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Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Ads R&D

Spotify — Audio streaming

New York, NY Remote Senior+ Posted Aug 26, 2025
ML

About the role

Our mission on the Advertising Product & Technology team is to build a next generation advertising platform that aligns with our unique value proposition for audio and video. We work to scale the user experience for hundreds of millions of fans and hundreds of thousands of advertisers. This scale brings unique challenges as well as tremendous opportunities for our artists and creators.

We are seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join the Supply Personalization squad. Supply Personalization focuses on optimizing the volume, timing, and types of ad loads a user receives. By leveraging data, machine learning, causal inference, and large scale online experimentation, we aim to uncover and learn the most effective strategies for enhancing user experiences and driving business outcomes.
 
We are looking for someone with strong expertise in data analysis, online experimentation techniques, and large-scale ML and engineering systems; someone who is motivated by user and business problems as much as they are by technical problems, and who thrives under ambiguity, experimentation, and iteration. You will work directly on an array of product features that drive the optimal user experience for our ads. You will collaborate with our cross-functional teams to ideate, develop, and own complex technical solutions on our ad services technology platforms. As someone who shares our passion for building innovative ad experiences, you'll have a direct impact on how the world uses Spotify.

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  • First seen by JobLarper — Aug 2, 2026, 5 days ago. Older postings collect hundreds of applicants — a tailored résumé matters more the longer a role has been live.
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  • Spotify is hiring actively — 46 open roles indexed.

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