Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization
Build personalized experiences with ML
As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer, you'll work on creating moment-based experiences across Spotify surfaces, building personalized discovery and engagement. You'll combine machine learning, recommendation systems, and product thinking to deliver relevant experiences to millions of listeners.
Why This Role?
Shape the future of personalized discovery and engagement at Spotify
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy large language models and recommendation systems
- Work on production-scale machine learning infrastructure
- Solve complex personalization challenges at global scale
Requirements
- Experience with machine learning and recommendation systems
- Knowledge of large language models and production-scale infrastructure
- Strong product thinking and technical direction skills
Required Skills
Indonesia Context
- Working Hours Overlap:
- Flexible — work your own hours
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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
Similar Engineering roles on LokerDollar pay around $224.3k/yr (range $41k–1000k/yr, n=596 active listings).
Hiring at Spotify
Spotify has 23 other active roles on LokerDollar and has been hiring here since May 7, 2026 — across Engineering, AI.
View all Spotify openings →Market context
- ESTIMATEEstimated pay is 4% below the role median of $224,278/year (n=596 pay-disclosing listings).
- VERIFIEDSpotify: 56 postings in the last 3 months, 156 all-time on LokerDollar.
- VERIFIEDCompany first seen May 7, 2026.
- VERIFIEDThis listing first seen Jul 31, 2026.
- VERIFIEDLast verified live Sep 30, 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
- Is Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization at Spotify a remote job?
- Yes, Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization at Spotify is remote, but the employer did not state which countries can apply. Check the listing before applying.
- What type of employment is Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization at Spotify?
- This is a full time position.
- How do I apply?
- Click the "Apply" button on this page to go to the official application at Spotify.
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