Data Scientist, Spotify

Music Monetisation

$107.8-154k

The salary range included is the United States base range. +Equity

SQL

Python

Pandas

Mid and Senior level

New York

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

Commercial music streaming service

Job no longer available

Commercial music streaming service

1001+ employees

B2CMusicEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMobile

Job no longer available

$107.8-154k

The salary range included is the United States base range. +Equity

SQL

Python

Pandas

Mid and Senior level

New York

Remote from Canada, US

More information about location

1001+ employees

B2CMusicEntertainmentDigital MediaSaaSMobile

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

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You have at least 3+ years of experience, with a degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science or equivalent on-the-job experience
Coding skills (such as Python) and, analytics tools experience (such as Pandas, SQL, or R), and machine learning packages is a plus
Capacity and passion to translate business objectives into actionable insights, and analytics results into business and product recommendations
Experience with quantitative survey research (e.g. conjoint/maxdiff), A/B testing, and marketing analytics
You thrive in a dynamic environment and can execute with autonomy

What the job involves

In this role, you will empower the team with all things data—analyzing survey data to glean consumer insights and inform market sizing workstreams, diving into Spotify’s user-level streaming behavior and artist affinity to build new core datasets and dashboards, and more
We are looking for a Data Scientist capable of setting their own priorities and pushing ahead through any obstacle
As a Data Scientist, your mission is to turn our 200 petabytes of data into insights and gain a deep understanding of music and listeners to impact how users engage with Spotify
Work closely with a tight-knit, cross-functional team of engineers, data scientists, user researchers, designers, and product managers who are all passionate about creating new innovative products/experiences for our users
Perform segmentation analyses to understand how users currently engage with Spotify, what their key pain points are, and help shape the future of what the users experience or product suite could become
Work closely with the team including data engineering to build lasting solutions to our data modeling projects and bring model ideas through the entire lifecycle (from ideation to automatic production)
Turn data into insights to help us ideate and define innovative “go-to-market” products and app features for our users
Establish and maintain a culture of rigor and data curiosity to drive tangible business impact

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.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

23% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.2)

Trustpilot (1.6)

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 HQ

Norrmalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län

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.

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