Jobs and Careers
SP
Senior Application Engineer - Digital Workplace
SpotifyNew York City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 5 Apr 2023
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Application Engineer to join Spotify’s Productivity Engineering group, the team responsible for advancing the digital workplace at Spotify. Our mission is to give every Spotifier the best possible user experience from the moment they open their device. By doing so we seek to remove all barriers to collaboration, enabling every employee to work freely and securely—with an experience that makes Spotify into one of the best places to work.
As a Senior Application Engineer you will advance Spotify’s leadership in the SaaSOps domain, managing the core applications for productivity, communication and collaboration used across Spotify. You will have the opportunity not only to work with new and interesting productivity technologies but also to influence our SaaS providers on everything from the features they offer to how they secure, manage, and scale their applications.
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.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
As a Senior Application Engineer you will advance Spotify’s leadership in the SaaSOps domain, managing the core applications for productivity, communication and collaboration used across Spotify. You will have the opportunity not only to work with new and interesting productivity technologies but also to influence our SaaS providers on everything from the features they offer to how they secure, manage, and scale their applications.
What You'll Do
- Scale applications to support dynamic teams in a fast-paced, flexible environment
- Identify and drive initiatives through automation and integrations
- Partner with business collaborators and customers to assess dynamic business and support processes to implement, configure and optimize SaaS application usage
- Perform SaaS application risk assessments and develop risk maps to ensure users and data are protected
- Take the lead in assessing and selecting new technologies and integrations, including product enhancement and product upgrades
Who You Are
- Experienced using DevOps practices to managing applications in the IaaS and PaaS environment and SaaSOps practices to manage and integrate SaaS applications
- Expertise and experience improving the performance, usability, and integration of productivity tools such as the Atlassian suite, G Suite and Slack
- You embrace agile development practices and methodologies
- Passionate about creating efficiency and ease-of-use for your customers
- Deep familiarity with concepts like SSO, Zero Trust, and certificates and care ensuring compliance and security while creating a great end user experience
- Proficient in multiple software languages (e.g., Python, Java, Javascript) and comfortable defining, publishing, and integrating with systems via APIs and asynchronous data exchange
Where You'll Be
- We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them!
- Where in the world? For this role, it can be within the Americas region in which we have a work location and is within working hours.
- Working hours? We operate within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration and ask that all be located in that time zone.
- Prefer an office to work from home instead? Not a problem! We have plenty of options for your working preferences. Find more information about our Work From Anywhere options here.
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.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
Apply for this role
Generate a tailored application kit with a matched cover letter, interview prep, and CV highlights — in under 60 seconds.
Apply Now →Generate Application KitFree account required — sign up in 30s