Machine Learning Engineer – Subscriptions

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  • Spotify
  • New York, NY
  • Full-Time
  • 4 days ago
Spotify
Published
May 5, 2026
Location
New York, NY
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Machine Learning Engineer – Subscriptions: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role: Design and productionize machine learning models powering personalization for subscription funnels at a large audio streaming company.
  • The Person: Contribute to designing, prototyping, evaluating, scaling and maintaining production-ready machine learning models and data pipelines that power personalization across subscription funnels and messaging surfaces.
  • Requirements: Requires experience applying machine learning in production environments, building production ML systems using Python or Scala, working with PyTorch or distributed systems like Ray, and using GCP or AWS.

Job Description

The Subscriptions Mission team builds and evolves Spotify’s subscription products to drive growth, retention, and user value. We focus on creating seamless, personalized experiences that help listeners discover the right plan and get the most out of Spotify, while enabling sustainable business growth.

You’ll join the User Understanding space within the Subscriptions Mission, where we build machine learning systems that personalize the subscription journey for millions of listeners. Sitting in the Lorax squad, this team focuses on optimizing the full subscription funnel—from discovery to conversion—by delivering relevant, timely, and meaningful experiences. Our work directly impacts how users engage with Spotify and how we grow our subscriber base.

The United States base range for this position is 148,901–212,716 USD, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six-month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.
Key Skills
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Python Pytorch Ray Distributed Systems Data Pipelines GCP AWS Scala Machine Learning C R

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