Senior Partner Engineer, Hardware & SDK Partnerships

Creandum Advisor LLP; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 800,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotify is seeking a Partner Engineer to build and lead technical integrations with hardware manufacturers, helping devices adopt Spotify's Core Playback SDK and deliver high-quality partner experiences.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and external partners, own architecture discussions, and help scale initiatives across teams, contributing to the evolution of Spotify's hardware platform.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering or related roles.
• Experience with SDKs, APIs, distributed systems or embedded tech.
• Ability to read production code and discuss architecture with engineers.
• Proven ability to collaborate across orgs and with external partners.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted technical partnerships with strategic hardware manufacturers.
• Lead technical integration projects from planning through launch.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and cross-functional teams.
• Drive technical discussions, architecture reviews, and planning.
• Write clear technical proposals, RFCs and design docs.
• Monitor project health and coordinate cross-team solutions.
• Investigate and resolve SDK, API and integration challenges.
• Improve tools and developer experience for partners.
• Contribute to the long-term evolution of Spotify's hardware platform.

Skills

Computer Science

Software Engineering

SDKs

APIs

Distributed Systems

Embedded Technologies

Cross-functional Collaboration

Tools

SDKs

APIs

Production Code

Job description

Spotify is seeking a Partner Engineer to build and lead technical integrations with hardware manufacturers, helping devices adopt Spotify's Core Playback SDK and deliver high-quality partner experiences.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and external partners, own architecture discussions, and help scale initiatives across teams, contributing to the evolution of Spotify's hardware platform.