Head of Content Platform Engineering

Spotify AB; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global parental leave

Flexible share incentives

Employee assistance program

Flexible public holidays

Job summary

Spotify AB is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Content Platform domain. You will shape technical direction, grow multiple teams, and evolve systems underpinning Spotify’s global content platform.

We value strong architectural judgment, collaboration across product and business partners, and a focus on reliability, scale, and inclusive leadership. This hybrid London/Stockholm role offers flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering organizations through other leaders.
• Strong system design and architectural decision making.
• Proven ability to scale teams and manage data-intensive systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple engineering teams through managers and shape their growth.
• Own and drive the technical strategy for a core platform domain.
• Improve catalog systems to enable efficient product experiences.
• Modernize legacy systems into scalable, reliable architectures.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to set priorities.
• Increase reliability and reduce operational friction in content workflows.
• Identify opportunities for automation and AI to boost quality and productivity.
• Foster an inclusive engineering culture and long-term roadmap.

Skills

Leadership

Distributed systems

Architecture

Cross-functional alignment

AI & automation mindset

Inclusive culture

Job description

Spotify AB is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Content Platform domain. You will shape technical direction, grow multiple teams, and evolve systems underpinning Spotify’s global content platform.

We value strong architectural judgment, collaboration across product and business partners, and a focus on reliability, scale, and inclusive leadership. This hybrid London/Stockholm role offers flexible work arrangements.