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Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Artist-First AI Music Lab

Build generative music products that put artists and songwriters first

Design and build state-of-the-art generative AI products for music that create breakthrough experiences for fans and artists. Develop new listening experiences centered on artists through partnerships with labels, distributors, and publishers. Ensure fair compensation and new revenue streams for rightsholders while deepening artist-fan connections via AI tools that enhance, not replace, human creativity.

Why This Role?

Help invent entirely new listening experiences that center and celebrate artists and creatives

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and build state-of-the-art generative AI products for music
  • Develop new products for artists and fans through upfront agreements with labels and publishers
  • Ensure artists and rights-holders can choose if and how to participate in AI tool usage
  • Build products that create new revenue streams and ensure fair compensation for creators
  • Leverage Spotify’s platform to deepen artist-fan connections through generative AI

Requirements

  • Experience designing and building generative AI products
  • Background in machine learning engineering with focus on music or audio applications
  • Understanding of music industry partnerships with labels, distributors, and publishers
  • Knowledge of artist rights, compensation models, and revenue sharing in digital music
  • Ability to collaborate with creatives and technical teams to align AI tools with artistic values

Required Skills

machine-learningaiproduct-developmentmusic-industrygenerative-modelsmachine learninggenerative AImusic technologyproduct developmentartist relations
View Original Description from Lever Postings

Original description from Lever Postings

We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join our Artist-First AI Music lab. Our team designs and builds state-of-the-art generative products for music that create breakthrough experiences for fans and artists. We invent entirely new listening experiences that center and celebrate artists and creatives. All of our products will put artists and songwriters first, through these four principles: Partnerships with record labels, distributors, and music publishers: We’ll develop new products for artists and fans through upfront agreements, not by asking for forgiveness later. Choice in participation: We recognize there’s a wide range of views on use of generative music tools within the artistic community. Therefore, artists and rights-holders will choose if and how to participate to ensure the use of AI tools aligns with the values of the people behind the music. Fair compensation and new revenue: We will build products that create wholly new revenue streams for rightsholders, artists, and songwriters, ensuring they are properly compensated for uses of their work and transparently credited for their contributions. Artist-fan connection: AI tools we develop will not replace human artistry. They will give artists new ways to be creative and connect with fans. We will leverage our role as the place where more than 700 million people already come to listen to music every month to ensure that generative AI deepens artist-fan connections.

Salary Context

Similar Engineering roles on LokerDollar pay around $195k/yr (range $13.4k–450k/yr, n=366 active listings).

Hiring at Spotify

Spotify has 22 other active roles on LokerDollar and has been hiring here since May 7, 2026 — across Engineering, Data & Analytics, Operations, Writing & Content.

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Company
Spotify
Estimated salary
$190k–210k/yr
Based on similar roles — not stated by the employer
Job Type
full time
Location
Stockholm, Sweden · Remote
Category
Seniority
senior
PostedFreshVerified
Sep 1, 2026

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