Spotify Software Engineer reviews

3.9

87% would recommend to a friend

(141 total reviews)
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Daniel Ek

89% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Software Engineer employees have rated Spotify with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 141 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Spotify is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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141 reviews
5.0
Aug 26, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- I get to work with competent people - Great benefits like premium health insurance, discounts etc. - It's always happening stuff at the office, social events, artists coming to play etc. - Free food and beverage (not the cheap stuff either) - Company is expanding very fast which is exciting to take part of - Access to a professional studio with tons of instrument inside and the list can go on.

Cons

The office I work in is located quite far away from where I live so the commute is quite long.

4.0
Apr 25, 2016
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

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4.0
Nov 10, 2015
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.

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