Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Backend user platforms sit at the centre of SaaS reliability because authentication and identity are shared dependencies across every product surface. This role focuses on the infrastructure that makes sign in and access control work at global scale, where latency, availability, and safe change management directly shape user trust. Work on an authentication backbone is also inherently cross cutting, touching security, product experience, and operational resilience rather than a single feature area.
For a SaaS engineering career, this kind of remit builds durable strengths in designing and operating services that must remain stable while the product evolves. Ownership that includes deployment, optimisation, and operational responsibility mirrors how mature SaaS organisations run critical systems, and it reinforces habits around testability, observability, and incident readiness. Experience here tends to transfer well to other platform, payments, or core workflow domains where correctness and uptime are non negotiable.
The role suits engineers who like systems work that blends pragmatic delivery with engineering discipline, and who are comfortable collaborating in a cross functional setup. It will appeal to those motivated by measurable service quality outcomes and by learning through production ownership, including participating in on call where needed.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
We are looking for talented, engaged software engineers to join our teams who are passionate about working on highly available, low latency backend services that form the backbone of our authentication experience for hundreds of millions of users across the globe. You’ll be directly helping with the evolution of Spotify’s overall authentication infrastructure while also being able to innovate to create better, more seamless user experiences to help users access Spotify.
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What You'll Do- Work across the stack in a cross-functional team that helps deliver a magical experience to all of our users around the world
- Design, develop, deploy and optimize high-efficiency backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency, and scalability
- Deliver testable, maintainable, and high-quality code
- Share knowledge, promote standard methodologies, and collaborate with equally passionate members of your team
- Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, potentially including taking part in an on-call rotation
- Work in an environment that thrives with diversity and one that cultivates your individual growth by exposing you to exciting problems, a network of equally skilled peers, and the ability to acquire new skills through various mechanisms outside your day-to-day work.
Who You Are- You are an inclusive colleague and a truly phenomenal teammate
- Have a proven understanding of Java
- You are interested in keeping up with current standard methodologies in your areas of expertise
- You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming, and automated testing
- You have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms, and understand how to apply them to craft pragmatic solutions
- Knowledge in one or more areas of Web, Data or Mobile Engineering is a definite plus
- You are not afraid to learn new skills in order to help your team achieve its goals.
- You're passionate about your work, towards helping your team achieve its goals
Where You'll Be- This role is based in London.
- 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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Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
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.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
