Senior Engineering Manager - Native Ads en Spotify

The Music Mission team owns Spotify’s end to end proposition for music creators and the experiences they create for fans. The team is dedicated to building tools and services to enable creation, promotion, expression, and monetization at scale.

You’ll join the Native Ads product area within the Music Mission, where we build advertising experiences that feel native to the listening journey while supporting artists and creators at scale. This team sits at the intersection of Music, Advertising, and Personalization, working across missions to deliver impactful, data-driven solutions.

We operate in a highly collaborative environment with product, data science, and engineering partners, solving complex machine learning challenges that power ad experiences for millions of listeners around the world.

You have experience managing managers and scaling engineering organizations through multiple levels of leadership

You bring strong technical depth and are comfortable engaging in architecture, system design, and complex debugging

You have worked with machine learning or probabilistic systems and understand their real-world operational challenges

You make thoughtful, high-quality decisions and bring clarity in complex or ambiguous situations

You build alignment across teams and influence stakeholders at different levels of the organization

You communicate effectively and adapt your approach to different audiences and contexts

You partner closely with product and data leaders to shape strategy, not just execution

You create accountability across teams and address misalignment constructively

You are committed to building inclusive teams where diverse perspectives are valued

This role is based in New York

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.

The United States base range for this position is $203,410–$290,586 USD, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six-month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.