Android Engineer - Advertising

About this role

Our mission on the Advertising Product & Technology team is to build a next generation advertising platform that aligns with our unique value proposition for audio and video. We work to scale the user experience for hundreds of millions of fans and hundreds of thousands of advertisers. This scale brings unique challenges as well as tremendous opportunities for our artists and creators.

Sell what you love. For us and millions of users across the globe, that’s Spotify. Join the Sales team and you’ll build the relationships that help grow our business in existing markets and beyond. We don’t just sell creative solutions to our clients and partners, we help to shape them; using our expert knowledge of ad products, sales channels and the industry to impact the way the world experiences music and podcasts. Our Advertising Product & Technology team is building the next generation advertising platform for audio and video at Spotify. We create thoughtful, non-interruptive ad experiences that power free listening for hundreds of millions of fans around the world. From display to video, our work lives across some of the most highly trafficked surfaces in the app—helping connect listeners, creators, and advertisers in meaningful ways.

Build and evolve ad experiences that allow millions of listeners to enjoy Spotify for free

Collaborate with engineers across Android, iOS, backend, and web, along with product, design, and data partners to ship impactful features

Write clean, maintainable code that scales across teams and products

Contribute to the technical direction, architecture, and best practices for Android development within Advertising

Improve app performance, reliability, and user experience across ad surfaces

Help shape reusable components and libraries that support fast, consistent development

Contribute to a collaborative, inclusive, and autonomous team environment You know how to write clear, idiomatic Kotlin or Java and build maintainable Android applications

You are experienced with modern Android frameworks and development tools

You have a strong understanding of Android architecture patterns and API design

You care about code quality, performance, and delivering polished user experiences

You understand how mobile applications connect with backend systems end-to-end

You have shipped at least one app to the Google Play Store or have a project you can walk us through

You value collaboration and contribute to a positive, inclusive team environment

You have 2+ years of experience building Android applications We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the Americas region as long as we have a work location.

This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.