Data Scientist, Spotify
Music Promotion
$94.6-135.1k
Commercial music streaming service
Posted today
Commercial music streaming service
1001+ employees
Posted today
$94.6-135.1k
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
- Demonstrated ability in a similar Data Science role
- Degree in data science, computer science, statistics, economics, mathematics, or a similar quantitative field
- You have experience with product analytics, including crafting success metrics, performing exploratory analysis and presenting findings with clear product recommendations or implications
- You have experience as a Data Scientist using experimentation to drive product development
- You have hands-on experience synthesizing insights from data using tools such as Python, DBT, BigQuery, SQL, Tableau
- Strong communication skills and value building strong relationships with colleagues and partners as well as the ability to explain 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 product or feature decisions
- Bonus if you have experience with advertising
What the job involves
- In this role, you'll partner with product, engineering, and user research to build the technology that powers Discovery Mode.
- Your focus will be customer engagement and reporting — understanding what customers need, building instrumentation and dashboards for our self-serve product, and running experiments that improve the experience and drive business impact.
- As part of the Product Insights team, you'll help define the next generation of promotion products for the music industry
- Work closely with cross-functional teams of data scientists, researchers, product owners, engineers, designers, marketers, and others across the company to develop the next generation of promotion tools for artists
- Identify the most impactful opportunities for product development based on user needs, and execute on them diligently and resourcefully
- Define metrics and build the dashboards we use to measure the health and success of our products
- Partner closely with other data scientists to inform, build and test hypotheses that deliver actionable insights to improve and expand our products
- Contribute to a community of data scientists by evolving best practices and learning new skills
- Maintain a culture of rigor and data-informed decision-making 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
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 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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