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Machine Learning Engineer, Personalization, Samba

United States·New YorkRemotePermanentmid

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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.

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Data ScienceMachine Learning EngineerDataMachine LearningData & AI

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.

Samba sits at the heart of Spotify’s personalization engine, powering experiences like autoplay, radio, and personalized mixes. We work on complex sequencing and optimization problems—balancing what users love with how Spotify supports creators and the business.

Our team blends machine learning, backend engineering, and data expertise, and collaborates across North America and Europe to deliver impactful, real-time personalization at scale.

Design and build machine learning systems that optimize ranking and sequencing across personalized surfaces

Develop multi-objective optimization strategies that balance user satisfaction with business outcomes

Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners including product, data science, and engineering teams to align on goals, share context, and deliver impactful solutions

Work across ML, backend, and data layers to bring models into production

Contribute to scalable infrastructure supporting high-volume user interactions

Run experiments and use insights to continuously improve performance

Help shape technical direction and raise the bar for engineering excellence within the team

You have 5+ years of experience in machine learning, data, or backend engineering

You are experienced with production-grade systems and scalable architectures

You have worked on recommendation systems, ranking, or optimization problems

You bring a T-shaped skillset across ML, data, and backend domains

You are comfortable navigating ambiguity and solving complex problems

You care about user experience and measurable impact

You enjoy collaborating across disciplines and geographies

We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the North America region as long as we have a work location.

This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.

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Where is the job

New York, United States

Remote within one country

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Posted: April 14, 2026
First seen: April 15, 2026
Last seen: April 29, 2026

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