Senior ML Engineering Manager: Strategy & Hands-On Leadership

Spotify; Stockholms kommun; Hybrid; SEK 1,586,000 - 2,643,000; Full time

Job summary

Spotify is seeking a senior/Staff ML engineering leader to guide a group of 10–12 engineers focused on content understanding and recommender systems. Based in London or Stockholm, the role blends strategic direction with hands-on technical leadership.

You’ll partner with product, design, research and other engineering leaders to set technology strategy, deliver high-impact initiatives, and scale ML practices across the organization while maintaining a practical, human-centered approach.

Qualifications

• Lead a senior-heavy group of 10–12 ML engineers including Staff engineers
• Set technical and team strategy for content understanding problems
• Own delivery of high-priority initiatives with measurable impact for listeners
• Stay hands-on when it matters and guide modelling/retrieval choices
• Define practical view on how ML engineers use AI tools in daily work
• Partner with product, design, research and other engineering leaders across Spotify

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and grow a group of 10+ senior and Staff ML engineers
• Set technical and team strategy for multiple content understanding problems
• Own delivery of high-priority company initiatives with measurable impact
• Stay close to technology as a player‑coach, guiding modelling and retrieval choices
• Define and champion practical use of AI tools to improve productivity
• Partner with product, design, research and other engineering leaders across Spotify

Skills

Machine learning leadership

Staff-level technical judgement

NLP

Audio/music content understanding

Recommender systems

Team management

Strategic thinking

Hands-on coding

Python

TensorFlow/PyTorch

Tools

Python

TensorFlow/PyTorch

Retrieval models

Job description

Spotify is seeking a senior/Staff ML engineering leader to guide a group of 10–12 engineers focused on content understanding and recommender systems. Based in London or Stockholm, the role blends strategic direction with hands-on technical leadership.

You’ll partner with product, design, research and other engineering leaders to set technology strategy, deliver high-impact initiatives, and scale ML practices across the organization while maintaining a practical, human-centered approach.