How We Release the Spotify App: A Look Under the Hood (Part 2)
Article Summary
Spotify's release managers were drowning in Jira tabs, juggling dozens of tickets while fielding Slack questions. One dashboard changed everything.
In Part 2 of their release series, Spotify's engineering team reveals the custom tooling they built to orchestrate releases across Android, iOS, and Desktop. This is a deep dive into the Release Manager Dashboard and the automation that powers their multi-platform release process.
Key Takeaways
- Unified 10+ data sources into single dashboard, cutting context switching dramatically
- Backend optimization reduced load time from minutes to 8 seconds
- Release automation robot saved 8 hours per release cycle on average
- Built on Backstage with React/TypeScript for seamless developer integration
- Color coded status (green/yellow/red) enables instant release health assessment
Critical Insight
By building a custom Release Manager Dashboard and automation robot, Spotify reduced their average release cycle by 8 hours while eliminating the chaos of managing releases across multiple tools.
