Research Scientist, Spotify
2025 Summer Internship
$55 USD per hour
3 days a week in office
Commercial music streaming service
Be an early applicant
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$55 USD per hour
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
- We’re looking for enthusiastic students with a passion for audio experiences and an ambition to go far
- You have, or are pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field
- Strong preference for a graduation year date of 2025 or 2026
- You currently have valid work authorization to work in the country in which this role is based that will extend from June to August 2025
- You are available from June 9th to August 15th 2025 to participate in the summer internship
- You are experienced with two or more of the following: machine learning, music information retrieval, speech processing, audio signal processing, generative modeling, probabilistic modeling
- You have strong coding skills in several languages/libraries: Python, NumPy, TensorFlow, PyTorch
- You are experienced with independently driving research projects, and in leading publications
- You know how to explain sophisticated topics in simple terms, and you love building positive relationships with colleagues and team members
What the job involves
- Our paid internship program will give you the chance to gain in-depth knowledge of what it's like to be a Spotify employee as well as get the opportunity to see the technology side of a fast growing company!
- Our summer internships will last for approximately 10 weeks this summer and start in the beginning of June
- We are looking for Research Scientist Interns to join our Audio Intelligence team
- Our mission is to advance the state of the art in AI-based machine listening technologies to unlock differentiating product opportunities for Spotify
- During your internship, you’ll help to develop intelligent, efficient and intuitive new ways to search, explore, re-use, and process audio
- Your work will change the way the world experiences music, and the way artists can make a living
- This is your chance to help craft the way the world listens, learn more about what we do, how we do it – and why it all matters
- This isn’t just any internship, you’ll make an impact and play a real part in the success of Spotify, all over one unforgettable summer!
- Work with Research Scientists to develop and evaluate machine listening methods, combining machine learning, audio signal processing, generative modeling, probabilistic modeling and many other fields
- Learn to run experiments at scale, having access to a catalog of 100M+ songs, 602M+ monthly active users, and making use of Spotify’s computing infrastructure
- Leverage best practices in building new datasets powering the next generation of machine learning research
- Communicate your results and their importance to both key partners and in external publications
- Be a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional team of researchers, product managers, software engineers and others across the company
Application process
- The last day to apply is February 6th 2025 at 12 PM ET
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
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
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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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