Senior Backend Authorization Engineer
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Spotify
Full-time
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Build scalable authorization systems as a Senior Backend Engineer with Spotify in Toronto, combining Java expertise with flexible work from home.
Within Spotify’s Platform team, the Authorization team develops permissioning systems supporting creators and teams across Music, Podcasts, and Audiobooks. This senior role focuses on backend services, distributed systems, relational databases, and platform architecture. You will help evolve foundational capabilities used across Spotify.
Key Responsibilities:
Design and operate scalable authorization and permissioning backend services Own critical systems serving creators, teams, agents, and partners Evolve architecture for reliability, performance, security, and growth Improve creator access to content, profiles, and teams Collaborate across product, frontend, data, and engineering teams Requirements:
Deep experience designing and operating backend services Strong Java or comparable backend technology knowledge Experience with high-scale, distributed, business-critical systems Relational database performance optimization and tuning experience Ability to reason about APIs, dependencies, architecture, and data flows Apply backend engineering leadership, Java knowledge, and systems thinking to Spotify’s authorization platform in Toronto.
Design and operate scalable authorization and permissioning backend services Own critical systems serving creators, teams, agents, and partners Evolve architecture for reliability, performance, security, and growth Improve creator access to content, profiles, and teams Collaborate across product, frontend, data, and engineering teams Requirements:
Deep experience designing and operating backend services Strong Java or comparable backend technology knowledge Experience with high-scale, distributed, business-critical systems Relational database performance optimization and tuning experience Ability to reason about APIs, dependencies, architecture, and data flows Apply backend engineering leadership, Java knowledge, and systems thinking to Spotify’s authorization platform in Toronto.