Director of Engineering - Content Platform

About the role

The Director of Engineering for the Content Platform will lead multiple engineering teams responsible for the systems that define, structure, and govern content across Spotify. This role involves shaping technical strategy, modernizing complex legacy systems, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of the core content ecosystem. The position requires a leader who can partner with cross-functional stakeholders to drive execution while fostering an inclusive engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop multiple engineering teams through engineering managers, supporting their growth and impact.
• Own and drive the technical strategy for a critical platform domain, aligning it with broader company and platform goals.
• Enable teams across Spotify to build product experiences efficiently by improving the underlying catalog systems.
• Guide the evolution and modernization of complex legacy systems into scalable, reliable architecture.
• Partner closely with product and cross-functional leaders to align priorities and drive execution.
• Improve system reliability and reduce operational friction in workflows that directly impact content availability.
• Identify and apply opportunities for automation and AI to improve data quality and engineering productivity.
• Build an inclusive engineering culture where teams continuously improve how they work and deliver.
• Develop and execute a long-term roadmap that balances immediate priorities with strategic investments.

Required skills

• Engineering leadership
• Distributed systems
• System design
• Platform architecture
• Data-intensive systems

Nice to have

• AI
• Automation

About the Company

Spotify designs the consumer experience across every screen, platform, and partner integration, with a mission to make listening effortless, personal, and joyful for billions of users.