Senior AI Music Research Scientist

SupportFinity™; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Six month paid parental leave

401(k) retirement plan

Monthly meal allowance

23 paid days off

13 paid flexible holidays

Equity

Job summary

Spotify is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to join our Artist-First AI Music lab. You will advance state-of-the-art generative technologies for music, shaping listening experiences for fans and artists while collaborating with scientists, engineers, product managers, designers, and researchers.

You will publish findings, present at top conferences, run large-scale experiments on our infrastructure, and create practical applications that push the boundaries of what’s possible in listening

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in CS, math, engineering or related field.
• Experience in generative modeling, ML, music information retrieval, signal processing, or related areas.
• Publications in ICASSP, ISMIR, INTERSPEECH, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, or related.
• Strong coding skills in Python, PyTorch, NumPy.
• Creative problem solver with passion for scalable products.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ground-breaking research in music generation (diffusion, flow matching, autoregressive models) and related ML domains.
• Run large-scale experiments with Spotify's infrastructure and an audience of 700M MAU.
• Create practical applications harnessing generative technologies for new listening experiences.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—scientists, engineers, product managers, designers, user researchers, and analysts.
• Have a direct impact on Spotify’s products, tools, and services, working on projects that influence the organization.
• Engage with the broader research community by publishing findings, delivering talks, and attending top conferences.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

NumPy

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Mathematics, or Engineering

Job description

Spotify is seeking a Senior Research Scientist to join our Artist-First AI Music lab. You will advance state-of-the-art generative technologies for music, shaping listening experiences for fans and artists while collaborating with scientists, engineers, product managers, designers, and researchers.

You will publish findings, present at top conferences, run large-scale experiments on our infrastructure, and create practical applications that push the boundaries of what’s possible in listening