Engineering Manager II — Data & Backend (Subscriptions)

Spotify; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotify is seeking an Engineering Manager II to lead a team of data and backend engineers within the Subscriptions Mission. You will guide data pipelines and services, working with product managers and engineers to deliver reliable, scalable solutions that improve listener personalization and retention.

The role emphasizes mentorship, collaboration, and a strong focus on data quality, reliability, and end-to-end ownership. This hybrid role supports flexible work locations across the EMEA region.

Qualifications

• You have experience leading data or backend engineering teams and enjoy helping engineers develop their skills and careers.
• You can guide data architecture, distributed systems, scalability, and reliability.
• You understand how to balance team development, technical decisions, and delivery priorities to achieve meaningful results.
• You have worked with large-scale data pipelines, data platforms, or backend services.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and develop a team of data and backend engineers, creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute and grow.
• Work with product managers, business partners, and engineering teams to set priorities and build data products that improve the subscription experience.
• Guide the development of reliable, scalable data pipelines and backend services that support targeting, messaging, personalisation, and machine learning.
• Help your team make informed technical decisions, balancing data quality, reliability, business needs, and long-term maintainability.
• Support engineers through regular feedback, coaching, career development, and opportunities to share knowledge.
• Collaborate across teams to manage dependencies, solve challenges, and build shared data solutions.
• Improve engineering practices, including service reliability, sustainable on-call processes, and responsible data management.
• Explore opportunities to use AI and automation to simplify workflows, improve data quality, and support your team's work.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Data engineering

Team coaching

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Software or data engineering background

Tools

Google Cloud

BigQuery

Apache Beam

Dataflow

dbt

Flyte

Airflow

Scala

Java

Job description

Spotify is seeking an Engineering Manager II to lead a team of data and backend engineers within the Subscriptions Mission. You will guide data pipelines and services, working with product managers and engineers to deliver reliable, scalable solutions that improve listener personalization and retention.

The role emphasizes mentorship, collaboration, and a strong focus on data quality, reliability, and end-to-end ownership. This hybrid role supports flexible work locations across the EMEA region.