Engineering Manager - Content Platform

Requirements

• You have experience leading and developing engineering teams in a fast-paced, product-driven environment
• You bring strong technical experience in distributed systems, backend platforms, or infrastructure at scale
• You know how to balance technical direction with people leadership, creating clarity and focus for your team
• You are comfortable working across teams and aligning stakeholders toward shared goals
• You care deeply about building reliable systems that impact millions of users
• You have experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems or data/content delivery pipelines
• You communicate clearly and foster an environment where ideas are shared openly
• You are motivated by developing others and building inclusive, high-performing teams

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and grow a team of engineers building large-scale systems that power how content is delivered across Spotify
• Set technical direction and guide the evolution of backend systems responsible for content distribution
• Partner closely with product, design, and platform teams to deliver reliable, high-impact solutions
• Ensure highly available, scalable, and performant infrastructure supporting millions of content interactions
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement within your team
• Support engineers through coaching, feedback, and career development
• Drive execution across complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple systems and stakeholders
• Champion best practices in reliability, observability, and system design

Where You'll Be

• This role is based in Stockholm or London
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in-person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home