Opportunities in United States

What You'll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of machine learning engineers, creating an inclusive, high-performing engineering culture.

• Set the technical direction for the team while partnering with Product, Data Science, and Engineering leaders to deliver impactful machine learning capabilities.

• Guide the design, development, deployment, and operation of production machine learning systems at scale.

• Support engineers through technical mentorship, career development, performance management, and regular feedback.

• Drive execution by helping the team prioritize work, remove obstacles, and continuously improve delivery.

• Foster engineering excellence through modern software engineering practices, experimentation, and operational excellence.

• Partner across squads and missions to influence technical strategy and ensure alignment across the Personalization organization.

• Champion thoughtful adoption of emerging machine learning technologies, including large language models, where they create meaningful user value.

Who You Are

• You have experience leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.

• You have built trust through coaching, mentoring, and supporting engineers in their career growth.

• You have deep expertise building and operating production machine learning systems at scale.

• You understand the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle, from experimentation through deployment and monitoring.

• You are experienced working with modern machine learning techniques, including large language models and generative AI applications.

• You communicate effectively across engineering, product, and data science partners.

• You care about building inclusive teams where collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning thrive.

• You balance technical excellence with pragmatic decision-making and delivering meaningful business outcomes.

Where You'll Be

We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the Eastern Standard time zone.

Additional information

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.