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Engineering Manager - Core Experience

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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,

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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.

You’ll join the Core Experience Studio within Spotify’s Experience Mission, working in the Format Foundations Product Area. This space builds the foundations behind how users experience artists, albums, podcasts, and more across the app.

Within this area, you’ll lead Meadow — a backend platform team that powers scalable, content-agnostic metadata delivery. Meadow sits at the heart of many Spotify experiences, enabling teams across Music, Podcasts, Audiobooks, and beyond to build consistent, high-quality user experiences.

  • Lead a backend engineering team, with accountability for delivery, technical direction, and team health

  • Define and evolve the technical strategy for metadata delivery systems, including fan-out serving, versioned contracts, and caching

  • Shape the long-term vision of the team in line with Core Experience and broader platform strategy

  • Partner closely with product, design, and engineering leaders to align priorities and drive execution

  • Enable adoption of platform capabilities across multiple consumer-facing teams and content verticals

  • Guide architectural decisions, review implementations, and help unblock complex technical challenges

  • Drive adoption of AI-assisted development practices to improve speed, quality, and developer experience

  • Support and grow engineers, fostering an inclusive and collaborative team environment

  • You have strong experience building and scaling backend systems for data delivery or platform infrastructure

  • You understand patterns like fan-out architectures, API versioning, and caching strategies

  • You have worked across end-to-end data systems, from pipelines to distribution layers

  • You have experience leading engineering teams and supporting individuals in their growth

  • You’ve contributed to cross-team technical strategy and aligned stakeholders around shared outcomes

  • You are comfortable working with AI-assisted development tools and guiding teams in their use

  • You think in systems and platforms, balancing the needs of internal developers and end users

  • You care deeply about building inclusive teams where people feel supported and empowered

  • You’re curious, adaptable, and comfortable navigating ambiguity

  • 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.

  • Location & Eligibility

    Where is the job
    London
    Hybrid — some on-site time required
    Who can apply
    Same as job location

    Listing Details

    Posted
    May 1, 2026
    First seen
    May 1, 2026
    Last seen
    May 5, 2026

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    70%
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    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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it.

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