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About the Role
Executive Overview: Engineering Manager - Subscriptions
As a Engineering Manager - Subscriptions at Spotify Lever Board, you will drive key technological innovations and solve complex software challenges in Stockholm, Global. At Spotify, our Subscriptions organisation helps listeners discover the value of Spotify, find the right subscription, and keep enjoying the content they love. From acquisition and activation to retention, commerce, and customer service, we build experiences that connect listeners with Spotify and support lasting relationships.
Engineering Roadmap & Systems Impact
We're looking for an Engineering Manager II to lead a team of data and backend engineers within our Subscriptions Mission. Your team will build data products, pipelines, and services that help teams understand listener needs and deliver more relevant experiences. You'll work closely with product managers, data scientists, business partners, and engineers to turn complex challenges into reliable solutions. You'll also create an environment where engineers can grow, collaborate, and make a meaningful impact.
We prioritize writing clean, maintainable, and observable code. You will play a foundational role in shaping our technical roadmap, mentoring team members, and establishing best-in-class architectural patterns.
Operating Environment
At Spotify Lever Board, we foster an async-first collaborative culture with dedicated deep-work hours, minimal meeting overhead, and continuous learning opportunities.
Key Technical Responsibilities
- check_circle Provide technical leadership, architectural oversight, and engineering mentorship across Spotify Lever Board's teams.
- check_circle Partner with executive stakeholders to align engineering delivery with business goals and platform roadmaps.
- check_circle Drive cross-organizational technical RFCs, establish architectural standards, and reduce technical debt.
- check_circle Foster an inclusive, high-velocity engineering culture that attracts and develops top technical talent.
Prerequisites & Qualifications
- check Proven leadership experience guiding high-performing software engineering teams through technical milestones.
- check Exceptional systems architecture skills with experience making high-leverage technology trade-offs.
- check Track record of successfully delivering multi-quarter, cross-functional engineering initiatives.
- check Strong communication skills with ability to bridge complex technical decisions with strategic business outcomes.
About Spotify Lever Board
Verified hiring organization details.
Spotify Lever Board is a technology and software entity operating in New York, NY, associated with Spotify's recruitment and engineering operations. Spotify is a prominent global audio streaming and media services provider known for its robust software engineering infrastructure, data-driven culture, and large-scale distributed systems that serve hundreds of millions of active users worldwide.