Machine Learning - Engineering Director

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We built them by understanding the world of audiobooks, music and podcasts better than anyone else. Kipp is the machine learning team within the PZN Strategic Programming (PSP) Product Area, responsible for powering all targeting of strategic and paid promotions across Spotifys major surfacesincluding Home, Browse, and Search. We build the ML infrastructure and models that determine which users should see which contentbe it music, podcasts, audiobooks, or videoso that every intervention delivers value to listeners and impact for creators.
Kipp owns the entire ML stack for targeting, including real-time decisioning and campaign-level optimization. We work at the intersection of machine learning, backend engineering, and large-scale distributed systemsensuring that Spotifys strategic programming is personalized, scalable, and measurable.
We are now looking for a Machine Learning Engineering Manager to lead this impactful team. In this role, youll guide ML, backend and data engineers working on mission-critical systems that sit at the heart of Spotifys content promotion strategy. You'll shape how we evolve our targeting capabilities to support diverse content formats, deliver engaging experiences to users, and drive measurable outcomes for artists, publishers, and partners.
Manage a team building recommendation systems for 500M+ monthly Spotify customers.
Manage stakeholders such as Music, Audiobook and Podcast mission.
You have strong mentorship and coaching skills, and thrive when helping individuals and teams perform to their full potential.
You have demonstrated the ability to deliver high quality, reliable, and cost-efficient recommendation systems for large scale (100M+) consumer applications.
You stay up-to-date with the state-of-the-art technology in machine learning.
For this role, you can be within the EMEA region as long as we have a work location.
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 - were here to support you in any way we can.
Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the worlds most popular audio streaming subscription service.
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