Spotify
Spotify

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Content Policy & Safety

TLDR

Build and scale machine learning systems that enhance safety, policy enforcement, and compliance for Spotify’s content, impacting millions of listeners and creators.

What You Will Do
  • Define & drive machine learning strategy for safety, policy enforcement, and compliance systems

  • Build and scale ML systems for detection, classification, and risk assessment across content

  • Develop automated decisioning systems that ensure consistent, reliable enforcement of policies

  • Design systems that support real-time and large-scale content evaluation

  • Collaborate with product, policy, and trust & safety teams to operationalize content standards

  • Improve automation to reduce manual intervention,maintaining high quality and safety standards

  • Drive best practices in evaluation, fairness, and system reliability

  • Mentor engineers and contribute to technical direction across teams

  • Who You Are
  • You have strong experience building production-grade machine learning systems at scale

  • You are experienced with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar

  • You have worked on systems where ML outputs influence real-world decisions

  • You understand how to design systems that balance automation with safety and user experience

  • You are comfortable working on complex, ambiguous problems with high impact

  • You think in systems and understand how models connect to platform-level outcomes

  • You care about data quality, evaluation rigor, and system reliability

  • You communicate clearly and influence across technical and non-technical teams

  • Where You Will Be
  • This role is based in London or Stockholm

  • We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.

  • Spotify is an audio streaming platform that delivers an extensive catalog of music, podcasts, and audiobooks, catering to hundreds of millions of users globally. It empowers artists by providing them with the means to monetize their creativity while offering fans unparalleled access to a diverse array of content, all driven by a passion for sound.

    Founded
    Founded 2006
    Employees
    500+ employees
    Industry
    Media
    Total raised
    $2.6B raised
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