Data Scientist, Spotify
Finance Data & Insights
$107.8-154k
+ Equity
2-3 days a week in office
Commercial music streaming service
Be an early applicant
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$107.8-154k
+ Equity
2-3 days a week in office
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
- 4+ years of experience in financial and/or legal data analysis
- You have a degree in computer science, information systems, mathematics, statistics, or another quantitative discipline
- You are skilled at using SQL and Python; experience using other analytic tools (e.g. Pandas, R, BigQuery) and visualization tools (e.g. Tableau) is a plus
- You have a passion for solving complex problems through data analysis combined with a strong eye for business
- You have proven experience communicating with both technical and non-technical teams to understand problems and articulate proposed solutions
- You can formulate meaningful conclusions from your analysis or investigations that inform business decisions
- You have experience performing testing and validation of datasets and outputs created by other teams or members of your team
- You have experience performing analysis over large and complex data sets
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Data Scientist to join our Process Automation and Analytics team within the Finance Data & Insights organization. Your responsibility will be to support the Finance, Accounting and Legal organizations through data analytics, process automation, technical guidance, and other ad-hoc reporting
- Work with a cross-functional team of data scientists, engineers, and functional partners to develop and maintain systems and processes to support Legal, Finance, and Accounting
- Gain and deploy a deep understanding of the Spotify data ecosystem to support operational data requirements for legal requests
- Partner with engineering teams to gather requirements and generate outputs for technically complex matters
- Work with large data sets, solving complex problems in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Drive process efficiencies through automation and delivery of data pipelines to enable self-service reporting and analytics
- Work in an environment with a group of highly motivated individuals who are passionate about Spotify’s success
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
Some 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
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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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