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.
We are looking for a Director of Engineering to lead the tech team in the Core Value & Engagement Product Area (CV&E) within the CoreX (Core Mobile Experience) Studio. CV&E is doubling down on Spotify’s recent investment in Social and Messaging and is also the home for some of our most loved features, like Playlists and Your Library as well as key data delivery platforms like List Platform and Collection. Our key mission is to make Social a key engagement lever in 2026 and onwards. The team comprises 9 squads (90 people in engineering) across EMEA.
As the engineering lead, you will focus on technical delivery through our dual-track approach: Discovery and Execution. Success in this role requires sophisticated collaboration with peers, Staff Engineers, Product, Design, and Insights, fostering a playful and innovative environment. We are looking for a candidate who can quickly grasp product goals and find innovative ways to achieve them while aligning with our technical strategy. The Spotify app should feel like it's all built by a small, tight team, even though we’re close to 300 in engineering. This means leadership in CoreX is a team sport, more like coordinated swimming than a solo run.