Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Personalization, Horizon

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  • Spotify
  • New York, NY, NY
  • Full-Time
  • 3 days ago
  • $184,050 - $262,928
Spotify
Published
May 6, 2026
Location
New York, NY, NY
Category
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Personalization, Horizon: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role: Design and productionize personalization-focused machine learning and generative AI features and experiences for product teams.
  • The Person: Design, build, evaluate, and ship agentic and personalization ML features, collaborate cross-functionally, prototype and productionize solutions at scale, and promote ML system best practices across the organisation.
  • Requirements: Strong background in machine learning, natural language processing, generative AI, production LLM systems, Apache Beam, Apache Spark, and cloud platforms like GCP or AWS.

Job Description

The Personalization team makes deciding what to play next easier and more enjoyable for every listener. From Blend to Discover Weekly, we’re behind some of Spotify’s most-loved features. We built them by understanding the world of music and podcasts better than anyone else. Join us and you’ll keep millions of users listening by making great recommendations to each and every one of them.

You’ll join the Horizon Product Area within the Sessions Studio, part of Spotify’s Personalization Mission. This team focuses on inventing and evolving new listening experiences powered by emerging technologies. From AI DJ to promptable playlists and generated podcasts, we’re exploring how agentic systems and generative AI can reshape how people interact with audio. You’ll work at the intersection of product innovation and cutting-edge machine learning to bring entirely new experiences to life for millions of listeners.

The United States base range for this position is $184,050- $262,928 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, 13 paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future
Key Skills
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Python Pytorch Tensorflow Natural Language Processing Large Language Models (llms) Reinforcement Learning / RLHF Apache Spark GCP AWS Apache Beam Machine Learning C R

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