The Platform team creates the technology that enables Spotify to learn quickly and scale easily, enabling rapid growth in our users and our business around the globe.

The IT Studio is the team behind the technology that approximately 8,000 Spotifiers rely on every day, spanning endpoint and device management, identity and access, networking and connectivity, IT service management and support, audio visual and meeting room technology, productivity and collaboration platforms, work management tooling, and the AI tools changing how everyone at Spotify works.

What You'll Do

Lead and develop Engineering Managers across multiple teams, supporting their growth
Set and communicate engineering strategy across the studio
Strengthen technical judgment across the Engineering Manager group
Identify patterns and opportunities across teams and drive improvements
Establish and evolve engineering best practices across the studio
Champion reliability, security, compliance, and privacy as fundamental parts
Shape how AI is used across the company
Partner with studio and alliance leadership, procurement, legal, and teams across Spotify

Who You Are

You have 8+ years of engineering experience and experience leading Engineering Managers across multiple teams
You have led engineering organisations at scale and can demonstrate how the technical strategies you've shaped have influenced meaningful outcomes
You bring experience with enterprise technology such as identity and access, SaaS platforms, endpoint management, workplace technology, architecture, or related systems, and can engage credibly in technical decisions across these areas
You have improved engineering practices across multiple teams and know how to balance developer productivity, operational excellence, reliability, and sustainable technical investment
You have developed Engineering Managers into stronger leaders and can point to meaningful growth and progression within the teams you've led
You're excited about how AI is changing the way people and engineering organisations work and have practical experience applying AI tooling or related technologies
You focus performance conversations on impact rather than activity and can assess contributions across teams producing different kinds of outcomes
You're a strategic thinker who can set direction across a broad organisation while staying close enough to the work to contribute when needed
You communicate complex technical and strategic ideas clearly, build inclusion into how you lead, and can make thoughtful decisions when working through ambiguity

Where You'll Be

This role is based in London or Stockholm, with flexibility to work where you work best; there will be some in-person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home

Senior Engineering Manager - Information Technology