Spotify Software Developer reviews

3.9

87% would recommend to a friend

(139 total reviews)
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Daniel Ek

89% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Spotify with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 139 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Spotify is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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139 reviews
3.0
Feb 16, 2024

Stressful and chaotic

Recommend
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Pros

In some ways great. Great people, lots to learn, decent pay, high paced

Cons

Questionable job security (tenure does not matter), too much communication and meetings, stressful, being stellar at work is not enough (you always need to force growth), a lot of internal tools and libraries convolutes development. Culture seems to be in decline, possibly due to hiring boom then layoffs

4.0
Jan 31, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I loved the people. There's something about the Spotify culture that makes it very unique - maybe it's the Swedish style fikas, intro days or the perks of working at a music company.

Cons

Things change and therefore the culture is hard to preserve. This isn't a bad thing necessarily just like people, companies are meant to evolve.

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