Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Subscriptions are a core monetisation lever in consumer SaaS, and this iOS role sits directly on that critical path. The remit spans high-visibility surfaces in a widely used product, where small UX and performance decisions can influence conversion, retention, and perceived value. The emphasis on reusable foundations and platform capabilities also signals work that affects more than a single feature, aligning with how mature SaaS products invest in long-term product velocity.
For a SaaS engineering career, the role offers exposure to the full loop between product work and durable engineering systems. It touches scalability, reliability, observability, and experimentation, all staples of subscription businesses that iterate continuously. Collaboration across engineering, product, design, and marketing reflects the cross-functional operating model common in SaaS organisations that ship and learn in tight cycles.
This position is best suited to an early-career iOS engineer who wants to build strong habits around maintainability, testing, and architectural thinking while still shipping user-facing functionality. It will fit someone comfortable discussing trade-offs, participating in reviews, and learning adjacent domains such as analytics concepts or modern development tooling when it helps the product.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
The Subscriptions R&D team oversees the entire user journey on Spotify and ensures we engage with people in innovative ways, every step of the way. Our team grows Spotify’s audience by finding future listeners around the world and delivering the right value to them, at the right time. With research, product development, product design, engineering, and marketing all collaborating in one organization, we’re able to quickly create meaningful features and services for millions of people around the world, resulting in joyful, long-lasting relationships with Spotify.
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What You'll Do
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Design, build, and evolve mobile experiences across some of Spotify’s most visible consumer surfaces.
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Contribute to the architecture and development of reusable mobile foundations, frameworks, and platform capabilities.
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Support and develop technical initiatives that improve scalability, performance, reliability, and developer experience across the Spotify app.
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Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and platform teams to shape product direction and technical strategy.
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Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and drive quality through testing practices, observability, and operational excellence.
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Participate in experimentation and prototyping efforts tied to future-facing content and listening experiences.
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Explore modern engineering workflows, including AI-assisted development tools and emerging mobile technologies.
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Balance short-term product needs with long-term platform sustainability and technical health.
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Learn, grow, and contribute to Spotify's engineering culture through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and curiosity.
Who You Are
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You have experience developing iOS applications using Swift.
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You are aware of how to build maintainable, scalable, reusable and well-tested software systems.
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You have experience collaborating with engineers and colleagues across disciplines.
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You care about code quality, testing, documentation, and long-term maintainability.
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You demonstrate curiosity, ownership, and a willingness to step outside your immediate area of expertise when needed.
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You are curious about using modern development tooling, including AI-assisted coding solutions.
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You bring a growth mindset and continuously look for opportunities to learn, improve systems, products, and team practices.
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You might have familiarity with SQL, analytics systems, or data engineering concepts.
Where You'll Be
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the EMEA region as long as we have a work location (excluding France due to on-call restrictions).
- This team operates within the Central European and GMT time zone for collaboration.
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Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
