Spotify
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EngineeringManager-CoreExperience(CorevalueandEngagement)
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“Engineering Manager - Core Experience (Core value and Engagement) at Spotify. Skills: leading engineering teams, AI-assisted development, technical direction, execution, user experiences, team alignment, inclusive environments. Partner with peer engineering managers to support delivery across the Core Value & Engagement area. Lead a cross-functional engineering team with a mix of skills and experience levels”
Industry & Context.
Identify and remove blockers to keep teams moving forward; understand trade-offs in modern AI driven software development
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
experience leading engineering teams in an AI driven product-focused environment, balance delivery and execution with team growth, working with AI-assisted development tools and workflows, understand trade-offs in modern AI driven software development, including quality, scalability, and security, contributing to cross-team initiatives with clear outcomes, building products that create great user experiences, technical judgment and can guide architectural and implementation decisions, inclusive, collaborative team environments, communicate clearly and work well with cross-functional partners, navigating change in a fast-moving environment
What You'll Do.
Partner with peer engineering managers to support delivery across the Core Value & Engagement area
Lead a cross-functional engineering team with a mix of skills and experience levels
Support and coach engineers to grow
and do their best work
Contribute to technical direction and ensure execution across your team
Work closely with product
and data partners to build meaningful user experiences
Help align teams on priorities
and high-performing team environment
Identify and remove blockers to keep teams moving forward
Guide the adoption of AI-assisted development practices to improve quality and speed
Stay close enough to the code to support technical decisions and ensure implementation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Lead a cross-functional engineering team; Work closely with product, design, and data partners; Help align teams on priorities, goals, and delivery plans; Create an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team environment; work well with cross-functional partners
Communication Scope
communicate clearly; work well with cross-functional partners
Process & Methodology
delivery and execution, delivery plans
Full Job Description
## 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. You’ll join the Core Value & Engagement product area within our Core Experience studio. This team builds and evolves some of Spotify’s most loved features—from Social Messaging to Wrapped and our Playlist Platform. We focus on reducing friction and helping users connect more deeply with Spotify every day. You’ll work closely with engineering, product, design, and data partners to shape engaging, high-impact user experiences at scale. ## What You’ll Do Partner with peer engineering managers to support delivery across the Core Value & Engagement area. Lead a cross-functional engineering team with a mix of skills and experience levels. Support and coach engineers to grow, develop, and do their best work. Contribute to technical direction and ensure strong execution across your team. Work closely with product, design, and data partners to build meaningful user experiences. Help align teams on priorities, goals, and delivery plans. Create an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing team environment. Identify and remove blockers to keep teams moving forward. Guide the adoption of AI-assisted development practices to improve quality and speed. Stay close enough to the code to support technical decisions and ensure strong implementation. ## Who You Are You have experience leading engineering teams in an AI driven product-focused environment. You know h
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