Engineering Manager - Podcast

The Podcast Mission is the product and technology team at Spotify responsible for building the best tools for podcast creators. We own the platforms, tools, and features that deliver a great creator experience, allowing podcasters to host (for free!), create, and distribute their episodes, while making money from their art and growing and engaging with their audience.

Our team is also responsible for innovating on the podcast format and making podcasting on Spotify more interactive and engaging than ever before. Some of the industry-first features we’ve launched for Spotify creators and their fans include AI related features such as transcripts, previews and chapters. We've done a lot already, and we have no plans of slowing down. Help us build the future of podcasting at Spotify!

We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead Smalltalk, a team of Mobile Engineers whose primary focus is enhancing the podcast creator experience on mobile, providing creators with an on-the-go experience optimized for high frequency engagement with Spotify. As engineering manager, you will be responsible for managing a high functioning agile team that values quality, speed, and engineering best practices.

• Collaborate closely with product and design to define a winning product strategy and a cutting-edge roadmap, prioritizing technical excellence.
• Own the entire development lifecycle, from ideation to post-launch support, by partnering with product and design while championing the engineering perspective.
• Foster a culture of "anything is possible" within the engineering team, inspiring them to tackle ambitious challenges.
• Effectively manage stakeholder relationships to ensure project success by identifying needs, communicating clearly, and proactively managing expectations.
• Lead by example, mentoring and coaching your engineering team to achieve career and personal growth.
• Implement an effective sprint planning process and stand-up meetings to ensure your team consistently meets deadlines and launch goals.
• Champion a delivery approach that balances high-quality output with rapid development, maximizing business impact while minimizing technical debt.
• Play an active role in the hiring process, conducting interviews and contributing to hiring decisions to build a strong engineering team.

• Led and motivated engineering teams to achieve successful project outcomes
• Highly skilled technologist with the ability to architect complex systems while balancing development speed with long-term maintainability
• Thrives on tackling sophisticated computer science challenges and delivering elegant solutions.
• Proven track record of optimizing backend and user-facing features for performance and scalability.
• Successfully manages stakeholder expectations through clear communication (written and verbal).
• Communicates complex technical topics to non-technical stakeholders
• Fosters a collaborative environment and facilitates healthy organizational change.
• Enjoys learning and staying up-to-date through audio resources like podcasts.
• Maintains a positive and fun-spirited work environment with a sense of humor.

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them!
• Where in the world? For this role, it can be within the Americas in which we have a work location and is within working hours. 
• Working hours? We operate within the Eastern US time zones for collaboration and ask that all be located in that time zone. 
• Prefer an office to work from home instead? Not a problem! We have plenty of options for your working preferences. Find more information about our Work From Anywhere options here.

The United States base range for this position is $156,000 - $223,000 plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.