Spotify ยท 10 hours ago
Research Scientist - Personalization
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$133K/yr - $190K/yrSpotify is a leading audio streaming service with over 600M listeners worldwide. They are seeking a Research Scientist with a machine learning background to enhance personalization experiences through the integration of generative AI technologies into their recommender systems.
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Responsibilities
Participate in groundbreaking research in artificial intelligence and machine learning with a focus on large-scale solutions to optimize recommender systems
Apply your scientific knowledge to analyze and collect data, perform analyses, conduct experiments and identify problems, as well as devise solutions through hands-on development
Work on practical applications such as recommendations and scalable evaluations
Work in collaboration with other scientists, engineers, product managers, designers, user researchers, and analysts across Spotify to design creative solutions to challenging problems
You'll have product impact, while working on and further developing a long-term research roadmap
You will maintain a research profile through external engagement such as publishing, giving talks, and being an active community member at top conferences
Qualification
Required
You have a Masters or PhD in machine learning, data science, or related areas or are enrolled in an advanced degree program
Demonstrated expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence through peer-reviewed publications at conferences (such as NeurIPS, KDD, RecSys or related)
A solid understanding or past research experience on recommender systems and ability to optimize Generative AI models for new targets, rewards or multiple objectives
Solid hands-on skills in implementing advanced algorithms, as well as sourcing, cleaning, analyzing and modeling of large-scale real data
You're a creative problem-solver who is passionate about digging into complex problems and devising new approaches to reach results
Benefits
Health insurance
Six month paid parental leave
401(k) retirement plan
A monthly meal allowance
23 paid days off
13 paid flexible holidays
Company
Spotify
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists.
Founded in 2006
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.09BKey Investors
ValueAct CapitalManhattan Venture Partners (MVP)Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
2023-02-10Post Ipo Equity
2021-02-25Post Ipo Debt
2018-04-03IPO
Leadership Team
Alex Norstrom
Co-CEO
Daniel Ek
Chairman & CEO
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