Product Security Engineer
Spotify
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About the Role
Security engineers at Spotify protect the security of Spotify’s platform and of our 700+ million users. We are looking for an experienced engineer to join us in securing the most important engineering initiatives at Spotify.
You will be working in the product security engineering and consulting team. We’re a distributed team supporting autonomous development teams with application security expertise and best-in-class tooling. We aim to constantly improve the security posture for our fast-paced, rapidly-changing environment in a manner that will keep up with our scale. We’re experts in many domains of security, willing to teach and learn from anyone at the company.
You are a seasoned security, systems or software engineer with a passion for software security. Above all you have an insatiable appetite for learning new things and honing your existing skill set. In this role you are expected to represent security in various engineering and business contexts so we expect you to be comfortable communicating with diverse audiences both verbally and in writing.
What You'll Do
- Champion and contribute to the development and implementation of security best practices, standards, and automated tooling for secure development and deployment within Spotify's infrastructure, including AI-driven development.
- Partner closely with teams across the company to integrate security seamlessly into their development lifecycle, from ideation to deployment and monitoring.
- Consult, evangelize, and teach theoretical and practical security to groups of varying sizes, disciplines, and experience levels.
- Drive cross-disciplinary initiatives to improve the security of our engineering ecosystem and the products developed at Spotify.
- Conduct threat modeling, security reviews, and risk assessments for Spotify's diverse range of generative AI and non-AI systems.
- Evaluate, prototype, and integrate specialized security tools for AI/ML systems.
- Stay ahead of the curve on the rapidly evolving landscape of AI security threats, academic research, vulnerabilities, and mitigation strategies relevant to Spotify's scale and domain.
- Contribute to security incident response activities involving AI systems.
Who You Are
- Hands-on technical experience with software security.
- You are comfortable writing code to integrate security tools and automate your work with modern software development practices.
- Security expertise in one or more domains, such as backend, mobile, web, and machine learning.
- Strong foundation in core security domains such as cryptography, cloud security and application security.
- You are comfortable working with diverse stakeholders and explaining security concepts to non-expert audiences.
- You have experience from working in agile environments and easily adapt to change, enjoy challenges and thrive in ambiguity.
- Ability to read and write code in languages such as Java, Python, Scala, C++ and TypeScript.
- Experience with generative AI tools for common software engineering tasks.
- Good understanding of common security risks, attack vectors, and vulnerabilities specific to AI/ML systems and how to mitigate them.
- Demonstrable experience with security research on AI/ML systems and applications.
- Experience integrating security tooling into production systems at scale.
- Familiarity with common agentic AI frameworks.
Where You'll Be
This role is based in either 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.
About Spotify
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.
Key skills/competency
- Software Security
- Application Security
- Cloud Security
- AI/ML Security
- Threat Modeling
- Security Reviews
- Incident Response
- Secure Development
- Coding (Java, Python, Scala, C++, TypeScript)
- Agile Methodologies
How to Get Hired at Spotify
- Research Spotify's culture: Study their mission, values, recent news, and employee testimonials on LinkedIn and Glassdoor.
- Tailor your resume: Highlight extensive experience in product security, AI/ML security, and large-scale system protection.
- Showcase technical depth: Prepare to discuss software security, coding in multiple languages, and cloud security architectures.
- Practice behavioral questions: Emphasize adaptability, strong communication, and collaborative problem-solving within agile environments.
- Network with Spotify professionals: Connect on LinkedIn with current employees to gain insights and potential referral opportunities.
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