Principal Research Scientist - Music

3 hours, 5 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Data Science and Analytics
Spotify

Spotify

Spotify is a leading global audio streaming service empowering artists and inspiring fans worldwide with over 70 million tracks. It has 365 million users, including 165 million subscribers, across 178 markets.

Media
Founded 2006

Description

  • Conduct groundbreaking research in music generation using diffusion, flow matching, autoregressive, and related models.
  • Research adjacent areas including ML-based audio processing, music information retrieval, machine learning, and signal processing.
  • Run large-scale experiments using Spotify’s infrastructure and audience scale.
  • Develop practical applications that use generative technologies to improve listening experiences.
  • Collaborate with scientists, engineers, product managers, designers, user researchers, and analysts on cross-functional projects.
  • Contribute research that has direct impact on Spotify’s products, tools, and services.
  • Publish research findings, give talks, and participate in top academic and industry conferences.

Requirements

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Industry experience is helpful.
  • Experience in one or more of: generative modeling, machine learning, music information retrieval, speech processing, audio processing, signal processing, probabilistic modeling, or computer vision.
  • Publications in venues such as ICASSP, ISMIR, INTERSPEECH, ICLR, AAAI, IJCAI, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ECCV, or ICCV.
  • Strong coding skills in Python, PyTorch, and NumPy.
  • Ability to explain complex topics in simple terms.
  • Ability to build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Passion for building products that create value for millions of people.
  • Interest in turning research ideas into products operating at scale.
  • Willingness to work within the EMEA region and collaborate during CET/GMT core hours.

Benefits

  • Flexible remote work within the EMEA region.
  • Core collaboration hours aligned to CET and GMT.
  • Reasonable accommodations available during the interview and hiring process.
  • Inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
  • Opportunity to work at a company with a global audience of more than 700 million monthly active users.

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