Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Policy & Safety
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Recruiter screen expecting genuine product knowledge, a level-dependent technical assessment (online test, new-grad take-home, or 60–75 minute live coding), then an onsite of coding (sometimes as a pull-request review), Spotify-flavored system design, a distinctive production-incident case study, and a values round rooted in the squad culture. Two to five weeks end to end.
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We design Spotify’s consumer experience—end to end, moment to moment, across every screen, platform, and partner integration. Our mission is to make listening feel effortless, personal, and joyful for billions of users around the world. That means turning complexity into clarity across hundreds of touchpoints—from our mobile and desktop apps to the smart speakers, TVs, cars, and integrations where Spotify shows up every day. If it touches a consumer, we shape it. We bring deep insight into human behavior, design, and technology to craft experiences that feel intuitive, expressive, and unmistakably Spotify.
About the Team
The Policy & Safety team sits within the Content Platform domain and builds the systems that keep Spotify safe and trustworthy at scale. We own the infrastructure behind content moderation, including detection models, policy enforcement systems, compliance pipelines, and the safety-by-default platform.
Our work sits on the critical path of every new content type and product experience—from messaging and comments to collaborative and agentic features. We partner closely with Trust & Safety, Legal, and Public Affairs to ensure that as Spotify evolves, safety is built in from the start—not added later.
The United States base range for this position is $227,495–$324,993 USD, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six-month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays, and paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.
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