Senior Data Scientist - Music Mission

We’re looking for a Senior Data Scientist to join the Music Mission, the team that owns Spotify’s end-to-end proposition for music creators and the experiences they create for fans. The team is dedicated to building tools and services to enable creation, promotion, expression, and monetization at scale. You’ll join the MusicX product area supporting one of our top company bets. This highly cross-functional role partners closely with Spotify for Artists, Personalization, Core Experience, and Rights teams. You’ll work on user-facing product experiences and backend systems that have executive-level visibility and impact.

What You'll Do

• Drive the data science roadmap for music video supply, identifying product levers to accelerate artist uploads and measuring their broader ecosystem impact.
• Lead analytical projects with high autonomy, from hypothesis generation and experimental design to delivering strategic recommendations to senior leadership.
• Architect and own success metrics that balance creator value, listener engagement, and business health.
• Lead the development of data modeling and inference frameworks to enable accurate content attribution and scalable rights management.
• Conduct exploratory analyses to identify engagement drivers to drive product prioritization for specific content types and artist segments.
• Collaborate with ML and Engineering to develop systems for content classification, tagging, and distribution across Spotify surfaces.
• Partner with Licensing, Marketing, and Product to guide feature launches with behavioral and content insights.
• Synthesize complex technical findings into actionable narratives that influence the organization’s strategy and drive executive alignment.

Who You Are

• You have 7+ years of experience working as a data scientist.
• You have a degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• You are fluent in python and SQL and are regularly use AI-powered tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude) to accelerate analysis and workflows.
• You have a strong foundation in experimentation, causal inference, and exploratory data analysis, and know how to apply them to real product decisions.
• You’re comfortable owning problems end-to-end, from framing ambiguous questions to delivering actionable recommendations that shape product direction.
• You’re experienced applying machine learning or statistical modeling to content understanding, classification, or ranking problems.
• You’ve partnered cross-functionally with senior stakeholders, influencing both strategic priorities and technical approaches.
• You’re a clear and compelling communicator, able to translate complex analysis into narratives that resonate with non-technical audiences.
• You thrive in high-visibility environments, working closely with leadership to define success and drive measurable outcomes.
• You bring deep curiosity about how artists create and express themselves on Spotify — and how data can amplify their impact at scale.

Where You'll Be

• This role is based in New York.
• We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in-person meetings, but still plenty of flexibility to work from home.

The United States base range for this position is $143,023 - $204,319 plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, 13 paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.

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.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.

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.

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