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Senior Backend Engineer at Spotify

Spotify Los Angeles

Join Spotify's Platform team as a Senior Backend Engineer focused on authorization and permissions systems. Leverage your backend expertise to support Spotify's growing creator ecosystem and enhance security. As a pivotal member of the Authorization team at Spotify, you will design and operate backend services crucial for managing access across Spotify's products. Your deep knowledge of technologies like Java will be instrumental in evolving our architecture, optimizing performance, and maintaining high reliability. Collaborate across teams to improve workflows and drive innovation that supports creators in music, podcasts, and audiobooks. Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and operate scalable backend services for authorization
  • Ensure secure access for creators and teams across platforms
  • Evolve backend architecture for improved growth and reliability
  • Optimize systems for content access and management
  • Collaborate across Product, Frontend, and Data Engineering teams
Requirements:
  • Proven experience with Java or similar backend technologies
  • Background in managing distributed, high-scale systems
  • Proficiency in relational databases and performance tuning
  • Strong understanding of API architecture and dependencies
  • History of pragmatic engineering solutions in product-driven settings
Bring your backend engineering skills and experience to enhance Spotify's innovative platform while embracing our culture of inclusivity and collaboration. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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