Senior Principal Machine Learning Engineer - Recommendations

The role

You will architect large-scale recommendation, personalization, and search systems. You will lead the technical strategy for ML systems and grow a team of Engineers and Scientists.

What you will do

• Lead the technical strategy and execution for SoundCloud’s ML systems
• Lead the exploration of advanced modeling techniques
• Define and drive the overall technical direction for ML including model architecture and infrastructure
• Own short- and long-term objectives to deliver user and business impact
• Lead, mentor, and grow ML Engineers and Scientists
• Be a strategic partner to the CTO in bringing an ML Everywhere strategy
• Stay current with industry trends and advancements in machine learning
• Lead the leveraging of agentic workflows and AI-assisted engineering

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in ML engineering
• 3+ years in search or recommendations in an internet scale service with the reach of tens of millions of daily active users
• Proven track record of defining technical strategy and driving execution for large-scale ML systems
• Experience setting technical roadmaps and influencing cross-functional priorities
• Experience leading and scaling teams of ML Engineers and Scientists
• Deep expertise in delivering data-driven products and ML solutions at scale on cloud-based platforms
• Hands-on familiarity with modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
• Strong software engineering foundations
• Thought leadership in ML and data science
• Exceptional communication, strategic influence, and cross-functional leadership skills

Nice to have

• Experience in a music streaming environment

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision plans
• Mental health resources
• Robust 401k program
• Employee Equity Plan
• Generous professional development allowance
• Creativity and Wellness benefit for gym membership, photography course or books
• Flexible vacation and public holiday policy with up to 35 days of PTO annually
• 16 paid weeks for all parents to welcome newborns, adopted and foster children
• Various snacks, goodies and 2 free lunches weekly when at the office

About the company

SoundCloud is a creator-first platform helping artists build and grow their careers. It is a multinational company with offices in the US, Germany, and the UK.