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      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

      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
      May 28, 2015

      Great learning journey

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Open and really a learning environment. The company is still young and is still learning and it's a lot of fun to be part of that process. The whole company has a great energy and vibe - we're changing how people listen to and consume music and it's amazing to be part of that journey

      Cons

      It's sometimes a bit unstructured and it's also kind of slow sometimes due to that everyone wants to have their say about everything.

      5.0
      May 7, 2015

      Developer

      Developer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people around you are both smart and humble. Management are technical as well which is really good. There are nice benfits are in forms of good salaries, free snacks and drinks, many health benfits like free squash, yoga, runday etc.. Lastly, you are allowed to put quite a lot of time for self development. This has allowed me to improve myself that I think I would never have been able to at Google/Facebook/anywhere else. Even with all this, work life balance is really good. While companies like Facebook also has organized hackdays, they are far inferior since they are after work hours and only one day. Spotify have whole hackweeks once or twice a year. You can participate even if you don't want to stay at the office after work hours. I like the product myself and I feel that I'm fighting with the good guys (I wouldn't want to work with iTunes!).

      Cons

      Spotify is pretty bad at open source. It has a few successful projects though. But it could be much better imho. You don't always feel that non-tech people have caught the cultural vibe. I've been promised extra pension money and some small stock option at some point. Oddly I never got any of these benefits although applying for them. I also would like to have free food etc.. But these benefits are very rare in Stockholm. Not Spotify's fault, but housing is hard to find in Stockholm. Spotify's helps out a *lot* with this to be fair though.

      2.0
      Nov 7, 2014

      Gliding into a tailspin

      Software engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - An international melting pot for some of greatest engineers in Europe. - Diverse pool of talents, where everyone is either 10X or T-shaped. - Fascinating problems to work on, right on the intersection of Arts and Technology. - You get to attend one conference of choice a year, anywhere in the world. - Swedish benefits (parental, health, etc) and the work-life balance are really great.

      Cons

      - Completely inadequate compensation, with huge disparity between STO and NYC. - Bug-ridden tech stack full of tech debt. - Stock option program benefits only the upper management, with even the oldest employees left with minimal benefits. - No growth opportunities. - Irresponsible HR, mostly interested in scoring another international travel. - Cliques rule the company. - People are hired based on where they worked before, with existing talent passed over. - Hiring from big corporations affects the culture negatively. - Management responsible for the largest engineering mishaps of the past year - the Black Redesign and My Music - ends up getting promoted.

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