Senior Machine Learning Engineer – Ads R&D

Spotify

Senior Machine Learning Engineer optimizing advertising platform for Spotify. Driving user experience through data analysis and machine learning techniques within the Advertising R&D team.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $184,050 - $262,928 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ApacheJavaPythonPyTorchRayScalaSparkTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement machine learning systems for ad performance optimization.
Research and apply ML optimization strategies to balance multiple objectives effectively.
Analyze data and use machine learning techniques to understand user behavior and improve ad experiences.
Collaborate with backend engineers, data scientists, data engineers, and product managers to establish baselines, inform product decisions, and develop new technologies.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You have professional experience in applied machine learning.
You have strong technical expertise in software engineering, data analysis, and machine learning.
You are proficient in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
Experienced in Tensorflow or PyTorch and working with various aspects of the ML lifecycle
You have expertise in developing data pipelines using tools like Apache Beam or Spark.
As a plus, you may have experience with any of the following - LLMs, Ray, Adtech, or Recommender Systems.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance
six month paid parental leave
401(k) retirement plan
monthly meal allowance
23 paid days off
13 paid flexible holidays
paid sick leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

machine learningdata analysissoftware engineeringPythonJavaScalaTensorflowPyTorchdata pipelinesApache Beam