C++ Engineer AdTech

Key Skills

C++

Job Description

We seek a C++ engineer to join the ad timing and delivery team for music and podcasts. Our team supports Spotify Engineers by providing the libraries and environments required to enable good testing practices.

What You'll Do

• Help our squad own and maintain the C++ tools and libraries required to enable teams to test the C++ code they write
• Become a subject matter expert with regard to testing C++ code, and be able to assist others in testing their code effectively and efficiently
• Support features with robust and flexible metadata fetching from backend, caching, and querying in the Spotify client
• Contribute to the shared C++ library powering our mobile and desktop clients
• Partner with Data Scientists to understand and improve user experience
• Enable low latency playback even in the most ambitious network conditions
• Make sure off lining content works optimally and intuitively
• Ensure quality through automated testing

Who You Are

• You have experience writing C++ code, including some experience testing
• You are an advocate for code quality and want to enable people to produce high-quality, well-tested code.
• You are interested in learning new things, always interested in expanding your breadth of knowledge as well as depth.
• You may have some experience in other related domains, like mobile development, embedded programming, or even build infrastructure or testing infrastructure support
• You have an interest in networking and data synchronization
• Cooperation with others while solving sophisticated problems is natural for you and you really want to make a difference
• End-user experience, high quality, agile values and modern engineering practices are what drives you

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
• 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.
• Working hours? We operate within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.

Our global benefits

• Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.

• Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.

• Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.

• All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.

• Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.

Learn about life at Spotify

The United States base range for this position is $122,716 - $175,308, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays. This range encompasses multiple levels. Leveling is determined during the interview process. Placement in a level depends on relevant work history and interview performance. These ranges may be modified in the future.

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.