Senior Software Engineer (low level Video Experience)

Spotify
Full-time greater london, England IT & Technology
Posted:
March 02, 2026
Location:
greater london, England, United-Kingdom

Job Description

We think this is a rare opportunity to be part of Spotify's groundbreaking journey as we evolve from an audio-first platform to also become a world-class video service. From offline playback to adaptive streaming with optimized video quality, you will be part of a team that defines how video will be consumed by hundreds of millions Spotify users.

Our next challenge is to move more of our pre-render video pipeline, things like decoding, timing, synchronization and adaptive streaming from higher-level native integrations down into a performant, portable C++ stack. By driving this space alongside our existing players, you will shape the APIs, abstractions, and optimizations that make video on Spotify seamless everywhere: across iOS, Android, desktop, and beyond.

We think you have many years of solid hands-on experience with video in code, from transcoding, streaming, demuxing, to adaptive bitrate selection and presentation of frames and audio samples. With that type of...

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Job Overview

Job Type: Full-time
Location: greater london, United-Kingdom
Posted: March 02, 2026
Deadline: April 11, 2026