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About the Role
As a Senior Partner Engineer, you'll help shape partnerships with leading hardware manufacturers to bring new Spotify experiences to life, acting as the technical bridge between external partners and Spotify engineering teams. Your work will directly influence how millions of listeners experience Spotify every day.
Responsibilities
- Build trusted technical partnerships with strategic hardware manufacturers, including companies developing connected audio products.
- Lead technical integration projects from planning through launch, helping partners successfully adopt Spotify's Core Playback SDK.
- Collaborate with engineering, product and cross-functional teams to align priorities, remove blockers and deliver high-quality partner experiences.
- Drive technical discussions, architecture reviews, workshops and implementation planning with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Write clear technical proposals, RFCs and design documentation that help engineering teams make informed decisions.
- Monitor project health, proactively identify risks and coordinate solutions across multiple engineering teams.
- Investigate and resolve complex SDK, API and integration challenges, contributing code when appropriate.
- Help improve the tools, processes and developer experience that enable partners to build with Spotify more effectively.
- Contribute to the long-term evolution of Spotify's hardware platform by identifying opportunities to simplify integrations and scale partner success.
Requirements
- Strong foundation in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 5+ years of experience working in software engineering, partner engineering, developer relations, solutions engineering, or a similar technical role.
- Experience with software development, SDKs, APIs, distributed systems or embedded technologies.
- Ability to read, understand, and contribute to production code while discussing technical architecture with engineers and technical partners.
- Experience working across organizational boundaries and building strong relationships with both engineering teams and external partners.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, prioritize effectively, and keep complex technical initiatives moving forward.
- Experience with consumer electronics, connected devices, smart home products, audio platforms or hardware certification is valuable.
- Experience writing technical specifications, architecture proposals or RFCs is an advantage.
Skills
- Software development
- SDKs
- APIs
- Distributed systems
- Embedded technologies
- Technical proposals
- RFCs
- Design documentation
- Consumer electronics
- Connected devices
- Smart home products
- Audio platforms
- Hardware certification
- Technical specifications
- Architecture proposals
Location
- Stockholm
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 5+ years
Education Level
- Computer Science
- Software Engineering
- Related technical discipline
About the Company
- Spotify designs Spotify’s consumer experience—end to end, across every screen, platform, and partner integration.
- Spotify's mission is to make listening feel effortless, personal, and joyful for billions of users around the world.
- Spotify is available on thousands of connected devices around the world—from smart speakers and TVs to audio systems and emerging hardware platforms.
- Behind every great listening experience is a close partnership between Spotify engineers and the companies building those products.
Equal Opportunity
- Spotify is an equal opportunity employer.
- 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!
- 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.