Spotify's Microservices Architecture

How Spotify manages 1,000+ microservices with squad-based ownership. Shows API Gateway, six domain services (Playlist, Recommendation, Search, Payment, User Profile, Social), Google Cloud Pub/Sub for event streaming, Bigtable, Spanner, and Envoy service mesh.

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How Spotify manages 1,000+ microservices with squad-based ownership. Shows API Gateway, six domain services (Playlist, Recommendation, Search, Payment, User Profile, Social), Google Cloud Pub/Sub for event streaming, Bigtable, Spanner, and Envoy service mesh.

Spotify's Microservices Architecture

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February 9, 2026

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