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Backend Engineer roles sit comfortably within H-1B specialty occupation requirements, since the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a closely related field. Many backend roles also qualify for the STEM OPT extension, giving you a longer runway to secure sponsorship before your lottery slot is needed.
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The Music Mission team owns Spotify’s end to end proposition for music creators and the experiences they create for fans. The team is dedicated to building tools and services to enable creation, promotion, expression, and monetization at scale.
The Rights Systems team builds and operates Spotify Rights Center (SRC) — Spotify's rights management platform that enables Spotify and its partners to identify, manage, and enforce music licensing rights across all the content Spotify has to offer. Comparable in scope to YouTube's Content ID, SRC is purpose-built for Spotify’s ecosystem and underpins Spotify’s strategy for video and new content types.
Over the past year, the team shipped SRC from inception to a fully operational production platform, growing from one squad to three squads (~30 people). The team is continuing to scale as an area of strategic investment over the next 2–5 years.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, build, and operate backend services and data pipelines that power Spotify Rights Center
- Partner closely with product, insights, design, and engineering peers to understand the needs of external rightsholders and internal partners
- Deliver scalable, testable, maintainable backend systems with strong operational ownership
- Help evolve the platform architecture as it expands to more licensors, territories, and content types, including shifts from batch processing toward event-driven patterns
- Support timely delivery of technical solutions aligned to business needs
- Contribute to modern engineering practices, including agile ways of working and healthy engineering standards
- Integrate with Spotify’s broader content and moderation ecosystem as needed
- Contribute to a healthy, collaborative team culture aligned to how we work together
- Collaborate on product ideation with specialists, researchers, product managers, and subject-matter experts
- Grow your skills through hands-on work, feedback, and learning opportunities (hack days, reading groups, internal courses)
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Who You Are
- You have strong experience designing and building distributed, high-volume services in Java or similar languages
- You are comfortable with gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and event-driven architectures (Pub/Sub)
- You have experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases and understand data modeling trade-offs
- You are accustomed to supporting production systems and apply learnings from prior incidents when building new features
- You own solutions end-to-end, from scoping through deployment and production monitoring
- You ensure quality through modern testing, debugging, and automation techniques
- You have a solid understanding of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms
- You proactively identify tech debt and work with your team to get it prioritized
- You care about software architecture across the full stack and the APIs that connect systems together
- You’re excited to learn new problem spaces and domains, and you prioritize team success
- Experience with Bazel, GCP services (Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, BigQuery), and data pipeline tools (Scio, Scala, Flyte) is a plus
- Familiarity with rights management, content moderation, or 0-to-1 product work is a plus
LOCATION
We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the North Americas region as long as we have a work location. This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.
COMPENSATION
The United States base range for this position is $164,448 –$234,926 USD, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six-month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave. This range encompasses multiple levels, and leveling is determined during the interview process based on relevant experience and interview performance. These ranges may be modified in the future.
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.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
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.
OUR GLOBAL BENEFITS
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
- Global parental leave, six months off - for all new parents.
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
INTRODUCTION
The Music Mission team owns Spotify’s end to end proposition for music creators and the experiences they create for fans. The team is dedicated to building tools and services to enable creation, promotion, expression, and monetization at scale.
The Rights Systems team builds and operates Spotify Rights Center (SRC) — Spotify's rights management platform that enables Spotify and its partners to identify, manage, and enforce music licensing rights across all the content Spotify has to offer. Comparable in scope to YouTube's Content ID, SRC is purpose-built for Spotify’s ecosystem and underpins Spotify’s strategy for video and new content types.
