Spotify

Experience

SeniorEngineeringManager-CoreExperience

London, United Kingdom; Stockholm, Sweden Permanent Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Engineering Manager - Core Experience at Spotify. Skills: leading engineering teams, managing other managers, driving delivery, partnering with Product, cross-functional collaboration. Lead multiple engineering squads. supporting technical execution”

What You'll Achieve.

improve user engagement; overall app performance; raising the quality bar

Industry & Context.

Experience
Problems you'll solve

turn user needs into scalable technical solutions

Eligibility Requirements

some in person meetings

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

extensive experience leading engineering teams, including managing other managers, worked on consumer-facing mobile or web products where performance and user experience matter, comfortable contributing to system design and technical discussions, know how to balance product ambition with quality and reliable delivery, experience working cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Insights partners, care about building inclusive, supportive team environments where people can thrive, thoughtful approach to scaling teams and delivering large initiatives, motivated by improving the end-user experience and raising the quality bar

What You'll Do.

Lead multiple engineering squads

supporting technical execution

creating clarity across teams

Manage and develop Engineering Managers and engineers

helping them grow and do their best work

Drive delivery of high-quality

reliable features that improve user engagement and overall app performance

Partner closely with Product to shape technical direction

Balance discovery and delivery

helping teams explore the right solutions while delivering predictably

Collaborate with Design and Insights to turn user needs into scalable technical solutions

Contribute to broader studio alignment

sharing best practices and improving how we work across teams

Support a healthy engineering culture grounded in collaboration

and continuous improvement

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

creating clarity across teams; Partner closely with Product; Collaborate with Design and Insights; Contribute to broader studio alignment; sharing best practices and improving how we work across teams; Support a healthy engineering culture grounded in collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement

Process & Methodology

Drive delivery, Balance discovery and delivery, delivering predictably, delivering large initiatives

Full Job Description

## What You’ll Do Lead multiple engineering squads, supporting strong technical execution and creating clarity across teams. Manage and develop Engineering Managers and engineers, helping them grow and do their best work. Drive delivery of high-quality, reliable features that improve user engagement and overall app performance. Partner closely with Product to shape technical direction, strategy, and roadmaps. Balance discovery and delivery, helping teams explore the right solutions while delivering predictably. Collaborate with Design and Insights to turn user needs into scalable technical solutions. Contribute to broader studio alignment, sharing best practices and improving how we work across teams. Support a healthy engineering culture grounded in collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement. ## Who You Are You have extensive experience leading engineering teams, including managing other managers. You have worked on consumer-facing mobile or web products where performance and user experience matter. You are comfortable contributing to system design and technical discussions. You know how to balance product ambition with quality and reliable delivery. You have experience working cross-functionally with Product, Design, and Insights partners. You care about building inclusive, supportive team environments where people can thrive. You bring a thoughtful approach to scaling teams and delivering large initiatives. You’re motivated by improving the end-user experience and raising the quality bar. ## 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. ## Additional Information 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 mo

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