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 Mission is all about. We use our deep understanding of consumer expectations to enrich the lives of millions of users around the world, bringing the music, audio, and video they love to the devices, apps, and platforms they use every day.
The Content Platform team powers the full lifecycle of content across music, podcasts, audiobooks, and emerging formats. We make sure that everything—from licensed tracks to creator submissions and user-generated content—is delivered in a way that’s trusted, safe, and high quality at global scale. Our work sits at the heart of Spotify’s ecosystem, shaping how content is ingested, understood, governed, and distributed.
We’re seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on delivering content across Spotify’s ecosystem—ensuring that metadata and media flow efficiently and reliably from a wide range of internal systems to our apps and partner platforms. This work underpins every play, recommendation, and interaction, requiring systems that are scalable, observable, and resilient.
What You’ll Do
Lead and grow a team of engineers building large-scale systems that power how content is delivered across Spotify
Set technical direction and guide the evolution of backend systems responsible for content distribution
Partner closely with product, design, and platform teams to deliver reliable, high-impact solutions
Ensure highly available, scalable, and performant infrastructure supporting millions of content interactions
Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement within your team
Support engineers through coaching, feedback, and career development
Drive execution across complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple systems and stakeholders
Champion best practices in reliability, observability, and system design
Who You Are
You have experience leading and developing engineering teams in a fast-paced, product-driven environment
You bring strong technical experience in distributed systems, backend platforms, or infrastructure at scale
You know how to balance technical direction with people leadership, creating clarity and focus for your team
You are comfortable working across teams and aligning stakeholders toward shared goals
You care deeply about building reliable systems that impact millions of users
You have experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems or data/content delivery pipelines
You communicate clearly and foster an environment where ideas are shared openly
You are motivated by developing others and building inclusive, high-performing teams
Where You’ll Be
This role is based in Stockholm or London
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 may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us. Find our AI notice here: https://lifeatspotify.com/ai-notice
