The Platform team creates the technology that enables Spotify to learn quickly and scale easily, enabling rapid growth in our users and our business around the globe. Spanning many disciplines, we work to make the business work; creating the infrastructure, tooling, frameworks, and capabilities needed to welcome a billion customers.
What if the systems you built changed how millions of developers work, not just at Spotify, but across the industry? The Platform Developer Experience (PDX) team builds the infrastructure and internal products that power how Spotify engineers ship software. Within PDX, the Platform Infrastructure team is building the next generation of cloud and compute foundations that power our internal developer platform and the AI agents running on top of it, and help bring those capabilities to market through Portal, Spotify's external developer platform built on Backstage.
You'll join the Platform Infrastructure team within the Platform Developer Experience (PDX) studio. The team owns the cloud foundations, security posture, and developer tooling that the rest of Platform, and ultimately all of Spotify R&D, depends on. You'll lead a team working at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, platform security, and developer experience.
What You'll Do
Lead and grow a team of AI-native engineers responsible for Platform’s multi-cloud foundation across GCP and AWS, our security posture, and the developer platform that thousands of Spotify engineers depend on every day.
Define the technical vision for our cloud platform, and make the architectural calls that shape how the rest of R&D builds, ships, and operates.
Own the security and compliance posture of the developer platform end-to-end, ensuring secure-by-default outcomes for every team building on top of us.
Drive the evolution of our developer tooling stack (CI/CD, build systems, deployment, observability) so engineers ship safely and quickly along golden paths instead of bespoke setups.
Bring AI-native capabilities into platform operations, integrating LLM and agent-based automation into infrastructure changes, security remediation, and developer workflows.
Partner with product, go-to-market, and engineering teams to bring our capabilities to market, shaping how the broader industry manages cloud, security, and tooling on top of Portal.
Set and enforce production-grade standards for reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency across services operating at Spotify scale.
Build a team culture grounded in curiosity, technical rigor, and continuous learning in emerging AI systems.
Who You Are
You have 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams working on cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or developer tooling at scale.
You have 5+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience, with deep expertise in cloud platforms (GCP, AWS).
You have a strong grounding in platform security: IAM, secrets management, vulnerability and patch management, and supply chain security.
You have solid command of modern developer tooling (CI/CD, build systems, deployment patterns, observability) and an opinion on what makes platform self-service actually work at scale.
You have a track record of designing and operating distributed systems where reliability, cost, and security trade-offs are first-class concerns.
You're familiar with AI and LLM-based systems, and you have a point of view on how agents and automation can be responsibly applied to infrastructure operations.
You communicate clearly across engineers, product, security, and executive stakeholders, explaining complex trade-offs and earning alignment without losing nuance.
You create inclusive environments where diverse perspectives strengthen technical and product decisions.
You actively seek feedback and invest in growing yourself and your team.
Where You'll Be
We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the North Americas region as long as we have a work location.
This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.
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.
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams
- 5+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms (GCP, AWS)
- Strong grounding in platform security: IAM, secrets management
- Solid command of modern developer tooling
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems
- Familiarity with AI and LLM-based systems
- Ability to communicate clearly across diverse stakeholders
- Experience creating inclusive environments
- Active feedback seeking and growth mindset
Spotify Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Spotify and has not been reviewed or approved by Spotify.
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Flexible Benefits — Employees consistently praise the total compensation package beyond base salary, highlighting a mix of RSUs, cash incentives, and stipends alongside core pay. The package is described as flexible and customizable through equity choices (e.g., RSUs, options, cash) that can be tailored for long-term wealth building.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are repeatedly highlighted as substantial, including generous vacation, paid sick days, volunteer time, and flexible holidays. These policies are framed as a meaningful part of the overall rewards experience beyond salary.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and mental health support. Additional employer contributions to HSAs are cited as strengthening the overall health and wellness value proposition.
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