Research Scientist, Audio Intelligence

We are looking for a Research Scientist to help us define and build the next generation of ML-based audio technologies. We are an interdisciplinary team of research scientists and engineers focused on ensuring that the foundations of Spotify technologies are at or above the state of the art and, in the process, on advancing our field. Our research enables efficient and intuitive ways to experience, organise, search, or re-use audio and music. We build products for end-users, artists, producers, labels, publishers, and advertisers - projects that cut across all of Spotify. We build features to improve products and lay the foundations for ground-breaking new product opportunities.

What you'll do:

• You will participate in pioneering research in ML-based Audio Processing, Music Information Retrieval, and Machine Learning.
• You will apply your scientific knowledge to develop and evaluate methods combining machine learning, signal processing, probabilistic modeling, and many other fields.
• You will run experiments at scale, having access to a catalog of 80M+ songs, 400M+ monthly active users, and making use of Spotify’s computing infrastructure.
• You will work on practical applications enabling users and internal teams to search and experience Spotify's content in novel ways.
• You will be a valued member of an autonomous, cross-functional team working in collaboration with other scientists, engineers, product managers, designers, user researchers, and analysts across Spotify to design creative solutions to challenging problems.
• You will have a direct impact on Spotify’s products, tools, and services, working on projects that cut across the entire organization.
• External engagement such as publishing, giving talks, and attending top conferences is encouraged.

Who you are:

• You have a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field. Previous industry experience is a plus.
• You have experience working with music audio data in one or more of the following fields: Machine Learning, Music Information Retrieval, Speech Processing, Signal Processing, Probabilistic Modeling, or related areas.
• Your work has been published at venues such as ICASSP, ISMIR, Interspeech, ICLR, AAAI, IJCAI, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, or related.
• You have strong programming skills and know-how to write maintainable code in the following languages/libraries: Python, NumPy, and TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• You are a creative problem solver who is passionate about building outstanding products that add real value to millions of people.
• You are enthusiastic about learning more about audio processing and music information retrieval as well as developing research ideas into products operating at scale.
• You can explain complex topics in simple terms, and you love building strong relationships with colleagues and collaborators.

Where you'll be:

• Distributed Workforce? Yes! We enable our band members to find a work mode best for them!
• Where in the world? For this role, you can be based in a country in the EMEA region in which Spotify has 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 info about our work from anywhere options here.
• Working hours? We operate within the Easter time zone for collaboration with our offices in Europe.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better product for our users and our creators. This is something we value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of changing the way the world listens to music.
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.
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This role is not eligible for hire in Colorado, USA.