Data Scientist

Spotify; Topeka (KS); On-site; USD 61,000 - 80,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Leadership opportunities

Job summary

Spotify is hiring a Data Scientist in Topeka, KS to lead mid-level work in prompt engineering and data pipelines. You will own features from whiteboard to production, document decisions, and help steer critical projects with ownership and clear communication.

This on-site role offers a salary of $61,000 to $80,000 with comprehensive benefits and room to grow into leadership within technology. You’ll collaborate across teams, uphold engineering excellence, and shape scalable data solutions for

Qualifications

• Experience at the mid-level inside a part-time role.
• Strong written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny.
• At least 5 years of standing behind your own estimates.
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes.
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes.

Responsibilities

• Carry a purpose-led Networking feature through code freeze without breaking Spotify stability.
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org.
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Spotify's growing user base.
• Own the mid-level Problem Solving workstream that unblocks the rest of Spotify's Topeka, KS roadmap.
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Topeka, KS production without dropping the baton.
• Design ETL Pipelines APIs other Topeka, KS teams will still thank you for next year.
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Spotify.
• Own a technology service end to end, from Prompt Engineering schema to on-call rotation.

Skills

Prompt Engineering

Mid-level experience

Communication skills

Ownership mindset

Multitasking

Tools

ETL pipelines

Job description

Spotify needs a Data Scientist in KS who can argue passionately about Prompt Engineering, then commit to whatever the team decides. Here $61,000 - $80,000 buys not just your time but a stake in the technology work, the kind Spotify trusts mid-level people to steer.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry a purpose-led Networking feature through code freeze without breaking Spotify stability
• Document technical decisions, architecture, and APIs for the broader org
• Write clean, well-tested code that scales with Spotify's growing user base
• Own the mid-level Problem Solving workstream that unblocks the rest of Spotify's Topeka, KS roadmap
• Carry features from whiteboard sketch to Topeka, KS production without dropping the baton
• Design ETL Pipelines APIs other Topeka, KS teams will still thank you for next year
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Spotify
• Own a technology service end to end, from Prompt Engineering schema to on-call rotation

What You'll Bring

• Experience at the mid-level inside a part-time role
• Sharp written and verbal communication, tested under scrutiny
• At least 5 years of standing behind your own estimates
• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes
• Strong multitasking ability without sacrificing quality

From our Topeka, KS office, Spotify ships slow-to-anger products used by companies large and small. We give people real $61,000 - $80,000 stakes in the outcome so ownership stops being a buzzword.

This position offers $61,000 - $80,000, comprehensive benefits, and genuine room to advance into leadership within technology.

Hiring for this position is live and moving quickly, with interviews already underway.