Backend Engineer - User Platform

User Platform (UP) is a studio in the SAFE Alliance as part of Spotify's Platform Mission. The studio owns capabilities and infrastructure for Customer Identity and Access Management at Spotify.
The studio was established with a central mission: to connect users with Spotify and Spotify with its users. Its purpose is to provide a secure platform that allows users to establish their identity and manage their account data across various interfaces. At the same time, it empowers teams across Spotify to reliably tailor the overall user experience to meet individual needs.
User Platform is responsible for many of the core services needed for Spotify to function and provide the 700M+ users across the world access to the audio experience they desire.
Lockness is the team that powers business authorization at Spotify. We own how access is defined and scaled across every vertical in the company. As a full-stack team, we build foundational IAM capabilities that keep Spotify secure while enabling teams to move fast. As a Backend Engineer, you’ll help build, maintain and scale the next generation of Business IAM, expanding our authorization platform in both depth and reach.

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy backend services and APIs that power Spotify's creator authorization systems.
• Collaborate with different cross-disciplined teams on complex problems. This team works with almost all verticals at Spotify (Music, Audiobooks, Podcasts, etc.)
• Maintaining business-critical Spotify authorization systems, ensuring high availability, stability, and adherence to SLAs.
• Embrace and promote sound engineering practices and contribute to a culture of high-quality, scalable, and reliable systems.
• Actively contribute to our learning culture by sharing knowledge and mentoring other engineers.
• Leverage AI to improve our systems, automate tasks, and drive business impact. We believe in "AI Fluency" and expect our engineers to be knowledgeable and willing to learn and apply AI to their work

Who You Are

• You’re a problem solver who loves seeing things through from concept to production and you’re eager to learn whatever skills are needed along the way.
• You are a Fullstack Developer who understands the complexities of Server side vs Client side development and is interested in crossing the lines between Backend, Data and Front End.
• You have 3+ years of experience with Java, SQL and ideally familiar with React, Typescript, Next.js
• You’re a collaborative teammate who values inclusion and open communication.
• You have an understanding of the authorization domain and are eager to learn.

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, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.