C++ Engineer - Experience

Spotify; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000

Job description

We are looking for a highly motivated and aspiring Software Engineer with a proven understanding of C++ to join our team in Experience Mission. In this role, you will be responsible for developing, crafting, and maintaining software systems that orchestrate Spotify's playback ecosystem. We are a strongly collaborative team, and the majority of our work is centered around communication, brainstorming and looking for phenomenal solutions together. We work closely not only with other software engineers, but also with data scientists and product managers, as our mission is producing large volumes of high quality data.

If you are a self-motivated and open-minded individual with a passion for software development, we encourage you to join us in our exciting journey.

What You'll Do

• Build new end user experiences in collaboration with product and design.
• Test and maintain said solutions, mostly written in C++.
• Write easy to understand C++ code, that is also lightning fast.
• Perform root cause analysis using data, logs and code inspection to resolve incidents, answer business questions and find opportunities for improvement.
• Evolve our systems towards technical excellence through solid testing, improved tooling and make it possible to continuously evaluate performance at scale.
• Have a lot of fun and work with phenomenal people!

Who You Are

• You have experience as a Software Engineer in C++; architecting, designing, refactoring, writing, and maintaining C++ code.
• You are curious about data and how to collect and utilize it.
• You are curious about mobile development architecture. Experience on android and/or iOS development is a plus.
• You value learning a diverse set of tools and enjoy solving different kinds of problems.
• You like collaboration.
• You are happy to work with a highly async and distributed team.

Where You´ll Be

• This role is based in London or Stockholm.
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.