Failing Forward — How We Grow from Incidents
This past year, a few of us who focus on the reliability of Spotify for Artists (S4A) spent some time [...]
Published by Clint Byrum, Staff EngineerThis past year, a few of us who focus on the reliability of Spotify for Artists (S4A) spent some time [...]
Published by Clint Byrum, Staff EngineerIn September 2020, we had the exciting opportunity to partner with The Marcy Lab School with the hopes of creating [...]
Published by Kathryn Gundersen, Education Program ManagerTell us more about working on Spotify Wrapped… I’m part of the Mambas team at Spotify, which is responsible for [...]
Published by Spotify EngineeringTL;DR Over the years, Spotify’s brand has expanded to encompass a number of products, from mobile apps to web players [...]
Published by Spotify Engineering8:30am I’m at my best after nine hours’ sleep, so I tend to wake up pretty late, shower and dress as [...]
Published by Spotify EngineeringTeam purpose and pride — my team hit those high marks, but it was a long journey to get there [...]
Published by Sophia Ciocca, Web EngineerNour is a Security Engineer at Spotify New York – juggling her busy day job with completing her Masters in Cyber Security and looking after her 10-month-old daughter, Leya.
Published by Spotify EngineeringSearch @ Spotify Search is a well-established functionality across different industries, devices, and applications. When users come to any kind [...]
Published by Hugo Galvão and Daniel Doro5:00 am My days begin with an early morning wake-up call from Zev – he comes through at around 5am and [...]
Published by Spotify EngineeringTL;DR Spotify encourages engineers to become T-shaped and lean into technologies and skill sets outside of their core specialization. Being [...]
Published by Tyce CleeMatt is a Senior Backend Infrastructure Engineer and has been at Spotify for two-and-a-half years. This time last year, he was living and working in London – but that’s all changed since the start of the pandemic…
Published by Spotify Engineering2020 Wrapped is a story of gratitude and resilience. And we’re grateful for the people and teams behind the curtain [...]
Published by Javier Moscardó (Mosca)In 2019, we began planning for Spotify’s second engineering conference set to take place in April 2020. It was expected [...]
Published by Erin DepewEvery second more than 30,000 people around the world press play on the same song on Spotify. Imagine if you [...]
Published by Gandalf Hernandez“His spice-induced visions show him a myriad of possible futures where humanity has become extinct and only one where humanity [...]
Published by Gary NiemenErick joined our Stockholm office as an iOS Engineer more than 18 months ago. But right now, he’s working from home and missing the camaraderie of his close-knit team.
Published by Spotify EngineeringAlia works as an Agile Coach Manager in our New York office. But right now, she’s 150km away – working from her house in the Hudson Valley and navigating a non-stop schedule of Hangout meetings.
Published by Spotify EngineeringAnn is a Senior Research Scientist and has worked in our New York office for just over a year. She spoke to us from her apartment in Fort Greene, which she shares with her husband and two rescue dogs, Birdie and Buttercup [...]
Published by Spotify EngineeringTL;DR Have you made a significant decision that impacts how engineers write software? Write an ADR! An Architecture Decision Record (ADR) is [...]
Published by Josef BlakeStefan works as a Senior Product Manager in our Stockholm office. But at the moment, he – like much of the world – is working from home, [...]
Published by Spotify EngineeringTony joined Spotify New York last summer as VP of Engineering and Head of Machine Learning. Here, he talks us through his busy working days and explains why he’s glad to be part of the band [...]
Published by Spotify EngineeringPer is our Head of Patents and has worked at Spotify in Stockholm for almost three years. For him, the working day begins and ends with an invigorating commute by bike [...]
Published by Spotify EngineeringHear from John Allspaw – former CTO of Etsy and one of the leading members of the DevOps movement – [...]
Published by Spotify EngineeringDave moved to Stockholm three years ago and works for Spotify as a Senior Staff Engineer. He and his wife are now happily settled into Swedish life – and his two young children [...]
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