Job Description
We design Spotify’s consumer experience—end to end, moment to moment, across every screen, platform, and partner integration. Our mission is to make listening feel effortless, personal, and joyful for billions of users around the world. That means turning complexity into clarity across hundreds of touchpoints—from our mobile and desktop apps to the smart speakers, TVs, cars, and integrations where Spotify shows up every day. If it touches a consumer, we shape it. We bring deep insight into human behavior, design, and technology to craft experiences that feel intuitive, expressive, and unmistakably Spotify.
The Experience team shapes the core Spotify app used by hundreds of millions of listeners worldwide. Within Core Experience, the Format Foundations team builds and evolves the foundational surfaces that help users explore, understand, and connect with creators and their content — from artists and albums to shows, episodes, authors, books, and more.
We’re looking for a thoughtful, craft-driven Senior Product Designer to join Format Foundations and help shape the heart of Spotify’s mobile experience. These are some of the most highly trafficked and emotionally resonant surfaces in the Spotify app. Our mission is to guide users from initial curiosity to deeper connection and fandom by turning complex content ecosystems into intuitive, inspiring mobile experiences.
What You’ll Do
- Design and evolve foundational mobile experiences across Spotify’s core content formats, shaping how millions of users discover and connect with creators
- Simplify complex catalogs into intuitive, engaging, and scalable user journeys
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, and Design peers to define strategy and deliver high-quality execution
- Translate brand-led creative direction into cohesive, system-driven product experiences
- Ensure alignment with Encore consumer mobile guidelines and native iOS and Android platform constraints
- Raise the bar on craft, interaction quality, motion, and scalable design patterns
- Contribute to long-term product strategy while delivering pixel-perfect, high-impact design work
- Embed on high-priority initiatives and company bets, including contributing to the 2026 Wrapped listening experience, exploring new ways to make data stories more social, interactive, and immersive
Who You Are
- You have 5+ years of experience designing digital consumer products, with deep expertise in native mobile platforms
- You have a strong visual design foundation and exceptional attention to detail and craftsmanship
- You know how to navigate ambiguity and bring clarity to complex systems
- You have experience building scalable systems and patterns across large, content-rich ecosystems
- You are experienced partnering cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Research to deliver high-impact outcomes
- You have translated brand or creative direction into cohesive, scalable product experiences
- You are comfortable prototyping and exploring ideas using modern AI-enabled tools
- You care deeply about interaction quality, accessibility, and inclusive design
Where You’ll Be
- This role is based in New York, NY.
- 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.
The United States base range for this position is $147 595 - $210 850, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays. These ranges may be modified in the future.
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.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
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.
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
