Senior Staff Engineer

Who you are

• You have deep experience designing, building and operating distributed systems that serve users at scale
• You have a strong track record of technical leadership — influencing and shaping architecture decisions across teams, and driving organizational change in how software gets built
• You thrive in complex, ambiguous problem spaces and can identify where technical investment will create the greatest leverage across teams and systems
• You care deeply about reliable, high-quality user experiences powered by data and personalization
• You actively explore how AI reshapes how we build, not just what we build, and can turn emerging capabilities into practical improvements in how teams work
• You bring a thoughtful, collaborative, inclusive mindset and actively contribute to a positive team culture

What the job involves

• Platform & Partner Experience (PPX) sits within the Experience Mission, shaping how Spotify shows up across devices, platforms, and partner ecosystems
• We build the foundations that power seamless integrations — from smart speakers to cars to AI agents — while ensuring every interaction feels personal, reliable, and unmistakably Spotify
• As a Senior Staff Engineer, you'll advance how our systems power partner experiences at scale, tackling complex challenges that span teams, systems and organizational boundaries
• You will work closely with platform, infrastructure, and product teams across the company to create shared foundations, streamline our architecture and unlock new experiences for our users and partners
• Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and development of systems that enable and enhance partner and platform experiences across devices and integrations
• Drive complex technical initiatives that span multiple studios or a full mission — particularly where coordination cost, architectural sprawl, or competing local optimizations are part of the problem
• Create leverage by unifying fragmented approaches, retiring duplicative systems, and establishing the standards and platforms that enable multiple studios move faster without reinventing foundations — judging where consolidation creates leverage and where local autonomy is the better choice
• Define and influence technical strategy across organizational boundaries and bring other senior engineers along in executing it
• Collaborate with engineering, product and design leaders across the Experience Mission and beyond to identify shared opportunities, align technical direction and reduce duplication
• Shape how AI transforms the software development lifecycle and pioneer AI-native workflows and capabilities that bridge engineering, product, and design

Benefits

• Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
• Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
• Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
• All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
• Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs