Senior Software Engineer at Spotify

Thoughtful
engineering.
Across web
and desktop.

I’m Jaime Chapinal, a Senior Software Engineer at Spotify, working on web and desktop experiences and developer tooling.

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Always tinkering. Powered by curiosity (and coffee).

MY CURRENT ROLESpotifyWeb, desktop & developer tooling

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Spotify

amazon

King

Electronic Arts

01 / SELECTED WORK

Familiar products.
Hands-on experience.

From the apps on your desktop to the games in your pocket. Here’s where I’ve contributed.

WEB · DESKTOP · DEVELOPER TOOLS

SPOTIFY / 2021–PRESENT

Better experiences.
Better tools to build them.

Web and desktop features, plus Client Quality Platform tooling for the people building Spotify.

My contribution

WEB · PC · MAC

AMAZON / 2019–2021

A reading experience
across screens.

Developing the new Kindle web reader and maintaining the Kindle Reader applications for PC and Mac.

My contribution

GAMEPLAY · C++ · TOOLS

KING / 2018–2019

A little more play.
A lot of engineering.

New gameplay features and production tools for the artists and designers behind Candy Crush Saga.

My contribution

The rest of the journey

02 / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

A career in
building software.

At Spotify, I work on web and desktop features and Client Quality Platform tooling. My career has also taken me through Amazon, King, Electronic Arts, and teams working in games and virtual reality.

Based in Spain and working remotely, after a stint in Stockholm. I speak Spanish and English, and a little Swedish.

Outside work: video games, football, GIFs, and probably another episode of The Office.

Serious about the craft.
Not too serious about myself.

Find me on GitHub

16: Years shipping software
9: Companies
2: Master’s degrees

The journey so far 2010 → NOW

SpotifySenior Software EngineerSep 2021 – Present

Web and desktop app feature development and Client Quality Platform tooling. Joined as Software Engineer in Sep 2021; Senior since Feb 2023. Remote.

AmazonSoftware Development Engineer IIAug 2019 – Sep 2021

European Customer Experience engineering across APIs, backend, mobile and retail operations; maintained PC/Mac Kindle Reader apps and developed the new web reader. Projects: price drops in cart, Amazon Kids and Kindle Reader for PC, Mac and web.

KingC++ Game DeveloperJan 2018 – Jul 2019

Candy Crush Saga, Saga team (new content). Core gameplay features such as multi-chocolate blockers, walls and map/player progression, plus internal tools that helped level designers and artists produce up to twice the previous year’s content. Stockholm.

GameloftUI EngineerMar 2017 – Oct 2017

UI bug fixing on Asphalt Extreme (iOS, custom C++ engine). On an unannounced Android title: Unity/C# prototypes of gameplay and UI designs in preproduction, then the game’s UI architecture in C++.

Future LighthouseVR EngineerOct 2017 – Jan 2018

Principal VR engineer on In the Cloud: VR Afterlife (PS4 / Gear VR), from development through QA, certification and publishing. Also owned the Gear VR version of Melita, focused on optimization and release.

Electronic ArtsSoftware EngineerApr 2015 – Mar 2017

Internationalization (i18n) team, working with Frostbite, Unity3D, Ignite and internal tools in C++, C# and Python across PC, PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. Projects: FIFA 17, Battlefield 1, Star Wars Battlefront, FIFA 16, Plants vs. Zombies: Heroes, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst and Need for Speed.

CartoDeveloperOct 2014 – Apr 2015

Front-end development in JavaScript, QA automation with Python and Selenium, and technical support.

SimforProgrammerAug 2012 – Sep 2014

Virtual simulators for cranes, cars, buses, trucks and military vehicles in C++ with OpenSceneGraph, DirectX and Qt. Gameplay and graphics programming, specialising in optimization and GLSL shaders, plus internal tools. Introduced Scrum and version control at the company.

MediapostJunior ProgrammerJul 2010 – Oct 2011

Web apps for a marketing and logistics company and clients such as Repsol and IKEA, using ASP.NET, C#, AJAX, JavaScript, web services and thermal printers (ZPL/EPL), plus Android and Windows CE prototypes.

Education

University Complutense of MadridMaster's degree in Video Games Development, ProgrammingAug 2012 – Sep 2013

University of GranadaMaster's degree in Software Development, Human–Computer InteractionOct 2011 – Jun 2012

University Carlos III of MadridTechnical Engineering in Computer Management, followed by a Computer Engineering DegreeSep 2007 – Jun 2011

Recognition

Nova 111 ListWinner, Nova TalentMay 2024

Superstar AwardElectronic ArtsFeb 2016

BeatJamp awardGlobal Game Jam MadridJan 2013

“Natural interaction techniques using Kinect”Co-author, Interacción 2012 (13th International Conference on Human–Computer Interaction)2012

Master’s scholarshipUniversity of Granada, awarded on academic record2011

03 / PERSONAL PROJECTS

Personal projects.

Outside my role at Spotify, I develop personal apps under Chapiware. These independent projects explore memories, daily rituals, and local-first software.

Explore Chapiware