Spotify
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How Spotify hires
Truth index
B 79/100
Median time to fill
56 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
83%
Reposted roles
0%
Spotify scores B on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 6 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 83% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 56 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Overview
Spotify is a Swedish audio streaming company founded in Stockholm in 2006 that turned licensed on-demand music into the dominant way people listen. Its catalogue spans roughly a hundred million tracks plus podcasts and audiobooks, delivered through an advertising-supported free tier and a paid Premium subscription to hundreds of millions of monthly users across more than a hundred and eighty markets. The platform pairs personalised recommendation systems such as Discover Weekly with a creator side that gives artists, podcasters and publishers distribution, analytics and monetisation tools.
News
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Megaphone Social App
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A 65-language megaphone: how Chinese state-media CGTN is shaping global narratives
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The Megaphone Problem: AI and the Cost of Being Heard
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MEGAphone contact list and Dialer
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Spotify over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
101
Postings analysed
103
Stack modernity
84/100AI adopter
Languages
Python28%
Java22%
SQL21%
JavaScript14%
Frameworks & libraries
PyTorch21%
React.js11%
Ray8%
TensorFlow7%
Databases
Google BigQuery17%
BigQuery11%
PostgreSQL7%
MySQL2%
Cloud & platforms
GCP18%
Flyte9%
AWS7%
Spark4%
AI & ML
LLM16%
LoRA6%
PEFT6%
Claude5%
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Full Spotify tech stack
101 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Products
Ads
Spotify Ads is the self-serve and managed advertising platform selling audio, video and display inventory against the free tier. It offers targeting by playlist context, genre and listening moment.
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for Creators
The creator platform hosts, distributes and monetises podcasts and video podcasts. It replaced the standalone Anchor product and feeds the main Spotify app.
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for Artists
Spotify for Artists gives musicians control over their profile plus audience analytics and promotional tools. Artists can see where listeners are and how playlists drive streams.
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Free
The free tier gives access to the full catalogue supported by audio and display advertising. It is the funnel that converts listeners into paying subscribers.
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Premium
Premium is the paid subscription that removes advertising and adds offline listening and higher audio quality. It is the source of the large majority of the company's revenue.
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People
Daniel Ek
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman
Daniel Ek co-founded Spotify in 2006 and led it as chief executive for nearly two decades before moving to executive chairman in 2026. He remains the company's most influential shareholder and strategist.
Martin Lorentzon
Co-Founder
Martin Lorentzon co-founded Spotify with Daniel Ek and funded its earliest years. He had previously co-founded the advertising network TradeDoubler.
Gustav Soderstrom
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Gustav Soderstrom became co-chief executive of Spotify in 2026 after years as its chief product and technology officer. He built much of the personalisation and recommendation platform.
Alex Norstrom
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Alex Norstrom became co-chief executive of Spotify in 2026 having previously served as chief business officer. He led subscription growth and the music licensing relationships.
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
81/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
76
26 opened / 51 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 26% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
19% ▼
AI/ML
18% ▼
Product
8% ▲
Sales
8%
Leadership
7%
Data Science
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Product (+7 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Mexico City
Sep 2026
New location: Taiwan
Sep 2026
Added Slack to stack
Sep 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack
Sep 2026
Added SIEM to stack
Sep 2026
Added GitHub to stack
Sep 2026
Added Edge AI to stack
Sep 2026
Added Semantic Search to stack
Sep 2026
Added Semantic Search to stack
Sep 2026
Added Reranking to stack
Sep 2026
Added Diffusion Models to stack
Sep 2026
New location: Paris
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
11
Hiring now
11
Countries
10
Busiest office
Stockholm
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Stockholm
Sweden
HQ
11 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 64% engineering 9% remote 500-1000 est. staff
hires for Backend, Data Science, Mobile
New York
United States
Engineering / R&D
27 open roles 47 posted in 90 days 52% engineering 67% remote 1000-5000 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Finance, Sales
London
United Kingdom
Engineering / R&D
26 open roles 28 posted in 90 days 54% engineering 42% remote 1000-5000 est. staff
hires for AI/ML, Backend, Product
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
2 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 200-500 est. staff
hires for Communications, Sales
Los Angeles
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Communications, Legal
Toronto
Canada
1 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 100% remote 200-500 est. staff
hires for Product
Singapore
Singapore
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Management
Jakarta
Indonesia
1 open roles 50-200 est. staff
hires for Communications
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales
Brussels
Belgium
1 open roles 50-200 est. staff
hires for Public Policy
Paris
France
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Sales
Earlier presence
Sydney, Australia
Istanbul, Turkey
Mexico City, Mexico
Jobs
≈ $131k – $272k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, ET hours) • Full-Time • PhD • New York
Java
Machine Learning
DevOps
GCP
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Hybrid • Full-Time • Stockholm
Java
SQL
Snowflake
Databricks
Apache Iceberg
Google BigQuery
BigQuery
AI/ML
Spark
Flink
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≈ $96k – $180k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • New York
Python
Edge AI
DevOps
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
GitHub
Cybersecurity
SIEM
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≈ $167k – $285k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States, ET hours) • Full-Time • PhD • New York
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≈ $100k – $185k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • London
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≈ $61k – $166k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Stockholm
Python
Java
Scala
LLM
Recommender Systems
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≈ $111k – $221k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom) • Full-Time • PhD • London
Python
Diffusion Models
Computer Vision
Speech Recognition
PyTorch
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≈ $155k – $277k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • PhD • New York
Python
Diffusion Models
Computer Vision
Speech Recognition
PyTorch
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≈ $109k – $296k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United Kingdom) • Master's Degree • London
Reinforcement Learning
Post-training
Machine Learning
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≈ $156k – $340k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • Master's Degree • New York
Reinforcement Learning
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Machine Learning
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≈ $98k – $205k per year (Estimated) • Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • London
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≈ $177k – $318k per year (Estimated) • Remote (United States) • Full-Time • 12+ years exp • PhD • New York
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Financials
Latest round
Direct Listing
Funding rounds
1
Investors
4
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | Valuation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Listing | 2018 | — | $26.5B |
Key Investors
Tencent
Tencent and Spotify exchanged minority stakes in 2017 ahead of the listing. The deal linked the two largest music streaming businesses in the West and China.
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Accel
Accel led a Spotify growth round as the service expanded internationally. The firm invests globally across consumer and enterprise technology.
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Creandum
Creandum invested in Spotify's first institutional round and became one of Europe's best known early-stage successes. The firm continues to back Nordic technology companies.
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Northzone
Northzone was one of Spotify's earliest venture backers, investing in 2008. The Nordic firm held its position all the way to the direct listing.
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