Spotify

Data Scientist – Music Mission

Spotify

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: New YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $110,018 - $157,169 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Own analytical projects end-to-end, from hypothesis generation and data exploration to recommendations for product leadership
  • Develop and own success metrics for generative music features and systems
  • Design and analyze A/B tests and causal studies to evaluate product and model impact
  • Perform exploratory analyses to uncover opportunities that improve experiences for listeners and artists
  • Build scalable dashboards to monitor feature health and ecosystem impact
  • Design and run evaluations for generative music systems, assessing risks and opportunities across prompts, outputs, and quality
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, Research, Marketing, and Engineering to translate insights into product requirements
  • Partner closely with Engineers and AI Researchers to integrate evaluation signals into model development workflows
  • Communicate complex findings through clear, actionable narratives that inform product strategy and roadmap decisions

Requirements

  • You have a degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Operations Research, quantitative social science, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
  • You bring 4+ years of experience as a Data Scientist influencing product decisions through data
  • You’re highly proficient in SQL and Python and comfortable working with large-scale datasets
  • You use AI-powered tools (e.g., Cursor, Copilot) to accelerate analysis and workflows
  • You have strong product intuition and a results-focused perspective— you seek the “why” behind the data
  • You have experience with A/B testing, causal inference and advanced statistical methods, and exercise strong judgment in methodological choices
  • You understand machine learning systems and can evaluate models beyond offline metrics, applying human judgment to quality and impact
  • You thrive in ambiguous, zero-to-one environments and enjoy defining metrics & opportunities for entirely new product categories
  • You’re motivated by creating real value for music fans and music creators
Benefits
  • 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
SQLPythonA/B testingcausal inferenceadvanced statistical methodsmachine learning systemsdata explorationdata analysisdashboard developmentsuccess metrics
Soft Skills
product intuitionresults-focused perspectivestrong judgmentcommunicationcollaborationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingadaptabilitycreativitymotivation