Niklas Gustavsson Discusses Spotify's Architecture at the 2023 Global Software Architecture Summit

At the 2023 Global Software Architecture Summit, Spotify’s Chief Architect & VP of Engineering, Niklas Gustavsson, provided a data-driven deep dive into Spotify’s 15 year old architecture.

What does a large-scale micro component architecture look like in practice? What patterns emerge across thousands of components (client features, services, data pipelines and websites) and their dependencies?

Get a first-hand look at what our architecture looks like in practice, and understand how this class of architecture works at scale.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:44 - Intro to micro service architecture
5:40 - What does a large-scale micro component architecture look like in practice?
8:55 - Components
12:35 - Deployments
15:26 - Dependencies
23:32 - Dependencies and collaboration
27:13 - How to use metrics in practice
35:22 - Closing remarks
35:51 - Q&A

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Credits: Special thanks to Niklas Gustavsson and the organizers of the Global Software Architecture Summit.