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Engineering Manager - Subscriptions

Spotify· Engineering – Subscriptions R&D
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Hybrid (EMEA)PermanentPosted 4d ago

About the role

Engineering Manager II leading a team of data and backend engineers within Spotify's Subscriptions Mission to build data products, pipelines, and services for understanding listener needs and delivering relevant experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, support, and develop a team of data and backend engineers, creating an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute and grow.
  • Work with product managers, business partners, and engineering teams to set priorities and build data products that improve the subscription experience.
  • Guide the development of reliable, scalable data pipelines and backend services that support targeting, messaging, personalisation, and machine learning.
  • Help your team make informed technical decisions, balancing data quality, reliability, business needs, and long-term maintainability.
  • Support engineers through regular feedback, coaching, career development, and opportunities to share knowledge.
  • Collaborate across teams to manage dependencies, solve challenges, and build shared data solutions.
  • Improve engineering practices, including service reliability, sustainable on-call processes, and responsible data management.
  • Explore opportunities to use AI and automation to simplify workflows, improve data quality, and support your team's work.

Skills

Required:Leadership experience in data or backend engineering teamsData architecture, distributed systems, scalability, reliabilityLarge-scale data pipelines and data platforms
Nice to have:Cloud and data technologies
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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