Summary

This staff engineer role leads Spotify's large-scale media platform architecture across ingestion, transcoding, delivery, and playback. It is a hybrid position based in London or Stockholm, with some in-person meetings and flexibility to work from home.

Responsibilities

• Define media platform architectural direction
• Lead cross-squad media delivery initiatives
• Guide ingestion transcoding and packaging decisions
• Author architecture RFCs and decision records
• Mentor senior engineers across organizations
• Evaluate infrastructure costs and sustainability