Data Scientist, Spotify
Programming & Editorial
$86.7-123.8k
+ Equity
Commercial music streaming service
Job no longer available
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$86.7-123.8k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it
Role
Who you are
- You have a degree in a quantitative field, such as Computer Science/Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics; advanced degree is desirable
- 2+ years of relevant experience performing data analysis or data science
- You are entirely autonomous in SQL (a must)
- Data visualization is one of the aspects of data science that you enjoy the most. You have a strong aptitude with business intelligence softwares such as Tableau and Google Data Studio. (a must)
- Experience with Python is a strong plus
- Experience creating and scheduling datasets is also highly valued
- You are passionate about music. Previous experience in creative industries is a preference, but not a hard requirement if you have a deep empathy for how the music art form is created and enjoyed
- You are a natural communicator. You focus just as much on how you deliver your findings, as you do on the technical craft of uncovering new insights
What the job involves
- We are looking for an outstanding Data Scientist to join the Content Analytics group and build core analytics to support our Music Editorial teams, meaning the teams of music experts at Spotify who curate playlists and musical experiences
- Learn about music data, build relationships with music experts around the world, and over time, take on a variety of ad-hoc analyses. You’ll extract actionable insights from large datasets and drive decisions in the field of music recommendations
- Improve on a suite of data tools primarily built for Spotify’s editorial teams, covering a range of angles into how listeners seek out music and engage with recommendations
- Communicate data-driven insights and recommendations to non-technical audiences, through clear visualizations and data storytelling
- Train editorial teams around the world on how to use data & insights. Own and improve on the documentation of data tools and training material
- Engineer novel data sets that shed a new light on the dynamics of music listening
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Spotify was founded in an attempt to combat the rampant music piracy that was causing significant harm to the industry. The company has since taken music streaming mainstream and now has 180m+ paying subscribers across the world.
With features that include a highly accessible interface and a vast catalogue of artists, Spotify's strong brand has been able to maintain growth in spite of fierce competition from deep-pocketed rivals like Amazon and Apple. The company has achieved this by making smart acquisitions to move into other verticals to strengthen its offerings, especially podcasting, by acquiring Gimlet Media, Anchor and Parcast.
Spotify's future plans include rapid growth with a goal to become a one-stop destination for all digital sound, as well as AI and NFT integrations. However, high costs incurred from the acquisition of exclusive podcasts, increasing competitor strength, and weak bottom-line growth mean that the company must find a balance to maintain its position in the sector.
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Company Specialist
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2016
$1bn
CONVERTIBLE
Jun 2015
$526m
SERIES G
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success
- Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs
Company values
- Innovative: We move fast and take big risks
- Sincere: We have no time for internal politics
- Passionate: We revel in what we do
- Collaborative: We recognise that we're all in this together
- Playful: We don't take ourselves too seriously
Company HQ
Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län
Articles
Leadership
Daniel Ek
(CEO & Chairman)Founded Spotify in 2006. Previously worked as an executive at Tradera, an auction company that was sold to eBay and was briefly the CEO of uTorrent.
People progressing
Joined as a Conversion Manager in the Growth Team. Promoted three times over seven years to Senior Director - Head of Growth.
Joined as a Customer Advisor. Since then has had the role titles Senior Advisor, Content Associate, Team Coach, and Operations Manager - Primary Support. Hurst is now currently the Business Operations Manager of Music.
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