Spotify

Company Name: Spotify
Job Title: Junior Backend Engineer - Content Platform
Job Description: We are looking for a Junior Backend Engineer to join one of the teams working with Content Platform. We are working together in autonomous teams that take full responsibility for their own part of the Spotify ecosystem, including writing code with high standards, hosting our services in Google Cloud Platform, monitoring our services, measuring quality, and guaranteeing service reliability. You will join a team where everyone shares a common interest in distributed backend systems, their scalability and continued development. Together we try to find new ways to create a phenomenal Spotify experience for all our users across the globe.

What You'll Do

Design, develop and deploy backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability
Build and operate infrastructure, toolset and deployment pipelines
Collaborate closely with other engineers in the team and product area and also across Spotify (our group of stakeholders is wide and diverse) and become a valued member of our team
Take operational responsibility for the services that are owned by your team, including taking part in an on-call and goalie rotation
Work in an environment that supports your individual growth
Continuously improve our product by innovating on the service and being close with other development and product teams

Who You Are

You hold a degree in computer science or similar subject and have at least 1+ years of working experience in a similar backend engineering position
You are comfortable designing, implementing and maintaining systems with Java in symbiosis with a handful of other languages when needed (e.g Python, Scala) and know what clean code is
You are able to reason about trade offs of different databases and preferably have hands on experience with SQL and No SQL ones
Our engineers are T-shaped, which means being capable of using the right technology as a tool when needed. If you have some data engineering experience or are keen to learn it - that’s a bonus!
You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise
You are comfortable working with modern infrastructure and tools
You are comfortable running your software in Linux environments
You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming and automated testing
You enjoy seeing millions of users running your code
You have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms

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. We ask that you come in 3 times per week.

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.

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.

London, United Kingdom

On site

31-03-2025

Company Name: Spotify
Job Title: Backend Engineer - Content Platform
Job Description: We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join one of the teams working with Content Platform. We are working together in autonomous teams that take full responsibility for their own part of the Spotify ecosystem, including writing code with high standards, hosting our services in Google Cloud Platform, monitoring our services, measuring quality, and guaranteeing service reliability. You will join a team where everyone shares a common interest in distributed backend systems, their scalability and continued development. Together we try to find new ways to create a phenomenal Spotify experience for all our users across the globe.

What You'll Do

Be a valued senior member of an autonomous, multi-functional agile team to take on exciting and challenging problems for delivering value to creators.
Architect, design, develop, deploy, and operate Java services following good design and development practices.
Design, develop and deploy backend services with a focus on high availability, low latency and scalability.
Help drive optimization, testing, and tooling to improve data quality.
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, experts, and business partners, taking learning and leadership opportunities that will arise every single day.
Work in cross-functional agile teams to continuously experiment, iterate, and deliver on new product objectives.
Deliver testable, maintainable, and high-quality code and take operational responsibility for the components that you develop.
Share knowledge, promote standard methodologies, making your team the best version of itself through mentorship and constructive accountability
Hack on what you want during regular hack days and bi-annual hack weeks.
Work in an environment that supports your individual growth by providing you with challenging tasks to tackle and the freedom to acquire new skills in hack time, reading groups, lectures, and a variety of internal training courses.

Who You Are

You are comfortable designing, implementing and maintaining systems with Java in symbiosis with a handful of other languages when needed (e.g Python, Scala) and know what clean code is
You are able to reason about trade offs of different databases and preferably have hands on experience with SQL and No SQL ones
Our engineers are T-shaped, which means being capable of using the right technology as a tool when needed. If you have some data engineering experience or are keen to learn it - that’s a bonus!
You are interested in keeping up with current best practices in your areas of expertise
You are comfortable working with modern infrastructure and tools
You are comfortable running your software in Linux environments
You know and care about sound engineering practices like continuous delivery, defensive programming and automated testing
You enjoy seeing millions of users running your code
You have a good understanding of data structures and algorithms
You hold a degree in computer science or similar subject.

