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

Software Developer professionals working at Spotify have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 139 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Spotify employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Developer Jobs at Spotify now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Developer interview questions at Spotify .

Does Spotify pay Software Developer employees well?

Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Spotify with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 139 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.7% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Developer salaries at Spotify.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Spotify?

Software Engineer (140) , Senior Software Engineer (66) , Data Scientist (53) , Product Manager (38) , Senior Product Manager (29) , Engineering Manager (26) , Intern (26) , Account Manager (25) , Product Designer (23) , 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 288 reviews)); "Working from anywhere is great for people with family and living far from the office." ((in 223 reviews)); "Great benefits; You will have a lot of flexibility and little accountability" ((in 197 reviews)); "Great work/life balance and many perks to indulge on while there" ((in 169 reviews)); "Interesting work and great colleagues" ((in 76 reviews))

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

"Management is poor." ((in 63 reviews)); "Frequent reorgs and 3 public mass layoffs. 2 sneaky layoffs that I know of." ((in 55 reviews)); "Lack of vision and leadership." ((in 53 reviews)); "Swedish salaries are low and only competitive because they pay more than any other local company will." ((in 50 reviews)); "Engineers suffer pretty bad amongst all this because their managers are inexperienced and not able to help them grow." ((in 46 reviews))

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Spotify Software Developer reviews

3.9

87% would recommend to a friend

(139 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

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

5.0

Nov 27, 2017

Great people, great culture

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Spotify really cares about maintaining an honest and respectful company culture, and it shows in their hiring practices, work expectations, and benefits. Awesome place to work if you love music.

Cons

Definitely feels like they're not sure where to go next. They've got a great music streaming app, but it's hard to see what the next steps are, and that "fog" can be felt in the day-to-day development cycle sometimes.

5.0

Aug 31, 2017

Amazing

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, believe in want they are trying to do. Great benefits, great office, great work environment. Everyone seems generally excited to come to work everyday. Hackathons all the time, all new employees get to go to "intro days" in Sweden in the first 6 months

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1.0

Jun 12, 2017

Started taking antidepressants

Software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great culture, some good people are here, but leaving really fast nowadays. Average salary and benefits. Sometimes music bands are visiting the office.

Cons

No visible end to non-satisfying work. No support from other squads and people just don't give a sh*t because it's "not their business". Discussions for discussions. Meetings for meetings. Teams and management are shuffling all the time without any consistency.

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