I'm an engineering manager with 5 years of management experience and 13 years at Spotify. I build high-performing, high-trust teams and help them ship things that matter. Most recently I've led a team of 7 engineers owning the publishing flow for Spotify for Creators.

Experience

SpotifyEngineering Manager II

2022 — Now

New York, New York, United States

I lead a team of 7 engineers owning the upload and publishing flow for podcasters in Spotify for Creators.

Grew the platform from 0 to 27K video creators and 26.4M monthly watched hours in 15 months by adding video support in an audio-only codebase

Owned a multi-quarter platform migration end-to-end, reducing processing complexity and saving $1M+ annually

Partnered with Customer Support to build self-service tooling and an SLA-driven ticket system, cutting resolution times in half

SpotifyEngineering Manager I

2021 — 2022

New York, United States

Transitioned from IC to management, building the team from scratch.

Hired from 2 to 12 engineers in 6 months, 95%+ retention over five years

Unified acquired and existing engineers around an unfamiliar codebase and tech stack

Coached a mid-level engineer to senior promotion in 9 months

SpotifyiOS Developer

2012 — 2021

New York City Metropolitan Area

Web engineer for 6 years, then retrained as an iOS engineer. Adapted through JavaScript → TypeScript and Objective-C → Swift. Shipped the first Swift mobile app at Spotify (Spotify for Artists). Founding member of the team that built Spotify for Podcasters.

BBC WorldwideWeb Developer

2012 — 2012

London Area, United Kingdom

IbuildingsSoftware Engineer

2010 — 2011

Education

University of Essex

1st class honours BSc, Computer Science

2001 — 2004

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Education

1st class honours BSc, Computer Science

Experience