Strategic Partner Engineer: Hardware & SDK

Spotify; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 92,568 - 131,138; Full time

Job summary

Spotify is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead hardware integration programs and partner enablement from Stockholm. You will work with SDKs, APIs and embedded systems to deliver high-quality experiences in consumer electronics.

You will collaborate across engineering and product teams, drive architecture discussions, and help scale our hardware platform for partner success. The role offers hybrid work with on-site collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or a related technical role.
• Strong CS foundation and experience with APIs, SDKs, and distributed systems.
• Ability to read, understand, and contribute to production code and architecture discussions.
• Experience collaborating across engineering and external partner teams.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted technical partnerships with strategic hardware manufacturers, including companies developing connected audio products.
• Lead technical integration projects from planning through launch, helping partners successfully adopt Spotify's Core Playback SDK.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and cross-functional teams to align priorities, remove blockers and deliver high-quality partner experiences.
• Drive technical discussions, architecture reviews, workshops and implementation planning with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Write clear technical proposals, RFCs and design documentation that help engineering teams make informed decisions.
• Monitor project health, proactively identify risks and coordinate solutions across multiple engineering teams.
• Investigate and resolve complex SDK, API and integration challenges, contributing code when appropriate.
• Help improve the tools, processes and developer experience that enable partners to build with Spotify more effectively.
• Contribute to the long-term evolution of Spotify's hardware platform by identifying opportunities to simplify integrations and scale partner success.

Skills

Software engineering

APIs & SDKs

Distributed systems

Embedded technologies

Technical communication

Tools

Core Playback SDK

RFCs

Job description

Spotify is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead hardware integration programs and partner enablement from Stockholm. You will work with SDKs, APIs and embedded systems to deliver high-quality experiences in consumer electronics.

You will collaborate across engineering and product teams, drive architecture discussions, and help scale our hardware platform for partner success. The role offers hybrid work with on-site collaboration.