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Spotify Hiring for Senior Data Scientist, Content Analytics, New Content Formats at New York, NY Full Time
Data, Research & Insights
Data Science
Spotify’s 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 opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for innovating the world of audio and expression. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service with a community of more than 381 million users.
Location
New York or Remote Americas
Job type
Permanent
We are looking for an outstanding Senior Data Scientist to join the band and our Content Analytics team to drive insights and learning around our growing number of content formats beyond music and podcasts (audiobooks, live content, video).
What you’ll do:
- Perform analyses on large sets of data to extract actionable insights that will drive decisions, with a particular focus on new content formats
- Partner with cross-functional teams across Content and Product to develop insights agendas for new content and product experiences within Spotify
- Work closely with researchers and content strategists to deliver holistic recommendations on new content to feature to users
- Engineer novel data sets, features and reports that shed a new light on the dynamics of how users and creators engage with new content formats
- Communicate data-driven insights and recommendations to non-technical audiences, through clear visualizations and data storytelling
Who you are:
- 5+ years of relevant experience analyzing complex data with SQL, Python, and/or R
- You have a degree in a quantitative field, such as Computer Science/Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics; advanced degree is desirable
- Previous experience with consumer- or creator-facing digital apps preferred. Other media, entertainment, or technology experience is also highly valued
- You are curious and not afraid of exploring new domains. You enjoy partnering with others to define and develop new opportunities
- You are an effective communicator. You focus just as much on how you deliver your findings, as you do on the technical craft of uncovering new insights.
- Experience building data visualizations and dashboards (e.g., Tableau or similar BI solution)
- You have a strong understanding of statistics and data science methods such as forecasting, AB-testing, or causal inferenceExperience creating and scheduling datasets is highly valued
- Knowledge of Google’s BigQuery, or DBT is a plus
Where you’ll be:
- We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode best for them!
- Where in the world? For this role, it can be within the Americas region in which we have a work location
- 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.
- Working hours? We operate within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration
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Our global 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.
Spotify On Tour, join your colleagues on trips to industry festivals and events.
Learn about life at Spotify
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 381 million users.
Global COVID and Vaccination Disclosure
Spotify is committed to safety and well-being of our employees, vendors and clients. We are following regional guidelines mandating vaccination and testing requirements, including those requiring vaccinations and testing for in-person roles and event attendance. For the US, we have mandated that all employees and contractors be fully vaccinated in order to work in our offices and externally with any third-parties. For all other locations, we strongly encourage our employees to get vaccinated and also follow local COVID and safety protocols.
This role is not eligible for hire in Colorado, USA.
