Is Spotify a good company to work for as a Associate Machine Learning Engineer?

Associate Machine Learning Engineer professionals working at Spotify have rated their employer with 4.5 out of 5 stars in 29 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Spotify employees being 3.9 out of 5 stars. Search open Associate Machine Learning Engineer Jobs at Spotify now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Associate Machine Learning Engineer interview questions at Spotify .

Does Spotify pay Associate Machine Learning Engineer employees well?

Associate Machine Learning Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Spotify with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 29 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 16.9% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Associate Machine Learning Engineer salaries at Spotify.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Spotify?

Software Engineer (140) , Senior Software Engineer (66) , Data Scientist (53) , Product Manager (38) , Senior Product Manager (29) , Engineering Manager (26) , Intern (26) , Account Manager (25) , Product Designer (23) , Senior Data Scientist (22) , Software Engineer II (22) , Manager (21) , Campaign Manager (20) , Machine Learning Engineer (20) , Client Partner (19)

What are the pros of working at Spotify according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture and a fun environment" ((in 284 reviews)); "Working from anywhere is great for people with family and living far from the office." ((in 224 reviews)); "Great benefits; You will have a lot of flexibility and little accountability" ((in 192 reviews)); "Great work/life balance and many perks to indulge on while there" ((in 173 reviews)); "Interesting work and great colleagues" ((in 80 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Spotify according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor." ((in 61 reviews)); "Better be best friends with senior leadership if you want a promotion." ((in 57 reviews)); "Recent layoffs in Jan 2023 are referred to internally as the "Blood Sacrifices"." ((in 53 reviews)); "Engineers suffer pretty bad amongst all this because their managers are inexperienced and not able to help them grow." ((in 51 reviews)); "Swedish salaries are low and only competitive because they pay more than any other local company will." ((in 50 reviews))

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Spotify Associate Machine Learning Engineer reviews

4.5

78% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)

Daniel Ek

88% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

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5.0

Work/Life balance

4.9

Diversity & inclusion

4.8

Culture & values

4.5

Compensation and benefits

4.0

Senior management

3.8

Career opportunities

Associate Machine Learning Engineer employees have rated Spotify with 4.5 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate Machine Learning Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Spotify is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate Machine Learning Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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29 reviews

3.0

Sep 12, 2025

Leadership has no idea what they're doing

Senior machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work/life balance Playful culture Tenure

Cons

Beyond technically incompetent leadership IC career trajectory completely determined by politics and playing the game of thrones IC trajectory is just management but with a different title Spotify has nothing but constant fomo of other big tech companies and does nothing technically interesting Middle-of-the-road compensation

4.0

Aug 27, 2025

Solid company but less generous than it used to be

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The company has excellent software engineering practices and great work-life balance

Cons

Spotify used to invest into their people a lot more than they do now, as they fight for profitability

4.0

May 13, 2025

Great culture & wlb

Senior machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work life balance is great

Cons

Things move quite slowly, hard to get new opportunities

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