Stockholm-based Engineering Manager - Lead Scalable SaaS

Spotify; United States; Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotify is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a skilled, distributed team of engineers across Europe. You will coach individuals and the group, uphold a strong team culture, and guide delivery quality and pace.

You’ll provide mentorship, set technical strategy with Staff engineers, and occasionally contribute hands-on coding. You will collaborate with product managers to align priorities with the product vision, ensure scalable systems, and cultivate an environment of creativity,

Qualifications

• Experience designing and leading distributed systems that scale to millions of users.
• Experience with data warehouses and large-scale data processing.
• Proven track record in commercial SaaS product development from concept to launch.
• Senior level contributor with strong leadership experience and people management.
• Strong emphasis on software engineering best practices and code quality.
• Willingness to adopt AI tools to improve engineering outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Hire, coach and develop a team of engineers.
• Deliver high-quality software and ensure timely releases.
• Partner with product managers on prioritization and product vision.
• Work with Staff engineers to shape technical strategy.
• Contribute to hands-on engineering work as needed.
• Help the team deliver an amazing product with a high standard of quality.

Skills

Distributed systems

Data warehousing

SaaS product experience

Leadership experience

Software engineering best practices

Quality focus

AI tooling

Job description

Spotify is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a skilled, distributed team of engineers across Europe. You will coach individuals and the group, uphold a strong team culture, and guide delivery quality and pace.

You’ll provide mentorship, set technical strategy with Staff engineers, and occasionally contribute hands-on coding. You will collaborate with product managers to align priorities with the product vision, ensure scalable systems, and cultivate an environment of creativity,