2 months ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead technical strategy, architecture, and development of systems supporting partner and platform experiences across devices and integrations.
- Drive complex technical initiatives spanning multiple studios or a full mission.
- Unify fragmented approaches, retire duplicative systems, and establish shared standards and platforms.
- Define and influence technical strategy across organizational boundaries and guide senior engineers in executing it.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and design leaders to identify shared opportunities and reduce duplication.
- Shape AI-native workflows and capabilities across engineering, product, and design.
Requirements
- Deep experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems serving users at scale.
- Strong track record of technical leadership, cross-team architecture influence, and organizational change.
- Ability to navigate complex and ambiguous problem spaces and identify high-leverage technical investments.
- Commitment to reliable, high-quality user experiences powered by data and personalization.
- Interest in applying emerging AI capabilities to improve how software teams work.
- Thoughtful, collaborative, inclusive approach to team culture.
Benefits
- Flexible work location anywhere in EMEA where Spotify has a work location, excluding France due to on-call restrictions.
- Collaboration within Central European and GMT time zones.
About Spotify
Spotify builds a global audio streaming platform for listeners and creators, offering on-demand music and podcasts across mobile, desktop, and connected devices. The business runs a freemium model: an ad-supported free tier and a paid Premium subscription, plus creator tools like Spotify for Artists and podcast publishing. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Stockholm, it is a publicly traded company on the NYSE (SPOT) serving consumers and rights holders worldwide.