Engineering Manager – Music
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Engineering Manager leading Spotify’s senior full-stack Bonfire Squad. Building artist promotion campaign tools and customer features across eligible North American locations.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the Bonfire Squad, a full-stack team of senior engineers building Spotify’s artist promotion tool campaign management system and customer features
- Foster relationships among engineers, cross-functional leads, Bonfire, and partner teams
- Lead, coach, and develop experienced engineers while creating expectations, growth opportunities, and a healthy team environment
- Engage in technical architecture and implementation discussions to challenge assumptions and identify risks
- Partner with Product and Design on priorities, scope, product direction, customer decisions, and UX decisions
- Own healthy delivery through prioritization, capacity management, operational health, and reliable execution of complex initiatives
- Manage dependencies and alignment across team boundaries
- Contribute hands-on to technical problem-solving and engineering work when useful
- Help the team use AI effectively in engineering workflows and product operations
- Hire and onboard engineers as the team evolves
Requirements:
- Good experience managing software engineers and a demonstrated track record of developing and managing experienced technical ICs
- Strong background in backend or full-stack engineering
- Ability to engage credibly in architecture and technical design discussions
- Product mindset and ability to challenge assumptions in product requirements
- Ability to balance empowering experienced engineers with providing leadership when needed
- Ability to manage substantial technical and product dependencies with partner teams
- Willingness and ability to contribute hands-on as a player-coach when appropriate
- Comfortable using AI tools and a point of view on improving engineering effectiveness with AI
- Ability to give clear feedback, navigate disagreement, set expectations, and address team dynamics constructively
- Commitment to healthy disagreement, clear ownership, accountability, and an inclusive environment
Benefits:
- Permanent employment
- Flexible work location within the eligible North America region
- Reasonable accommodations during the interview process
- Inclusive and accessible recruitment process














