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Spotify

Machine Learning Engineer - Safety

Spotify
hybrid senior full-time $184,050 – $262,928 USD New York or Boston
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First indexed 25 Apr 2026

Description

Join the Personalization team at Spotify and contribute to building machine learning systems that power safety across personalization surfaces such as recommendations, search, and emerging AI experiences.

As a Machine Learning Engineer - Safety, you will design, build, and improve machine learning systems that help ensure Spotify experiences and recommendations are safe, responsible, and enjoyable. You will work closely with the Tech Research, Trust & Safety, and Content Platform teams to develop new approaches in areas like synthetic data, fairness, and responsible AI.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Designing, building, and improving machine learning systems that power safety across personalization surfaces
  • Contributing to the platformization of safety systems, enabling scalable and reusable solutions across teams
  • Partnering with Product, Trust & Safety, and Content Platform to translate safety needs into practical technical solutions
  • Working on both traditional ML models and generative AI systems, including integrating third-party and in-house foundational models
  • Contributing to evaluation frameworks, including labeling strategies, ground truth creation, and model validation approaches

You will work with a talented team of engineers, researchers, and product managers to build scalable, high-impact systems that support both today's products and the next generation of AI-driven experiences.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on complex problems, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and make a significant impact on the safety and responsibility of Spotify's experiences.

The base range for this position is $184,050 – $262,928 USD, plus equity. Benefits include health insurance, six-month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave.

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