C++ Engineer
Core Experience
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Delivering the best Spotify experience possible. To as many people as possible. In as many moments as possible. That’s what the Experience team is all about. We use our deep understanding of consumer expectations to enrich the lives of millions of our users all over the world, bringing the music and audio they love to the devices, apps and platforms they use every day. Know what our users want? Join us and help Spotify give it to them.
Location
Gothenburg or Remote EMEA
Job type
Permanent
Spotify’s engineers are creative problem solvers focusing on building a fantastic music listening experience for millions of our end-users and artists. They work together in autonomous teams that are responsible for their missions and independently identify, prioritize and solve the problems they face. If you are great at teamwork and also know how to design simple, efficient and testable software, then you’re the one we are looking for!
We are looking for a C++ engineer to join our Core Experience team in Gothenburg, that drives the user experience of most of Spotify’s Android and iOS mobile app features. We work on both music and talk audio, defining the state of the art for a mobile audio streaming experience. The tribe works across product, design, engineering, data science and user research in cross-functional teams. As we are one of the largest tribes at Spotify, the tribe has been organized into three product areas that are responsible for different parts of the experience.
What you'll do
- Support features with robust and flexible metadata fetching from backend, caching, and querying in the Spotify client
- Contribute to the shared C++ library powering our mobile and desktop clients
- Use Big Data to understand and improve user experience
- Enable low latency playback even in the most challenging network conditions
- Make sure offlining content works reliably and intuitively
- Ensure quality through automated testing
Who you are
- You architect, design, develop and maintain C++ code in symbiosis with a handful of other languages
- You are able to write clear, modular, maintainable code that will perform on many platforms and devices
- You have an interest in networking and data synchronization
- Cooperation with others while solving complex problems is natural for you and you really want to make a difference
- End-user experience, high quality, agile values and modern engineering practices are what drives you
- You have been working for a couple of years with software development and probably have a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, or equivalent such as Physics or Electrical Engineering
- You have strong written and spoken communication skills in English
Where you'll be
- 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 EMEA region in which we have a work location and is within working hours.
- Working hours? We operate within the Central European and GMT time zones for collaboration and ask that all be located 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.
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Our global benefits
Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
Spotify On Tour, join your colleagues on trips to industry festivals and events.
Learn about life at Spotify
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.
Global COVID and Vaccination Disclosure
Spotify is committed to safety and well-being of our employees, vendors and clients. We are following regional guidelines mandating vaccination and testing requirements, including those requiring vaccinations and testing for in-person roles and event attendance. For the US, we have mandated that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated in order to work in our offices and externally with any third-parties. For all other locations, we strongly encourage our employees to get vaccinated and also follow local COVID and safety protocols.
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