Spotify
Machine Learning Engineer - Personalization
New York, New York, USA · full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$23,461 more — $193,461 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $193,461 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- The Personalization (PZN) team makes deciding what to play next on Spotify easier and more enjoyable for every listener.
- We seek to understand the world of music, podcasts and audiobooks better than anyone else so that we can make great recommendations to every individual and keep the world listening.
- These can include new content types in our Search engine or emerging user interaction patterns.
Responsibilities
- We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses.
- Every day, hundreds of millions of people all over the world use the products we build which include destinations like Home and Search as well as original playlists such as Made For You, Discover Weekly and Daily Mix.
- Our team's mission is to bring emerging search and agentic experiences to a mature state: exploring, defining, building, validating and optimizing new ideas.
Requirements
- You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what's playing in your headphones.
Compensation
- $170k-$212k
Benefits
- The United States base range for this position is $170,000 - $212,000 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, paid sick leave.
Company info
- At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone.
- Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace.
Equal opportunity
- Spotify is an equal opportunity employer.
- equal opportunity employer.
This listing is sourced directly from Spotify's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.