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 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.

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.

London, United Kingdom

On site

31-03-2025

Company Name: Spotify
Job Title: Senior Product Manager - Audio & Media Playback
Job Description: Delivering the best Spotify experience possible. To as many people as possible. In as many moments as possible. That’s what the Experience team is all about. We use our deep understanding of consumer expectations to enrich the lives of millions of our users all over the world, bringing the music and audio they love to the devices, apps and platforms they use every day. Know what our users want? Join us and help Spotify give it to them.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager that will join the Play Product Area within the Core Experience Studio to help evolve the experience of audio and media playback on Spotify. You will help define and evolve the experiences that make playing on Spotify more engaging, rewarding, and valuable for users, creators, and Spotify. Above all, your work will impact how hundreds of millions users experience music and media.

What You’ll Do

Work with a cross-functional team that looks after our audio playback capabilities.
Work with engineering, design, data science and user research to ensure the experience is scalable, usable, and useful for a range of strategies.
Lead multiple projects across the entire product lifecycle.
Triangulate data and insights to develop a robust product strategy and inform decision-making as well as short- and long-term roadmaps.
Manage cross-functional and cross-org relationships to keep them informed, receive input, and influence their thinking.

Who You Are

You are an experienced product manager with the ability to work with cross-functional teams, lead complex projects across multiple strategies and stakeholders, and make data-driven decisions.
You are an expert in audio experiences, with a strong understanding of both the engineering aspects of audio processing and editing, as well as their impact on the user listening experience. For example, you understand how features like crossfading and beatmatching influence the flow and feel of an audio session, while also ensuring high overall audio quality.
Experience from developing video playback experiences (in addition to audio) is a plus; e.g. low-latency video delivery, DRM, and optimizing playback for improved QoE.
You have led the product work of several products in large tech companies that you can tell us about.
You have a deep understanding of product practices and know how to incorporate multiple different perspectives (including user research, data and strategy) into one single product vision and experience.
You care about creating engaging, rewarding, and valuable experiences for users, creators, and Spotify.

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 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.

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.

London, United Kingdom

On site

07-04-2025

Company Name: Spotify
Job Title: Engineering Manager - Platform Engineering
Job Description: We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Data Engineering Manager to lead our Data Engineering team supporting the Platform Mission at Spotify. This role is pivotal in ensuring the data infrastructure and pipelines that power our information and shape our strategy and objectives are robust, scalable, and efficient.

As a Data Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for leading a team that builds and maintains the data pipelines and infrastructure that underpin our Mission systems. You will work closely with product managers, data engineers, data scientists, and software engineers to deliver high-quality data solutions that enable personalized visual experiences and empower our Platform teams.

What You'll Do

Provide servant leadership for the team that reports to you
Delivery of product improvements, features, migrations, and overall technical health
Cultivate a balanced and collaborative data engineering culture and a diverse and inclusive team that reflects our customers and the industry
Collaborate with technical and product partners to define success metrics and roadmaps
Influence and support the development of the technical architecture of the team’s stack
Advocate for the increased knowledge of the Data Engineering tools and capabilities across the company.

Who You Are

An experienced manager with full stack experience
You excel at influencing without authority and being an effective communicator (both written and verbal)
Are passionate about growing and developing data engineering teams as well as the technical ecosystem that comes with it
Are empathetic towards customer pains and are comfortable translating them into technical requirements
Confident managing stakeholders across multiple levels
Have a fundamental Computer Science background with specific Data Engineering experience
Ideally proficient in cloud architecture, java, react, python, scala, Apache ecosystem, and Google Cloud Platform technologies

Where You'll Be

This role is based in London, UK, or Stockholm, Sweden.
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.
This team operates within the Central European and GMT time zone for collaboration.

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.

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.

London, United Kingdom

On site

18-04-2025

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