Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Personalization

Machine Learning Engineering Manager - Personalization

Spotify

Spain

We are now looking for a Machine Learning Engineering Manager to lead this impactful team. In this role, you’ll guide ML, backend and data engineers working on mission-critical systems that sit at the heart of Spotify’s 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.

In this role, you will lead a team of Engineers all based in Europe, and will collaborate with a product manager and other partners to define and shape product roadmap and technical strategy. You will also be responsible for the individual growth and organizational health of your team.

What You'll Do

• Manage a team building recommendation systems for 500M+ monthly Spotify customers;
• Collaborate with product, design and insights partners to create a roadmap, define success metrics and deliver products;
• Influence the technical design and architecture of our stack. Support your team in developing scalable and reliable systems;
• Manage stakeholders such as Music, Audiobook and Podcast mission;
• Lead other efforts that fit your passion and Spotify’s needs.

Who You Are

• You understand the value of a diverse workforce. You have a demonstrated track record of moving tech orgs closer to representing the world we live in; you build teams with these values;
• 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 are able to distill complex information into easy-to-understand concepts, and understand how to lead a team through ambiguity;
• You stay up-to-date with the state-of-the-art technology in machine learning;
• You have managed teams and individuals for a minimum of 2 years.