Is Spotify a good company to work for as a Developer?

Developer professionals working at Spotify have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 140 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Spotify employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Developer Jobs at Spotify now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Developer interview questions at Spotify .

Does Spotify pay Developer employees well?

Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Spotify with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 140 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Developer salaries at Spotify.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Spotify?

Software Engineer (141) , Senior Software Engineer (66) , Data Scientist (53) , Product Manager (38) , Senior Product Manager (29) , Engineering Manager (26) , Intern (26) , Account Manager (25) , Product Designer (24) , Senior Data Scientist (22) , Software Engineer II (22) , Manager (21) , Campaign Manager (20) , Machine Learning Engineer (20) , Client Partner (19)

What are the pros of working at Spotify according to real employee reviews?

"great culture and company values" ((in 290 reviews)); "Working from anywhere is great for people with family and living far from the office." ((in 227 reviews)); "Great benefits; You will have a lot of flexibility and little accountability" ((in 188 reviews)); "Great work/life balance and many perks to indulge on while there" ((in 176 reviews)); "Interesting work and great colleagues" ((in 82 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Spotify according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor." ((in 61 reviews)); "Recent layoffs in Jan 2023 are referred to internally as the "Blood Sacrifices"." ((in 55 reviews)); "Leadership in product is bad." ((in 55 reviews)); "Engineers suffer pretty bad amongst all this because their managers are inexperienced and not able to help them grow." ((in 49 reviews)); "Swedish salaries are low and only competitive because they pay more than any other local company will." ((in 46 reviews))

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Spotify Developer reviews

3.9

87% would recommend to a friend

(140 total reviews)

Daniel Ek

89% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.3

Work/Life balance

3.8

Culture & values

3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Senior management

Developer employees have rated Spotify with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 140 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Spotify is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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140 reviews

4.0

Apr 25, 2016

It's ok

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

NYC. Culture is pretty good. The engineers are all pretty bright and love music and that their job is related to music. Food and snacks are free. There is a gaming room

Cons

Pay. While not bad, it's considerably smaller than in the bay companies. Other than that, there aren't that many cons

Spotify Response

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Thank you for the review!

4.0

Nov 10, 2015

Overall, a very good company

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You work to bring music to people, which is a laudable work. You get everything you need to do your job, at very good office spaces. There is 100% transparency in what the goals for the company are, and what decisions are being taken to reach them.

Cons

Spotify is not the disruptive product that once was, and it is not that special anymore. While growing, it's becoming slow to innovate and come up with new features. The company is very focused on products and often forgets about the technical side of the things. The structure of the organization in small teams is both a blessing and a curse. There is a lot of duplicated work going on simultaneously, product of the lack of communication between teams working in similar tasks across the company. The small multifunctional teams makes it difficult for someone to excel technically, since every member needs to be flexible enough to work in different areas.

5.0

Sep 17, 2015

Great people

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Working in a great team with talented people to learn from. A good company culture with passionate people. Really nice office and perks.

Cons

Chaotic at times, difficulties running projects that spans across the whole organisation. Depending on team, junior people needing guidance might not always get the time needed (has improved over time though).

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