Frontend Engineer, Spotify

SRC, Music

$133-190k

Salary is benchmarked based on US rates and may vary depending on the location. Plus equity

React

TypeScript

GraphQL

REST API

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

Commercial music streaming service

Be an early applicant

Commercial music streaming service

1001+ employees

B2CMusicEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMobile

Be an early applicant

$133-190k

Salary is benchmarked based on US rates and may vary depending on the location. Plus equity

React

TypeScript

GraphQL

REST API

Mid and Senior level

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CMusicEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMobile

Company mission

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

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You have experience building modern web applications using TypeScript and React or a similar framework
You are comfortable managing complex application state and data flows
You have experience integrating frontend systems with APIs such as REST, gRPC, or GraphQL
You understand how to design responsive interfaces that handle loading states, pagination, streaming data, and error handling gracefully
You care deeply about creating intuitive and accessible user experiences
You have experience building enterprise or B2B applications with complex workflows, permissions, and large datasets
You write high-quality code and validate it using modern testing approaches such as unit, integration, or end-to-end testing
You take ownership of solutions from requirements through deployment and iteration based on user feedback
You enjoy learning new domains and problem spaces and collaborating with teammates to solve meaningful problems

What the job involves

The Rights Systems team builds and operates Spotify Rights Center (SRC), Spotify’s rights management platform that enables the company and its partners to identify, manage, and enforce music licensing rights across creator- and artist-generated content
Comparable in scope to YouTube’s Content ID, SRC is designed specifically for Spotify’s ecosystem and plays an important role in supporting new formats like video and other emerging content types. Over the past year the team launched SRC from inception to a fully operational production platform, now live and used by real rightsholders
The platform includes automated content scanning, policy management, enforcement pipelines, dispute workflows, and analytics. The team has grown from a single squad to three squads (approximately 29 engineers, designers, and product specialists) and continues to scale as a strategic investment area for Spotify over the next several years
Build and evolve the Spotify Rights Center web application used by music labels, publishers, and other rightsholders to manage how their content appears on Spotify
Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver intuitive and high-quality user experiences
Develop complex workflows that support large datasets, territory-level permissions, and multi-step processes for managing rights and disputes
Integrate frontend systems with multiple backend services to support scalable and reliable data flows
Write performant, accessible, and well-tested frontend code using modern development practices
Partner with backend engineers to design and evolve APIs that support the needs of the product
Contribute to product discovery and ideation with engineers, researchers, and product specialists
Help improve engineering practices and advocate for strong frontend architecture and quality standards
Support a collaborative team environment that encourages learning, experimentation, and growth
This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration

Our take

Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.

With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.

Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

23% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Trustpilot (1.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Jan 2016

$1bn

CONVERTIBLE

Jun 2015

$526m

SERIES G

Total funding: $2.1bn

Company 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

Company HQ

Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län

Leadership

Daniel Ek

(CEO & Chairman)

Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.

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