Legal Counsel; Platform Liability

Spotify’s Legal team is growing. We’re facing innovative challenges that mirror the ground‑breaking industry and product at the heart of our company. As we’ve expanded into more than 184 countries and our company has grown tremendously, we find ourselves facing new and interesting legal issues every day.

As Legal Counsel, Platform Liability & Enforcement at Spotify, you will help supervise Spotify’s legal takedown practices and policies and you will provide legal support for the teams that develop, implement, and support Spotify’s content policies. You will also work directly to resolve claims related to these policies and help build out processes for scale. Your experience making risk‑based assessments and proactively finding solutions to complex problems will be crucial.

• Advise on Spotify’s global compliance with platform liability frameworks and content safe harbor laws (e.g., Digital Services Act, DMCA, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act).
• Support managing Spotify’s legal takedown process across content types and across all legal issues including intellectual property and speech‑based offenses.
• Provide legal advice across Spotify on platform liability, including issue‑spotting and strategizing solutions for new products.
• Work with internal and external counsel and government affairs experts to track evolving legal requirements across the territories where Spotify operates.
• Counsel the teams responsible for building, managing, and implementing Spotify’s content policies, including the Trust & Safety team and the Content Protection team.
• Work on proactive enforcement efforts regarding potential abuse of the Spotify platform.
• Provide legal support for litigations and press inquiries arising out of content takedown issues.
• Work with operations teams within and outside the legal team to develop efficient, scalable practices around legal takedown requests.
• Perform rotational work as business requires.

• Law degree (or equivalent).
• 5+ years of experience working in a law firm and/or in‑house legal department.
• Deep understanding of intermediary liability frameworks, with a preference for experience litigating cases involving intermediary liability.
• Proven expertise in copyright law and other content‑related legal issues.
• Experience assessing and advising on a broad set of legal standards, even when those standards are new to you.
• Experience in partnering with global stakeholders.
• Passion for legal problems; able to explain legal concepts to non‑lawyers.
• Problem solver who stays calm when challenges arise.
• Builder; able to collaborate on practical, implementable tools and operational solutions.
• Self‑motivated and able to identify and complete work without instruction.
• Multi‑tasker who can triage to ensure the right matters receive attention.
• Willing to dig deep on projects.
• Team player with lawyers and non‑legal stakeholders.

• New York, New York.
• Hybrid: some in‑person meetings, otherwise flexible to work from home.

The United States base range for this position is $170,366–$243,380 plus equity. Benefits include health insurance, six‑month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, 23 paid days off, and 13 paid flexible holidays.