Engineering Manager - Core Infrastructure

You’ll join the Core Infrastructure studio within Spotify’s Platform mission, working in the Performance Optimization team. This team builds and evolves the foundational infrastructure that powers Spotify at scale. As part of a horizontal squad with broad reach, you’ll help shape how performance and efficiency are improved across thousands of services—enabling teams to build, ship, and operate reliably while balancing cost, performance, and developer experience.

What You'll Do :
• Lead, support, and grow a team of engineers working on core infrastructure systems used across Spotify

• Set clear direction and priorities, balancing long-term platform investments with immediate product needs

• Partner closely with product, engineering, and cross-functional leaders to shape infrastructure strategy

• Drive technical excellence, reliability, and scalability across distributed systems

• Foster a healthy, inclusive, and collaborative team environment where people can do their best work

• Support engineers in their development through coaching, feedback, and career growth conversations

• Help evolve engineering practices, ways of working, and operational maturity across the studio

• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and knowledge sharing

Who You Are :
• You have experience leading and developing engineering teams in a complex, distributed environment

• You are comfortable working with large-scale systems, cloud infrastructure, and platform technologies

• You know how to balance technical depth with people leadership and team health

• You have experience partnering with product and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver impact

• You care about building inclusive teams and creating an environment where everyone can thrive

• You are experienced in driving delivery while maintaining high standards for quality and reliability

• You communicate clearly and bring people together around shared goals

• You have a thoughtful approach to decision-making, trade-offs, and prioritization

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.

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.