Backend Engineer - Platform Security
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- Hybrid · London
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 6 October 2026.
About the role
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's standard text
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.
What this role asks for
Standard for security roles
Cybersecurity
Common in security postings at any company.
72% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Spotify's standard text, folded away below.
Read against Spotify's other open postings on this site.
The team: Platform HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 15 open in Platform. 7 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in October: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Java (7 of 15), Data Warehousing (4 of 15), BigQuery (3 of 15), Flink (3 of 15), GCP (3 of 15), Kubernetes (3 of 15), Spark (3 of 15)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Security Engineer - Enterprise Security posted Oct 13
- Senior Software Engineer posted Oct 2
- Backend Engineer - Data Platform posted Oct 1
- Backend Engineer II - Data Platform posted Sep 28
- Security Engineer - Detection and Response posted Sep 24
- Senior Product Manager - User Platform posted Sep 23
- Engineering Manager - Experimentation posted Sep 1
- Senior Software Engineer - Enterprise AI posted Aug 13
- Senior Data Engineer - Data Platform posted Aug 12
- Senior Fullstack Engineer posted Jul 31
- Engineering Manager - Data Platform posted Jul 21
- Senior Fullstack Engineer posted Jul 21
- Senior C++/iOS Engineer - User Platform posted Jul 6
- Engineering Manager - Experimentation posted Oct 24
From the team and dates on Spotify's own job board.
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