Spotify

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Content Platform

Spotify · London

Posted about 3 months ago

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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

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About this role

As a Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer on the Content Platform team at Spotify, you will build and scale machine learning systems that enhance content understanding, safety, and policy enforcement. Your role will involve shaping the architecture and technical strategy for managing diverse content types, ensuring high-quality experiences for users and creators. You will work with advanced AI technologies to support the ingestion, evaluation, and distribution of content globally.

Our read on this posting3.6out of 5
benefits
4/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

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What you need

  • Experience in building and scaling machine learning systems
  • Strong understanding of content management and decision-making processes
  • Ability to work with multimodal content understanding
  • Experience with safety, risk detection, and policy enforcement

What you get

  • Health insurance
  • Six month paid parental leave
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Monthly meal allowance
  • 23 paid days off
  • 13 paid flexible holidays

Worth weighing

  • Base salary range is quite broad, which may indicate variability in compensation based on experience
  • Role involves foundational work which may not provide immediate visibility into end-user impact
  • Focus on compliance and policy enforcement may limit creative aspects of machine learning applications

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Listed by Spotify on their lever job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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