About Anchor

We're democratizing audio by making it possible for anyone, anywhere, to get their voice heard. Anchor is:

• The biggest podcasting platform in the world. We now power more podcasts than any other platform.

• Powering more than 40% of all new podcasts created in the world

• Growing both podcasters and listeners to record numbers week over week

• Giving ANY podcaster the opportunity to monetize their content

• Loved and adored: see what our users say

We are an independent division within Spotify, we have the ability to move fast combined with the resources of the world's most forward-thinking audio company

Come help us build the future of podcasting!

What you'll do

• Work directly with other engineering leaders to define key aspects of the architecture of the company's web, mobile, and back-end products
• Embody our engineering philosophy of “anything is possible”
• Actively participate in and manage all phases of development from design to post-deployment issue resolution
• Create and maintain accurate project schedules and milestones, as well as drive tasks to completion
• Work closely with the executive team to develop a software roadmap for future features and improvements
• Collaborate regularly with other team members at all stages of product development and launch
• Work with and mentor your engineering team in collaborative, lead-by-example fashion, encouraging career and personal growth
• Ensure your team meets deadlines and launch dates through an effective sprint planning process and daily standups
• Focus on high quality, high-velocity feature delivery, maintaining the balance between maximizing business impact and minimizing technical debt
• Actively participate in the hiring process as both an interviewer and decision maker

Who you are

• You have a sense of humor
• You have 8+ years of software engineering experience, and 2+ years managing engineering teams
• You get excited about challenging computer science problems, and have a love of clean code
• You have a strong foundation in server architecture, performance and optimization, data structures, git, and design patterns
• You have a willingness to interact with and extract learnings from data (ideally by writing SQL)
• You possess excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with team members across all functions of the company
• You have a persistent/determined work ethic and a willingness to try anything and everything
• You love podcasts, radio, or audio in general
• You are comfortable working within a fast-paced high growth startup environment

If you'd like to recommend a friend for this position, you can email us at [email protected]

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our users and our creators. This is something we value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of changing the way the world listens to audio.