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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendations(m/w/x)
Building personalized recommendation models for music streaming. 3+ years shipping large-scale ML models to production required. Relocation support, temporary accommodation, and on-ground arrival support.
Requirements
- Strong industry experience in quantitative field or Ph.D./M.Sc.
- 3+ years shipping large-scale ML models to production
- Strong Python or Scala engineering background
- Hands-on experience with data processing frameworks
- Hands-on experience with vector search or nearest neighbor technologies
- Deep understanding of core recommendation concepts
- Ability to discuss trade-offs between recommendation approaches
- Proven experience building ML infrastructure for deployment
- Proven experience building ML infrastructure for lifecycle management
- Proven experience building ML infrastructure for monitoring
- Experience with ML infrastructure in cloud environments
- Pragmatic approach to engineering efficiency
- Habit of leveraging modern AI-assisted workflows
Tasks
- Design end-to-end machine learning solutions
- Build recommendation models for candidate generation
- Personalize user and item models
- Deploy scalable ML models into production
- Monitor model performance in production
- Take ownership of the full ML lifecycle
- Prototype and evaluate ML models
- Strengthen ML engineering and MLOps foundation
- Define best practices for ML engineering
- Build tooling for rapid iteration
- Translate research into production-ready systems
- Collaborate with analysts and data scientists
- Leverage shared infrastructure and knowledge
- Utilize agentic workflows and AI-assisted engineering
- Work at 10x the speed of traditional methods
Work Experience
- 3 years
Education
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Python
- Scala
- Spark
- Confluent
- GCP
- AWS
- Azure
- Cursor
- Claude Code
Benefits
Other Benefits
- Relocation support
- One-way flights
- Temporary accommodation
- On-ground support on arrival
Additional Allowances
- Allowances
- Generous professional development allowance
Mental Health Support
- Creativity and Wellness benefit
Competitive Pay
- Employee Equity Plan
More Vacation Days
- Flexible vacation policy
- 35 days of PTO annually
Learning & Development
- Free German courses
Snacks & Drinks
- Snacks and goodies
Free or Subsidized Food
- 2 free lunches weekly
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Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Recommendations(m/w/x)
Building personalized recommendation models for music streaming. 3+ years shipping large-scale ML models to production required. Relocation support, temporary accommodation, and on-ground arrival support.
Requirements
- Strong industry experience in quantitative field or Ph.D./M.Sc.
- 3+ years shipping large-scale ML models to production
- Strong Python or Scala engineering background
- Hands-on experience with data processing frameworks
- Hands-on experience with vector search or nearest neighbor technologies
- Deep understanding of core recommendation concepts
- Ability to discuss trade-offs between recommendation approaches
- Proven experience building ML infrastructure for deployment
- Proven experience building ML infrastructure for lifecycle management
- Proven experience building ML infrastructure for monitoring
- Experience with ML infrastructure in cloud environments
- Pragmatic approach to engineering efficiency
- Habit of leveraging modern AI-assisted workflows
Tasks
- Design end-to-end machine learning solutions
- Build recommendation models for candidate generation
- Personalize user and item models
- Deploy scalable ML models into production
- Monitor model performance in production
- Take ownership of the full ML lifecycle
- Prototype and evaluate ML models
- Strengthen ML engineering and MLOps foundation
- Define best practices for ML engineering
- Build tooling for rapid iteration
- Translate research into production-ready systems
- Collaborate with analysts and data scientists
- Leverage shared infrastructure and knowledge
- Utilize agentic workflows and AI-assisted engineering
- Work at 10x the speed of traditional methods
Work Experience
- 3 years
Education
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Python
- Scala
- Spark
- Confluent
- GCP
- AWS
- Azure
- Cursor
- Claude Code
Benefits
Other Benefits
- Relocation support
- One-way flights
- Temporary accommodation
- On-ground support on arrival
Additional Allowances
- Allowances
- Generous professional development allowance
Mental Health Support
- Creativity and Wellness benefit
Competitive Pay
- Employee Equity Plan
More Vacation Days
- Flexible vacation policy
- 35 days of PTO annually
Learning & Development
- Free German courses
Snacks & Drinks
- Snacks and goodies
Free or Subsidized Food
- 2 free lunches weekly
About the Company
SoundCloud
Industry
Media
Description
SoundCloud is an artist-first platform empowering artists to build and grow their careers by providing them with progressive tools and resources.
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