--- title: 'Backend Engineer - Platform Security at Spotify' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/backend-engineer-platform-security-spotify-london-krnt16fy8gn9' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-17' --- # Backend Engineer - Platform Security at Spotify - **Company:** Spotify - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/spotify/71eb64a0-ce99-4166-8462-bad3901a967c ## Job description The Platform team creates the technology that enables Spotify to learn quickly and scale easily, enabling rapid growth in our users and our business around the globe. Spanning many disciplines, we work to make the business work; creating the infrastructure, tooling, frameworks, and capabilities needed to welcome a billion customers. We are looking for a Backend Engineer II to join our Security Compliance Engineering team. You’ll help turn complex security, risk, and compliance requirements into scalable software solutions that make it easier for teams across Spotify to build and operate securely. You’ll work with engineers and partners across security to strengthen our technical Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) capabilities. ## What You'll Do - Design and build backend products, services, and infrastructure that strengthen Spotify’s technical security Governance, Risk, and Compliance strategy. - Build scalable infrastructure and tooling that help apply regulatory requirements and security framework controls across Spotify’s distributed environment. - Develop reliable services that automate security and compliance processes, reducing manual work and helping engineering teams understand and meet requirements. - Work with security, engineering, and other partners to translate security and compliance requirements into practical technical solutions. - Contribute to consistent engineering practices that address security, risk, and compliance requirements while supporting teams at scale. - Own the quality of your work from design and development through deployment, operation, and continuous improvement. ## Who You Are - You have experience developing backend software using an object-oriented programming language such as Java and are comfortable working with data. - You have experience building distributed, high-volume services and deploying and operating them in production. - You understand system design, data structures, and algorithms and can apply these concepts to practical engineering problems. - You care about software quality and build reliable, maintainable solutions. - You have experience implementing security controls or safeguards in software systems and familiarity with cybersecurity or security GRC frameworks. - You enjoy collaborating with others to understand technical requirements, explore trade-offs, and iterate on solutions. - You’re interested in information security governance, risk, and compliance and are motivated to deepen your knowledge in this space. - You communicate clearly with technical and non-technical partners and can explain complex topics to different audiences. Where You'll Be - This role is based in London or Stockholm - 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 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. ## About Spotify ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Spotify is the world's most popular audio streaming subscription service, connecting users to over 100 million tracks, 7 million podcast titles, and 700,000 audiobooks across 184 markets. - **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: SPOT) - **Headquarters**: Stockholm, Sweden - **Founded**: 2006 - **Founders**: Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon ## Core Business - Primary industry: Audio streaming and digital media - Target customers: B2C (consumers via Free and Premium tiers) and B2B (advertisers, artists, and labels through Spotify Advertising and Spotify for Artists) - Mission: "To deliver creativity to the world—one note, one voice, one idea at a time." ## Products & Services - **Spotify Free**: Ad-supported streaming of music, podcasts, and audiobooks - **Spotify Premium**: Subscription tier with offline mode, improved sound quality, and ad-free listening - **Spotify for Artists**: Analytics, promotion, and monetization tools for creators - **Spotify Advertising**: Programmatic and self-serve ad platform for brands - **Audiobooks**: Catalog of 700,000+ audiobook titles (market entry in 2022) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed in available sources; stock price reported at USD 391.23 (as of 2024-10-29) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue EUR 17.2B; 777 million monthly users including 300 million subscribers (per Spotify Newsroom). Note: LinkedIn company data lists 365M users/165M subscribers — conflicting reports, likely reflecting an older snapshot. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Series A of USD 21.6M with 5 investors (2008); debt financing of USD 1.0B (2016); convertible notes in 2016 and 2021. Key acquisitions include Sonantic (2022), Mediachain (2017), and Tunigo (2013). - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +14.2% YoY to 8,921 employees; 9 offices across 4 countries; expansion into audiobooks; 300M+ paying subscribers. ## Competitive Advantages - Scale: largest audio streaming subscriber base globally - Data and AI personalization: mature recommendation engines and AI-driven discovery - Multi-format audio ecosystem: music, podcasts, and audiobooks in a single app - Strong brand recognition and deep creator relationships ## Strategic Focus - AI-powered personalization and generative audio tools - Audiobook market expansion - Podcast ecosystem growth - Creator monetization and artist tools ## Why Work Here - Employer rating 4.0/5.0 from 2,155 reviews (Work-Life: 4.2, Compensation: 3.9, Culture: 4.0, Career: 3.5) - **Work ## Other roles at Spotify - [Audiobook Licensing & Partnerships Manager - Japan](https://feeny.ai/job/audiobook-licensing-partnerships-manager-japan-spotify-tokyo-tbvmn3q122fh) — Tokyo, Japan - [Client Partner ANZ](https://feeny.ai/job/client-partner-anz-spotify-sydney-nznywxfyz9dv) — Sydney, Australia - [Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-machine-learning-engineer-personalization-spotify-new-york-bav7y8efdgts) — New York, NY - [Security Engineer - Enterprise Security](https://feeny.ai/job/security-engineer-enterprise-security-spotify-london-jtdrrew708fh) — London, United Kingdom - [Senior Product Manager, Consumer - Audiobooks](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-consumer-audiobooks-spotify-new-york-gjbjtjktrqrz) — New York, NY - [Senior Product Manager, Consumer - Audiobooks](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-product-manager-consumer-audiobooks-spotify-london-1vk6k6yqy21g) — London, United Kingdom - [Global Creative Lead, Reverb](https://feeny.ai/job/global-creative-lead-reverb-spotify-new-york-j1bjk0d56cmz) — New York, NY - [Art Director - Mexico](https://feeny.ai/job/art-director-mexico-spotify-mexico-city-tz51cjcxsx5y) — Mexico City, Mexico - [Senior Program Analyst - GTM Ops](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-program-analyst-gtm-ops-spotify-new-york-vacgfykge7we) — New York, NY - [Client Partner, Emerging & Scaled](https://feeny.ai/job/client-partner-emerging-scaled-spotify-sao-paulo-fsj1pekbxs0z) — São Paulo, Brazil