plus.
• A Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field is a plus.

Where You'll Be

• This role is based in Toronto.
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in-person meetings, while still allowing flexibility to work from home.