Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Policy & Safety
Spotify · London
Posted about 3 months ago
or apply directly on Spotify's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 79 days Spotify's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 34% of Spotify's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Spotify
- high 78 stale, 0 reposted of 80 open
- Hiring momentum
- 155 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Spotify's own lever board since 2026-08-04. Full hiring picture for Spotify.
About this role
The Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer will work on building and scaling machine learning systems that enhance content understanding, safety, and policy enforcement at Spotify. This role involves shaping the architecture and technical strategy for managing diverse content types, ensuring they are safe and high-quality for users. The engineer will focus on areas such as multimodal content understanding and compliance, contributing to the overall consumer experience across various platforms.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Spotify as an employer.
What you need
- Experience in building and scaling machine learning systems
- Strong understanding of content management and safety
- Ability to shape architecture and technical strategy
- Experience with policy enforcement and compliance
Worth weighing
- Focus on foundational ML systems which may involve legacy technology
- Role heavily emphasizes content safety and policy enforcement, which may limit creative aspects of ML engineering
Summarised from Spotify's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Spotify on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
More roles at Spotify
- Fullstack Engineer - SubscriptionsLondon
- Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content PlatformLondon
- Director of ML Engineering, Conversation Product AreaNew York, NY
- Senior Product Quality Analyst - AI VoiceNew York, NY
- Data Scientist - Music MissionNew York, NY
- Senior Accountant, Paid RevenueNew York, NY
- Senior Product Quality Analyst - AI VoiceLondon
- Associate Ad Review Specialist Contractor (6 month Contract)Singapore