Over the past year, the team shipped SRC from inception to a fully operational production platform, growing from one squad to three squads (~30 people). The team is continuing to scale as an area of strategic investment over the next 2–5 years.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, build, and operate backend services and data pipelines that power Spotify Rights Center
- Partner closely with product, insights, design, and engineering peers to understand the needs of external rightsholders and internal partners
- Deliver scalable, testable, maintainable backend systems with strong operational ownership
- Help evolve the platform architecture as it expands to more licensors, territories, and content types, including shifts from batch processing toward event-driven patterns
- Support timely delivery of technical solutions aligned to business needs
- Contribute to modern engineering practices, including agile ways of working and healthy engineering standards
- Integrate with Spotify’s broader content and moderation ecosystem as needed
- Contribute to a healthy, collaborative team culture aligned to how we work together
- Collaborate on product ideation with specialists, researchers, product managers, and subject-matter experts
- Grow your skills through hands-on work, feedback, and learning opportunities (hack days, reading groups, internal courses)
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Who You Are
- You have strong experience designing and building distributed, high-volume services in Java or similar languages
- You are comfortable with gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and event-driven architectures (Pub/Sub)
- You have experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases and understand data modeling trade-offs
- You are accustomed to supporting production systems and apply learnings from prior incidents when building new features
- You own solutions end-to-end, from scoping through deployment and production monitoring
- You ensure quality through modern testing, debugging, and automation techniques
- You have a solid understanding of object-oriented and functional programming paradigms
- You proactively identify tech debt and work with your team to get it prioritized
- You care about software architecture across the full stack and the APIs that connect systems together
- You’re excited to learn new problem spaces and domains, and you prioritize team success
- Experience with Bazel, GCP services (Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, BigQuery), and data pipeline tools (Scio, Scala, Flyte) is a plus
- Familiarity with rights management, content moderation, or 0-to-1 product work is a plus
LOCATION
We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the North Americas region as long as we have a work location. This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.
COMPENSATION
The United States base range for this position is $164,448 –$234,926 USD, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six-month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave. This range encompasses multiple levels, and leveling is determined during the interview process based on relevant experience and interview performance. These ranges may be modified in the future.
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.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
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.
OUR GLOBAL BENEFITS
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
- Global parental leave, six months off - for all new parents.
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Backend Engineer
Match your degree to your backend stack
USCIS evaluates whether your specific degree field supports your job duties. A computer science or software engineering degree maps cleanly to backend roles, but an unrelated degree may require a credential evaluation and a detailed employer letter explaining the connection.
Use OFLC Wage Search before negotiating
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location. Run the OFLC Wage Search for SOC code 15-1252 before your offer conversation so you understand the floor your employer is legally required to meet.
Target employers with cap-exempt filing history
Universities, nonprofits affiliated with higher education, and certain research organizations are cap-exempt, meaning they can file H-1B petitions year-round without waiting for the annual lottery. Backend engineers at these institutions skip the April lottery entirely.
Find verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Search for Backend Engineer roles on Migrate Mate, which surfaces employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history by occupation code. You can filter for companies that have sponsored the exact role you're targeting rather than guessing from job descriptions.
Clarify remote work location in your LCA early
If your backend role allows remote work, your employer's LCA must list every worksite where you'll spend more than 30 days in a year. Switching to an unlisted location after filing can trigger compliance issues, so confirm your work arrangement before the petition is submitted.
Protect your status during a company transition
If you're changing employers, your new sponsor can file an H-1B transfer while you continue working under your current authorization. Don't wait until after your last day at the old job. The 60-day grace period starts the moment your employment ends, not when the transfer petition is filed.
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Find Backend Engineer JobsBackend Engineer H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Backend Engineer role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. Backend Engineer positions qualify because they normally require a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a directly related field. USCIS evaluates the specific job duties and the degree requirement the employer sets. If your role involves architecture, distributed systems, or API design, the specialty occupation standard is straightforward to satisfy.
Which SOC code do most employers use for Backend Engineer H-1B petitions?
Most employers file under SOC code 15-1252, Software Developers. Some use 15-1299 for more specialized roles. The SOC code determines the prevailing wage level on the LCA, which affects your minimum guaranteed salary. You can cross-reference your duties against the O*NET occupation profile for 15-1252 to confirm the match before your employer files.
How do I find Backend Engineer jobs where the employer actively sponsors H-1B visas?
Use Migrate Mate to search Backend Engineer roles filtered by verified H-1B LCA filing history. This shows you employers who have already sponsored the specific occupation code, not just companies that claim to be open to sponsorship. Checking actual filing history is more reliable than reading 'visa sponsorship available' in a job posting.
Can a backend engineering contractor or staffing arrangement qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
It can, but USCIS applies stricter scrutiny to third-party placement arrangements. The petitioning employer must demonstrate it controls the day-to-day work and maintains an employer-employee relationship throughout the petition period. Contracts, supervision structures, and end-client agreements all factor into the evaluation. Direct hires face fewer complications during adjudication.
What happens to my H-1B status if my backend engineering role shifts significantly after filing?
If your job duties change materially after your H-1B is approved, your employer may need to file an amended petition with USCIS before the change takes effect. Adding new responsibilities like engineering management or a different product area can qualify as a material change. A new LCA reflecting the updated role and wage level is typically required alongside the amended petition.
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