Engineering Manager - Ads
About SoundCloud
What's next in music happens on SoundCloud first. As the world’s largest open audio platform, SoundCloud is powered by a connected community of creators, listeners, and curators who share, discover, and influence what’s new, now, and next in music and audio.
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Ads ML (Machine Learning) team within the Growth, Revenue and Commerce group, and to take SoundCloud's ad delivery into the machine learning era.
Advertising is one of SoundCloud's core revenue streams. It earns money directly, and it is also one of the main ways free listeners discover and move to a paid subscription. That revenue pays creators on our platform, covers content costs, and keeps SoundCloud a healthy, independent company. Getting ad delivery right matters to listeners, artists, and the business.
Our team builds the systems that decide which ads SoundCloud listeners hear and see, how many, and when. We're replacing fixed rules with ML: contextual bandits and predictive models (churn risk, subscription propensity, user LTV) that set ad load for each listener in real time. The goal is more ad revenue without hurting retention, and you'll decide how far and how fast we get there.
This is a hybrid leadership role with a strong hands-on component. You'll lead a team of four backend and ML engineers, contrib
