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Senior Backend Engineer, Advertising

Spotify • UK

Salary

£56k – £56k

Posted

7 July 2026

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Spotify is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer, Advertising in UK, a it role. The advertised salary is £56k – £56k. Spotify holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Our mission on the Advertising Product & Technology team is to build a next generation advertising platform that aligns with our unique value proposition for audio and video. We work to scale the user experience for hundreds of millions of fans and hundreds of thousands of advertisers. This scale brings unique challenges as well as tremendous opportunities for our artists and creators. We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join the Ad Serving squad. This squad is responsible for ranking a…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Spotify — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £56k – £56k
How this salary compares: in line with the £57,136 median across 1,282 it roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: UK
Similar roles nearby: 154 other live it roles in UK — browse them
Posted: 7 July 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

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IT and technology roles are one of the most consistently sponsored categories in the UK. Software engineers, data scientists, cloud architects, DevOps specialists, and cybersecurity professionals are in demand across finance, retail, the public sector, and specialist tech firms. Many large IT employers maintain established sponsorship processes through their HR and talent teams.