Senior Staff Engineer - Platform & Partner Experience

Spotify; London (KY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotify is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to advance how our systems power partner experiences at scale. You will collaborate with platform, infrastructure, and product teams to build shared foundations and streamline architecture across devices and ecosystems.

You’ll tackle complex challenges, spanning teams and organizational boundaries, to unlock new experiences for users and partners. This role bets on deep engineering judgment, systems thinking, and a passion for reliable, delightful

Qualifications

• Experience in leading large-scale platform engineering initiatives.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and organizational boundaries.
• Strong background in systems, reliability, and architecture.

Responsibilities

• Advance how our systems power partner experiences at scale.
• Work with platform, infrastructure, and product teams to build shared foundations.
• Create streamlined architecture and unlock new experiences for users and partners.
• Tackle complex challenges that span teams and organizational boundaries.

Skills

Systems architecture

Cross-team collaboration

Platform engineering

Partner integrations

Job description

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.

Platform & Partner Experience (PPX) sits within the Experience Mission, shaping how Spotify shows up across devices, platforms, and partner ecosystems. We build the foundations that power seamless integrations — from smart speakers to cars to AI agents — while ensuring every interaction feels personal, reliable, and unmistakably Spotify.

As a Senior Staff Engineer, you'll advance how our systems power partner experiences at scale, tackling complex challenges that span teams, systems and organizational boundaries. You will work closely with platform, infrastructure, and product teams across the company to create shared foundations, streamline our architecture and unlock new experiences for our users and partners.