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Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Policy & Safety

Spotify

New York City, UShybridPosted May 4, 2026

At a glance

Highlights

  • Safety by default
  • Large-scale rearchitecture
  • ML-driven systems
  • Critical path for new content

Why this role might suit you

The role involves high‑impact safety infrastructure, collaboration across trust and safety teams, and work on large‑scale machine‑learning systems that shape content moderation for a global platform.

Skills

machine-learningplatform-engineeringdata-pipelinepolicy-enforcementcompliance

About the role

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.

The Policy & Safety team sits within Content Platform in the Experience Mission, building the systems that keep Spotify safe, compliant, and trusted by millions of users and creators. This team owns Spotify’s content moderation infrastructure — from detection models to policy enforcement systems and compliance data pipelines.

Working at the intersection of machine learning, platform engineering, and regulatory compliance, the team partners closely with Trust & Safety, Legal, and Public Affairs. They’re on the critical path for every new content type and social feature — including messaging, comments, and collaborative experiences — ensuring safety is built in from day one. With a strong focus on “safety by default,” the team is investing in large-scale rearchitecture and ML-driven systems to proactively protect users and empower safer interactions across the platform.

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