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# Remote Backend Engineer - Platform Engineering

- **Company:** Spotify
- **Location:** Salford, UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), A/B Testing, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Apple IOS, User Authentication, Authentication Protocols, C++ (Programming Language), Continuous Integration, OAuth, Objective-C (Programming Language), Session Management, Backend, Kotlin, Low Latency
- **Published:** June 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://find.jobs/jobs-near-me/remote-backend-engineer-platform-engineering-salford-manchester/2840385691-2/

## About the Role

* You are an expert in either C++ OR Java.
 * It's a bonus if you have some experience with both.
 * You have experience with strong testing practices, A/B testing or CI/CD
 * You are familiar with the Authentication domain and understanding of authentication protocols like OAuth
 * You are familiar with cryptographic techniques and security best practices.
 * Experience in iOS (Objective C / Swift) or Android (Kotlin) development is a plus.

## Description

We are looking for a dedicated, engaged software engineer that is passionate about working on highly available, low latency client SDKs and the related backend services in the authentication and session management domains.
These form the backbone of our product experience for hundreds of millions of users worldwide. You'll be directly helping with the evolution of Spotify's overall authentication and session management infrastructure.

What You'll Do

 * Be part of an autonomous and cross functional team of Mobile and Backend Engineers along with members from Product, Design and Insights to identify and tackle important problems in the Authentication and Session Management domains.
 * Build highly scalable backend services and SDKs that bring the happiness of music to millions of users.
 * Write clean and maintainable code that will scale across a number of projects and distributed development teams
 * Share knowledge, promote best practices, and collaborate with some of the best engineers in the company
 * Improve developer experience, the team is driven by a strong focus on clean APIs and engineering efficiency


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