Spotify - Senior Software Engineer
Requirements
• You have deep experience designing, building, and operating backend services, with strong knowledge of Java or comparable backend technologies. • You have experience owning distributed, high-scale, or business-critical systems where reliability, performance, and security matter. • You have experience working with relational databases at scale, including performance optimization and database tuning. • You think beyond individual services and can reason about architecture, APIs, dependencies, data flows, and the impact technical decisions have across a broader platform. • You have experience working in a product-driven environment and connect technical decisions to user and business outcomes. • You make pragmatic engineering trade-offs and know when a simpler solution is more valuable than unnecessary technical complexity. • You collaborate effectively within and across teams, sharing context and helping others make better technical decisions. • You are comfortable contributing across the stack when needed, while your strongest expertise is in backend engineering. • You adapt as requirements and systems evolve, approaching change with curiosity and sound technical judgment. • 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. • We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. Find our AI notice here. • Senior Software Engineer, AI Developer Experience • Vanta Automate compliance, security, and trust with the #1 Agentic Trust Platform. • Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization • Spotify Music, podcasts, and audiobooks for every moment. • US$184k - US$263k • Infrastructure Engineer (GPU & Compute) • Lightning AI Build, train and deploy your own specialized models. • US$180k - US$220k • Senior Software Engineer, Customer Platform • Chainguard The trusted source for open source • US$157k - US$184k • United States, Canada • OK, keep me posted!
Responsibilities
• Design, build, deploy, and operate scalable backend services that power authorization, permissions, and team management across Spotify. • Take ownership of critical systems that enable creators, teams, agents, licensors, and other partners to securely access and manage the right content and capabilities. • Evolve our backend architecture to support continued growth in users, use cases, and Spotify products while maintaining high standards for reliability, performance, and security. • Improve the systems and workflows that enable creators to gain access to their content, profiles, and teams. • Make thoughtful technical decisions and trade-offs, balancing long-term architecture with solutions that meet current product and business needs. • Partner with engineers and cross-functional collaborators across Spotify to understand authorization needs and build reusable platform capabilities. • Contribute to frontend experiences and data-related work when useful, while bringing deep expertise and leadership to backend engineering. • Raise engineering quality through strong technical judgment, design discussions, operational excellence, and knowledge sharing across the team. • This role is based in Toronto • We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.
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