Staff Engineer – Identity and Access Management User Platform

Drive technical direction, guide architectural decisions, and lead complex engineering initiatives to evolve Spotify's identity and access management systems.

Design and evolve distributed systems that support authentication, authorization, and identity-related capabilities across Spotify's platform.

Partner with engineers, product managers, and security specialists to identify opportunities, align priorities, and deliver improvements to foundational platform capabilities.

Improve system reliability, performance, observability, and operational resilience, ensuring our identity services can support Spotify's continued growth.

You have extensive experience designing, building, and operating large-scale systems across different platforms.

You have a deep understanding of identity and access management concepts, including authentication, authorization, customer identity lifecycle management (e.g., account creation, user state…

You have experience influencing architecture and technical direction across multiple engineering teams, even when you don't have direct authority over their work.

You know how to evaluate complex technical trade-offs and make pragmatic decisions that balance security, reliability, performance, and developer experience.