Remote Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Rewards

Description:

• The Personalization team at Spotify is focused on enhancing user experience by making music and podcast recommendations easier and more enjoyable.
• The team is responsible for popular features like Blend and Discover Weekly, built through a deep understanding of music and podcasts.
• The Senior Machine Learning Engineer will collaborate with research scientists, data scientists, and engineers to prototype and productize advanced machine learning solutions that improve recommendations and user satisfaction.
• Responsibilities include designing, building, evaluating, integrating, and refining reward signals for recommendations through hands-on machine learning development.
• The role involves leading collaborations across the Personalization team to integrate and A/B test mid-term signals in various recommendation systems.
• The engineer will promote best practices in machine learning systems development, testing, and evaluation within the team and the organization.

Requirements:

• A strong background in machine learning with a focus on applying theory to real-world applications, particularly in statistics and optimization.
• Expertise in sequential models, transformer architecture models, and fine-tuning processes for sequential models is required.
• Hands-on experience with large, cross-collaborative machine learning projects and managing stakeholders is essential.
• Proficiency in implementing production machine learning systems at scale using Java, Scala, Python, or similar languages is necessary, with experience in TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn being a strong plus.
• Familiarity with large-scale, distributed data processing frameworks/tools like Apache Beam, Apache Spark, or Scio, as well as cloud platforms like GCP or AWS, is required.
• A commitment to agile software processes is important.

Benefits:

• The position offers a competitive salary range of $176,166 to $251,666, plus equity.
• Benefits include health insurance, six months of paid parental leave, a 401(k) retirement plan, and a monthly meal allowance.
• Employees receive 23 paid days off and 13 paid flexible holidays, along with paid sick leave.
• Spotify is committed to inclusivity and provides reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process to support all candidates.