2024 Summer Internship Engineering (New York City)

Spotify is looking for enthusiastic students with a passion for music and an ambition to go far. This isn't just any internship! Our paid internship program will give you the chance to gain in-depth knowledge of what it's like to be a Spotify employee as well as get the opportunity to see the technology side of a fast growing company! Our summer internships will last for approximately 10 weeks this summer and start in the beginning of June. 

Location

• New York

Job type

Internship

Are you passionate about all things Engineering? So are we! We’re looking for interns to work on a wide range of domains, such as Backend, Web/Frontend, Full Stack, C++, Data, Machine Learning, Mobile (iOS/Android), Quality Assurance, and Security. Opportunities span across a variety of teams - delivering the best tech architecture, or the most wonderful user experience. As an Engineering intern in one of these domains, you will help build various systems that power our application, scale highly distributed systems, and continuously improve our engineering practices. Above all, your work will impact the way the world experiences audio!

This application represents multiple positions. When applying, please let us know which domain or type of engineering you’d have a preference for. 

What You'll Do

• Learn and interact with cross functional teams to tackle exciting and challenging problems for delivering various media worldwide
• Be a member of the Spotify-wide developer community affecting and driving our architecture across the company 
• Help the team plan, design, and shape responsive solutions
• Work in an environment that supports your individual learning and growth

Who You Are

• You are pursuing a Bachelor’s degree or a boot camp certification in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or a related field of study
• You have a graduation year date of 2024 or 2025
• You currently have valid work authorization to work in the country in which this role is based that will extend from June to August 2024
• You are available from June to August 2024 to participate in the summer internship
• You have previous coding experience, specially Java, Python, C++, TypeScript, Scala, Swift, and Kotlin or ML modelling 
• You are curious about domain and tech stack, and willing to work in a distributed team
• You’ll have some knowledge of distributed systems, and be passionate about pairing programming practices and agile technologies
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Where You'll Be

• This role will require you to work out of our New York City Office
• Working hours? We operate within ET for collaboration

Our global benefits

Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.

All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.

Social events, everything from fikas to connection time, panels and talks.

Spotify Premium Account, listen without limits with a free employee account.

Swag, official merch you can’t get anywhere else.

Learn about life at Spotify

The United States hourly rate for this position is $45 USD. This includes a one time intern stipend of $2,253 USD and is overtime eligible. These rates may be modified in the future. The role is eligible for select benefits such as Paid Public Holidays, Free Spotify Premium, and Learning and Development Trainings.

Our paid summer internships last for approximately 10 weeks and start at the beginning of June. The last day to apply is March 15th 2024 at 9 AM ET. 

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.