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SpotifyEngineering Manager - Experimentation
Spotify runs an Experimentation product area that builds Confidence, a platform that lets Spotify and outside customers test ideas quickly and safely, learn from the results…
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Spotify runs an Experimentation product area that builds Confidence, a platform that lets Spotify and outside customers test ideas quickly and safely, learn from the results and make sound product decisions. Experiments reach almost every function at Spotify, which runs thousands of tests each year, and the company now offers the same capability to other businesses as commercial software-as-a-service. This engineering management role leads a group of skilled, engaged engineers…
Job Description
Spotify runs an Experimentation product area that builds Confidence, a platform that lets Spotify and outside customers test ideas quickly and safely, learn from the results and make sound product decisions. Experiments reach almost every function at Spotify, which runs thousands of tests each year, and the company now offers the same capability to other businesses as commercial software-as-a-service.
This engineering management role leads a group of skilled, engaged engineers spread across Europe. The manager hires, coaches and develops them, both individually and as a team, and works to keep the team culture healthy and the bar for quality high. Priorities and product vision are shaped with product managers, while technical strategy is formed with staff engineers. The manager remains accountable for the quality and timing of what the team ships and does some coding when needed. The overall aim is an effective team that delivers a strong product.
Suitable candidates take as much pleasure in growing people as in building products, and have experience with distributed systems that serve millions of users. Exposure to data warehouses and large-scale data processing is important, as is experience launching new features from scratch in a commercial SaaS product. The posting describes a senior individual contributor, or someone who has been one, with people leadership experience and a commitment to good engineering practice. Candidates are expected to use AI tools to become more effective. The role is based in Stockholm, with some in-person meetings and flexibility to work from home. The posting does not list a salary or specific benefits.
Responsibilities
- Hire, coach and grow a team of engineers
- Take responsibility for high-quality, on-time deliveries
- Work with product managers on prioritisation and product vision
- Partner with staff engineers on the technical strategy behind the roadmap
- Contribute some hands-on engineering now and then
- Foster a creative, collaborative team culture
Requirements
- Track record of developing people as well as products
- Experience collaborating on distributed systems that scale to millions of users
- Experience with data warehouses and large-scale data processing
- Experience launching brand-new commercial SaaS features from scratch
- Background as a senior individual contributor, or equivalent
- Strong people skills and prior leadership experience
- Commitment to software engineering best practice and high standards
- Use of AI tools to become more effective
Qualifications
- Willingness to learn unfamiliar areas and grow
- Interest in large-scale technical problems
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Where is the role based?
The role is based in Stockholm, with some in-person meetings and flexibility to work from home.
What does the team work on?
The team builds Confidence, Spotify's experimentation platform, which is also offered to external customers as commercial SaaS.
How is the team set up?
The engineers are distributed across Europe, and the manager coaches them individually and as a group.
Does the posting state a salary?
The posting does not state a salary or list benefits.
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