Role overview

Qualifications

Experience developing Android applications using Kotlin
Knowledge of building maintainable, scalable, reusable, and well-tested software systems
Experience collaborating with engineers and colleagues across disciplines
Curiosity about using modern development tooling, including AI-assisted coding solutions

Responsibilities

Design, build, and evolve mobile experiences across Spotify’s consumer surfaces
Contribute to the architecture and development of reusable mobile foundations
Support technical initiatives improving scalability, performance, and reliability
Participate in code reviews and drive quality through testing practices

Key facts

Remote from: United Kingdom
Full time
Android Developer
English

Hard skills

Android Development Kotlin Software Architecture Scalability Performance Improvement SQL (Programming Language) Data Engineering Property Ownership

Other skills

Collaboration
Curiosity
Growth Mindedness

About the company

Spotify

Music

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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it. Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in Sweden in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 70m tracks for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including offline mode, improved sound quality, and an ad-free music listening experience. Today, Spotify is the most popular global audio streaming service with 365m users, including 165m subscribers across 178 markets. We are the largest driver of revenue to the music business today.

Company details

Company typeXLarge

IndustryMusic

Company size5001 - 10000

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Job description

The Subscriptions R&D team oversees the entire user journey on Spotify and ensures we engage with people in innovative ways, every step of the way. Our team grows Spotify’s audience by finding future listeners around the world and delivering the right value to them, at the right time. With research, product development, product design, engineering, and marketing all collaborating in one organization, we’re able to quickly create meaningful features and services for millions of people around the world, resulting in joyful, long-lasting relationships with Spotify.

What You'll Do

Design, build, and evolve mobile experiences across some of Spotify’s most visible consumer surfaces.

Contribute to the architecture and development of reusable mobile foundations, frameworks, and platform capabilities.

Support and develop technical initiatives that improve scalability, performance, reliability, and developer experience across the Spotify app.

Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and platform teams to shape product direction and technical strategy.

Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and drive quality through testing practices, observability, and operational excellence.

Participate in experimentation and prototyping efforts tied to future-facing content and listening experiences.

Explore modern engineering workflows, including AI-assisted development tools and emerging mobile technologies.

Balance short-term product needs with long-term platform sustainability and technical health.

Learn, grow, and contribute to Spotify's engineering culture through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and curiosity.

Who You Are

You have experience developing Android applications using Kotlin.

You are aware of how to build maintainable, scalable, reusable and well-tested software systems.

You have experience collaborating with engineers and colleagues across disciplines.

You care about code quality, testing, documentation, and long-term maintainability.

You demonstrate curiosity, ownership, and a willingness to step outside your immediate area of expertise when needed.

You are curious about using modern development tooling, including AI-assisted coding solutions.

You bring a growth mindset and continuously look for opportunities to learn, improve systems, products, and team practices.

You might have familiarity with SQL, analytics systems, or data engineering concepts.

Where You'll Be

We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the EMEA region as long as we have a work location (excluding France due to on-call restrictions).

This team operates within the Central European and GMT time zone for collaboration.

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.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.