Research Scientist - Music

10 hours, 4 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
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 research in music generation using diffusion, flow matching, autoregressive models, and related ML methods.
  • Explore adjacent areas including ML-based audio processing, music information retrieval, machine learning, and signal processing.
  • Run large-scale experiments using Spotify’s infrastructure and access to its global user base.
  • 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 to products, tools, and services with organization-wide impact.
  • Share research with the broader community through publications, talks, and conference participation.

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, computer vision, or related areas.
  • 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 clearly and build strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Interest in turning research ideas into products that operate at scale.
  • Willingness to work within the North Americas region and align with Eastern Standard Time collaboration hours.

Benefits

  • Base salary of $132,073 - $188,676 in the United States.
  • Equity eligibility.
  • Health insurance.
  • Six months of paid parental leave.
  • 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Monthly meal allowance.
  • 23 paid days off.
  • 13 paid flexible holidays.

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