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Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Home Surfaces

Build personalized discovery experiences using ML and LLMs at global scale

As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer on Spotify's Personalization team, you will shape the future of personalized discovery and engagement by building moment-based experiences across Spotify surfaces. You'll work at the intersection of recommendation systems, large language models, and production-scale ML infrastructure to deliver highly relevant, personalized experiences to millions of listeners worldwide. This includes evolving the Home Shor...

Why This Role?

Shape the future of personalized discovery and engagement at Spotify with real impact on millions of users

Key Responsibilities

  • Build moment-based experiences across Spotify surfaces using machine learning
  • Evolve the Home Shortcuts experience and its underlying intelligence
  • Work at the intersection of recommendation systems and large language models
  • Take models from research to production at global scale
  • Drive technical direction in ambiguous problem spaces
  • Solve complex personalization challenges for millions of listeners

Requirements

  • Experience taking models from research to production
  • Expertise in recommendation systems
  • Experience with large language models
  • Background in production-scale machine learning infrastructure
  • Ability to drive technical direction in ambiguous problem spaces
  • Experience solving complex personalization challenges at scale

Required Skills

machine learningrecommendation systemsdata scienceproduct thinkinglarge language modelsProduction ML InfrastructurePersonalizationTechnical Leadership

Indonesia Context

Working Hours Overlap:
Flexible — work your own hours
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View Original Description from Lever Postings

Original description from Lever Postings

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. Surfaces Moments is a ML team within the Personalization Mission focused on creating moment-based experiences across Spotify surfaces. The team owns and evolves the experiences that help listeners quickly connect with the content that matters most to them, including the Home Shortcuts experience and the underlying intelligence that powers it. By combining cutting-edge machine learning, recommendation systems, and product thinking, the team delivers highly relevant, personalized experiences to millions of listeners around the world. As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, you will help shape the future of personalized discovery and engagement at Spotify. You'll work at the intersection of recommendation systems, large language models, and production-scale machine learning infrastructure to build experiences that delight users and drive meaningful impact. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys taking models from research to production, driving technical direction in ambiguous problem spaces, and solving complex personalization challenges at global scale.

Salary Context

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Company
Spotify
Job Type
full time
Location
Stockholm, Sweden · Remote
Category
Seniority
senior
PostedNewNew & verified
Sep 10, 2026

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