Research Internship, Deezer
Version Identification
Office located in 24 Rue de Calais, Paris
Audio streaming platform
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Audio streaming platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in 24 Rue de Calais, Paris
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Deezer's mission is to bring audiences and artists together by embodying the thrill, intimacy, and delight of music discovery.
Role
Who you are
- Master / PhD student with a background in Computer Science / Computational Linguistics / Applied Mathematics / Statistics
- Strong knowledge of music analysis, natural language processing, applied machine learning and data mining
- Good programming skills for data processing and experimentation (preferred python)
- Creativity and autonomy
What the job involves
- Audio content identification is an essential task for music streaming platforms
- It is used for many purposes, including catalog cleaning, innovative product features, or efficient copyright management
- Witnessing music delivery rates constantly increasing in the last decade, Deezer has been actively involved in developing and improving its identification methods over the years
- In this study, we will focus on musical versions, defined as “any rendition or performance of an existing musical work”
- Identifying two recordings as being versions of the same musical work is quite complex, as many musical dimensions may be heavily affected between both
- For instance, new renditions might alter the harmonic, melodic, rhythmic, timbral, or structural content of the original performance, among others
- This internship will aim at leveraging lyrics at scale in order to identify versions at scale in a large music catalog
Our take
Deezer is a listening app that lets users stream music, podcasts, and radio stations from multiple devices, also offering recommendations and smart playlists. This makes it a competitor of a giant in the sector, Spotify. While Deezer and Spotify are comparable in many respects such as interface, content music discovery features and pricing, Deezer currently has an edge in sound quality. However, it lacks the paying customer base of Spotify - while it has a healthy 16 million paid subscribers, Spotify is roughly ten times larger.
Neither company specialises in terms of media or region, so it’s hard to see how Deezer could carve itself out a distinct niche, and it risks falling behind in integrations with third-party platforms due to its relatively small market share. A major data breach of customer information in 2022 was badly handled, which won't help matters.
There is, however, an outside chance that Spotify could fall victim to their own success, having come under fire in recent years for its poor relationships with the artists on its platform. With a solid platform and considerable funding from a SPAC IPO Placement in 2022, Deezer may find itself in a position to pick up some of the windfall customers from fans dissatisfied with Spotify's response to this and other issues swirling around the giant.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2018
$168.6m
LATE VC
Jan 2016
$105.4m
SERIES E
Total funding: $512.5m
Company benefits
- Start-up environment and philosophy
- Highly motivated and product-focused people ready to drive innovation
- In-house Deezer Sessions with your favourite artists, gig tickets
- Hackathons & meetups
- Friday drinks, summer and winter parties
- A stocked kitchen with free drinks and snacks
- Areas to relax and collaborate with beanbags, guitars and table football
- An ‘at home’ vibe, with great outdoor spaces
- Gym access, with lunch-time yoga, pilates and thai boxing classes
- A Deezer premium family account for free
- Allowance for sports, travelling and culture
- Meal vouchers
Company HQ
Saint-Georges, Paris, France
Articles
Leadership
Jeronimo Folgueira
(CEO)Previously MD at Paddy Power Betfair, who went on to serve as CEO at Affinitas and then Spark Networks.
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