Senior Engineering Manager - Information Technology

Spotify
London, Stockholm
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Leadership","Communication","Inclusion","Decision-making"]

Lead the IT Studio’s engineering organization by setting engineering strategy and strengthening technical practices across multiple teams. You’ll develop and grow a group of Engineering Managers and approximately 50 engineers and technicians, drive improvements in reliability, operational health, and ways of working, and embed reliability, security, compliance, and privacy into engineering decisions. Partner with product and studio leadership to balance engineering investment with business priorities, including shaping how AI is applied across squads.

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Senior Engineering Manager - Information Technology

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Job Summary

Lead the IT Studio’s engineering organization by setting engineering strategy and strengthening technical practices across multiple teams. You’ll develop and grow a group of Engineering Managers and approximately 50 engineers and technicians, drive improvements in reliability, operational health, and ways of working, and embed reliability, security, compliance, and privacy into engineering decisions. Partner with product and studio leadership to balance engineering investment with business priorities, including shaping how AI is applied across squads.
Location: London, Stockholm
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and develop Engineering Managers across multiple teams, supporting growth and clarity around outcomes and engineering excellence.
  • •Set and communicate engineering strategy across the studio, ensuring technical direction aligned with IT’s mandate and Spotify’s business needs.
  • •Strengthen technical judgment across the Engineering Manager group by challenging processes and creating space for architecture, quality, and capability building.
  • •Identify patterns and drive improvements in engineering practice, operational health, reliability, and ways of working.
  • •Champion reliability, security, compliance, and privacy, and shape how AI is used by tools squads build and how engineers work day to day.

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of engineering experience, including leading Engineering Managers across multiple teams.
  • •Led engineering organisations at scale and can show how technical strategies influenced outcomes.
  • •Experience with enterprise technology such as identity and access, SaaS platforms, endpoint management, workplace technology, architecture, or related systems.
  • •Improved engineering practices across multiple teams, balancing developer productivity, operational excellence, reliability, and sustainable technical investment.
  • •Practical experience applying AI tooling or related technologies and an ability to use performance conversations focused on impact.
Experience:8+ years
Skills:Strategic thinkingLeadershipCommunicationInclusionDecision-making

Company Brief

Spotify
Provides a music, podcast and audio streaming service offering on-demand access to millions of tracks and podcasts, personalized recommendations, and advertising and subscription-based tiers for listeners and creators worldwide.
Industry: Streaming Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Stockholm, Sweden
Founded: 2006
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