Summary
Iris Schaffer is a Staff Software Engineer at Spotify with 12 years of cross-disciplinary experience building scalable web and mobile products, increasingly focused on JavaScript and modern frontend architectures. Trained in media technology and interactive media with top academic honors, she blends strong software design instincts with an eye for UX, having led frontend teams and full-stack projects across agencies and enterprise clients. At Spotify she progressed from engineer to staff, driving technical leadership and shaping complex user-facing systems. Austrian-born and based in Stockholm, she brings multilingual curiosity—she’s a hobby linguist and cyclist who treats software craft like design, and even counts herself a beer connoisseur, revealing a detail-oriented yet personable approach to engineering.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSc), Media Technology and Design, graduated with high distinction (1.0), Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSc), Media Technology and Design, graduated with high distinction (1.0) at University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg Campus
German, English, Spanish, Swedish