Backend Software Engineer, Authentication and Identity, TIDAL

TIDAL is a global music platform that helps fans and artists fully immerse themselves in their love of music. By helping artists with their business so they can focus on their craft and offering experiences that elevate how fans engage with music, artists and each other, TIDAL is the best platform for artists, fans, and all things music.

Available in 61 countries, the streaming service has more than over 100 million songs and over 650,000 high-quality videos in its catalog, along with original video series, podcasts, thousands of expertly curated playlists, and artist discovery via TIDAL Rising. TIDAL is available in Free (US only), HiFi, and HiFi Plus tiers, with the HiFi Plus membership offering access to immersive audio features like Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) recordings, Dolby Atmos Music, and Sony’s 360 Reality Audio recordings; for a higher monthly fee that TIDAL redistributes back to artists.

TIDAL is part of Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ), a global technology company with a focus on financial services.

For more information, please visit www.tidal.com.

You will join the Authentication and Identity team (AID).

The team is responsible for building scalable, performant and resilient solutions for authenticating and authorizing clients interacting with TIDAL APIs. It is also responsible for maintaining the TIDAL user database and services, taking care of registration, authentication, data security and management of personal information.

All this is achieved through the implementation and maintenance of several microservices and serverless functions running on AWS.

We are early adopters of new technologies and have an ambitious roadmap that will lead to impactful platform changes.

This position will report to the team lead and will be part of the Platform Foundations vertical, in the TIDAL engineering organization.

You Will:

• Plan, design, build and maintain solutions to improve our authentication and user management platform
• Experiment with new solutions and always look for innovative ways to improve our product.
• Build solutions to support our API and Streaming team, among others
• Belong to a diverse, inclusive and energetic group of highly motivated developers who support each other and work together to solve problems in an agile manner.
• Play a key role in planning/scoping of roadmaps and projects, from start to finish
• Use your experience in software development and technical skills to advise teammates on best practices, technology, and architecture decisions.

You have 5+ years experience with:

• Java and Spring Boot
• Cloud-native integrations (preferably AWS)
• RESTful APIs and API-driven development
• Serverless and microservices
• Docker
• oAuth2 or similar solutions (preferred)

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, based solely on the core competencies required of the role at hand, and without regard to any legally protected class.

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out ourI+D page.

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.