Senior Machine Learning Engineering Manager
Core
Lead a senior-heavy group of 10–12 machine learning engineers to solve high-priority business problems by shaping the future of audio understanding and scaling AI usage in everyday engineering work.
Role type
Senior Machine Learning Engineering Manager (player-coach)
Builds
Audio understanding capabilities and AI-integrated engineering workflows for Spotify's consumer experience
Domain
Streaming media, audio content understanding, consumer technology
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Team leadership, strategic planning, audio content understanding, AI application in engineering, scaling technical teams, content understanding expertise
Preferred skills
Staff-level engineering experience, deep insight into human behavior and design
Technologies
AI frameworks, audio processing tools, content understanding systems
Responsibilities
Lead a senior-heavy group of 10–12 machine learning engineers, shape the strategic direction of the group, grow audio understanding expertise over the long term, help the team scale through practical use of AI in engineering work
