Spotify

What Spotify does

Spotify reports two segments, Premium and Ad-Supported. Premium revenue comes mainly from subscription fees. Ad-Supported revenue comes mainly from advertising sold across music and podcasts. In select markets, Premium users can watch eligible video podcasts without inserted ads and get a set number of audiobook hours each month. The registered office is in Luxembourg, while the principal operational office is in Stockholm. Average full-time headcount was 7,287 in 2025, down from 7,691 in 2024 and 9,123 in 2023. The US accounted for 3,466 of the 2025 average, about 48%. Sweden followed with 1,271 and the UK with 887. Another 1,663 employees and contractors, on average in 2025, worked across 23 other countries.

Where Spotify hires

Of 142 H-1B labor condition applications (LCAs) that Spotify USA Inc submitted in calendar 2025, 92 named a New York worksite. No other city reached 25. Los Angeles, Boston and Miami are listed below because the fiscal 2025 annual report names them as regional US offices:

• New York, NY: 92
• Los Angeles, CA: 15
• Boston, MA: 4
• Miami, FL: 3

Nashville and Washington, DC, the other two regional offices, have no 2025 filings.

Stockholm and New York are the two principal operational offices. At December 31, 2025, Spotify leased about 438,000 square feet in Stockholm and occupied about 226,000. In New York it leased about 594,000 and occupied about 378,000, with the rest vacated and intended for sublease. The report also lists other Swedish offices and leased space in 23 more countries, among them Brazil, India, Japan and the UK.

Job titles and levels you will see

Titles containing the word Engineer account for 89 of the 142 LCAs submitted in calendar 2025, spread across 63 distinct titles that year. Senior Engineer has 16 filings, Engineer II 10 and Engineering Manager II 9. Data Scientist II and Senior Machine Learning Engineer have 7 each. Senior Data Engineer has 6 and Senior Product Manager 5. Staff Engineer appears on 3 filings in 2025. A Roman numeral ends the title on 39 of the 2025 filings, 38 of them II, as in Machine Learning Engineer II with 4.

Workforce and hiring patterns

Research and Development is the largest function, averaging 3,787 employees in 2025, about 52% of the 7,287 total. The US average fell from 4,574 in 2023 to 3,466 in 2025. The annual report records two cuts in 2023: a reorganization announced January 23, 2023 that reduced the employee base by about 6%, and a reduction in force announced December 4, 2023 of about 17%. A New York State WARN notice dated December 5, 2023 listed 755 affected workers, 750 at 150 Greenwich Street in New York and 5 in Brooklyn, with most layoffs set for March 4, 2024. LCA filings went from 175 in calendar 2023 to 142 in 2024 and 142 again in 2025.

Good to know before you apply

• Interviews usually run in three rounds: a recruiter call by video or phone, one or two team members, then people from across the business.
• Most interviews happen by video, and some roles use a shared coding tool.
• Work From Anywhere lets you work mostly in an office or mostly at home. A move within your region depends on the role, team collaboration and a Spotify presence there.
• Entry-level openings depend on current team needs, and many interns go on to full-time jobs.
• Questions about Work From Anywhere in your region fit well in the discussions below.