6 months ago
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and evolve the C++ integration layer for Spotify audio and video playback on TV devices running a Rust runtime.
- Integrate playback with platform-native media frameworks and TV player stacks.
- Own buffering, playback state handling, A/V synchronization, adaptive bitrate configuration, track selection, and rendering paths.
- Debug performance and reliability issues across application logic, operating-system frameworks, and hardware acceleration.
- Partner with playback platform and device teams on APIs and technical designs.
- Improve test coverage, tooling, and observability to detect regressions and accelerate iteration.
- Contribute to technical design discussions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Strong experience building low-level systems in C++, ideally in video, media, or playback domains.
- Hands-on experience integrating native playback frameworks such as AVPlayer, ExoPlayer, vendor SDKs, or similar media stacks.
- Deep understanding of video playback fundamentals, including codecs, streaming formats, adaptive bitrate, buffering behavior, and A/V synchronization.
- Experience working close to operating-system and media-framework layers and diagnosing cross-system issues.
- Experience contributing to the design and evolution of scalable technical systems across platforms.
- Ability to debug performance and reliability issues using logs, traces, profilers, and system diagnostic tools.
- Ability to collaborate across teams and communicate technical trade-offs clearly.
Benefits
- Role based in London or Stockholm.
- Flexible work arrangement with expected in-person collaboration and the option to work from home.
About Spotify
Deliver creativity to the world -- one note, one voice, one idea at a time. At Spotify, we focus relentlessly on building the best and most valuable experience available anywhere, enhancing every moment by connecting the world to the art and the creatives who shape it. Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in Sweden in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 70m tracks for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including offline mode, improved sound quality, and an ad-free music listening experience. Today, Spotify is the most popular global audio streaming service with 365m users, including 165m subscribers across 178 markets. We are the largest driver of revenue to the music business today.