About the Role
The Platform team builds technology for Spotify's rapid growth, enabling the company to scale easily and learn quickly. Core Infrastructure, within Platform, focuses on foundational systems for engineers. The Backend Experience & Tools (BEAT) Product Area within Core Infrastructure is redefining backend development at Spotify, aiming to make it agent-native with AI and LLM-powered capabilities to enhance how thousands of engineers build, ship, and operate software.
Responsibilities
- Lead the product strategy for BEAT and define the vision for agent-native backend development across Spotify's platform.
- Shape how AI and LLM-powered capabilities transform the software development lifecycle.
- Use and evaluate BEAT's developer tools, applying AI-augmented workflows, and leading high-impact product initiatives.
- Lead and develop a team of Product Managers, fostering a collaborative, high-performing team.
- Partner closely with the Engineering Area Lead to align priorities, make investment decisions, and balance trade-offs.
- Build trusted partnerships with senior engineers and the Backend Advisory Board to ensure the roadmap reflects evolving needs.
- Collaborate across Product Areas, studios, and the broader Platform Mission to deliver shared infrastructure initiatives.
- Own delivery against Core Infrastructure's strategic commitments, including AI-native product development lifecycle initiatives and continued adoption of the monorepo experience.
Requirements
- Experience leading product organizations that build internal developer platforms, infrastructure products, or engineering tools at scale.
- Successfully developed and coached Product Managers across different levels of experience.
- Deep understanding of how AI and large language models are transforming software development.
- Ability to balance long-term product vision with hands-on execution.
- Experienced partnering with senior engineering leaders, staff engineers, and technical advisory groups.
- Experience defining meaningful success metrics for internal platform products focused on developer productivity, reliability, adoption, and engineering effectiveness.
- Ability to communicate complex technical and strategic concepts clearly.
- Commitment to creating inclusive products and fostering an environment where diverse perspectives contribute to better decisions.
Skills
- AI
- LLM
- Internal Developer Platforms
- Infrastructure Products
- Engineering Tools
- Product Strategy
- Product Vision
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Developer Productivity
- Reliability
- Adoption
- Engineering Effectiveness
- Communication
- Leadership
- Team Development
- Collaboration
- Product Management
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Lead
Salary/Compensations
- 182,308 -260,441 USD
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Six-month paid parental leave
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Monthly meal allowance
- 23 paid days off
- Paid flexible holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Equity
About the Company
- 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.
- Core Infrastructure is a studio within Spotify's Platform Mission focused on building the foundational systems that engineers rely on every day.
- Within Core Infrastructure, the Backend Experience & Tools (BEAT) Product Area defines the future of backend development at Spotify.
- Our portfolio spans service frameworks, deployment tooling, observability, and the monorepo experience that powers backend services across the company.
- As AI transforms the way software is built, we're reimagining the entire backend developer experience to become agent-native, helping thousands of engineers build, ship, and operate software more effectively.
