Senior Data Scientist - Spotify for Artists (Remote Eligible - Americas)

Key Skills

Python Programming, Scala Programming, C++, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, Data science techniques, SQL, Apache Hadoop, MapReduce, TensorFlow, PyTorch, R Programming

Job Description

The Marketplace team builds Spotify's content and creator platforms. Our products - Spotify for Artists, Soundtrap, and SoundBetter - enable artists and their teams to create, connect, and grow their audience.

The Marketplace Product Insights Team is a growing insights community of 30+ Data Scientists and User Researchers who blend their skills to help us craft the next generation of music industry products, bringing insights into every decision we make.

We are looking for a pro in experimentation and statistical modeling, with experience working on early-stage products, testing new product concepts with users at scale, and cross-functional collaboration, especially with User Research. You will join one of the product teams within Spotify for Artists and help inform the way we build our platform to allow artists and their teams achieve success on Spotify.

What you'll do

• Gain a deep understanding of how products and platforms influence user behavior by extracting insights from rich datasets to drive the Spotify for Artists roadmap.
• Identify the most impactful opportunities for product development based on user needs, and execute on them diligently and resourcefully, sequencing hypotheses to ladder up to broader business goals.
• Partner closely with the other data scientists and data engineers to help inform, build and test hypotheses to deliver meaningful insights to fuel our products, leveraging your skills in experimentation & statistical modeling.
• Define the metrics we use to measure the health of initiatives and track them through dashboards.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams of data scientists, researchers, product owners, engineers, designers, marketers, and others across the company who are passionate about our marketplace.
• Mentor and coach data scientists and tackle leadership opportunities within the larger data science community.
• Be an advocate for data-informed decision-making, making recommendations about the product performance and product experience available to the Marketplace organization.

Who you are

• 5+ years of experience applying experimentation methods & statistical modeling to drive product development.
• Significant breadth and depth of knowledge in at least one of the following: advanced statistical modeling, deploying machine learning models at scale, or experimentation & causal inference.
• Experience with product analytics, including crafting success metrics, running power analyses, determining statistical significance, and presenting findings with clear product recommendations or implications.
• You are capable of taking on loosely defined problems and translating complex thinking into practical application for diverse audiences.
• You have strong communication skills, value building relationships with colleagues and partners, and have experience explaining sophisticated topics in straightforward terms.
• You’re a compelling storyteller who can communicate in succinct and inspiring ways to audiences with varied data science experience to influence real world product or feature decisions.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL. Ideally, you are also skilled at performing analysis on large datasets.
• Comfortable working with distributed teams across multiple offices and timezones.

Where you'll be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them!
• Where in the world? For this role, it can be within the Americas region in which we have a work location and is within working hours.
• Working hours? We operate within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration and ask that all be located that time zone.
• Prefer an office to work from home instead? Not a problem! We have plenty of options for your working preferences. Find more information about our Work From Anywhere options here.

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is 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 chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 345 million users.