Senior Data Scientist — Artist-First AI Music Lab (Remote)

Aimlroles; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 145,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Six-month parental leave

401(k) retirement plan

Monthly meal allowance

23 paid days off

Paid flexible holidays

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Spotify seeks a Senior Data Scientist for the Artist-First AI Music lab to lead measurement and insights for generative music experiences. You will design large-scale analyses using rich behavioral data and collaborate with Engineers and AI Researchers to infuse evaluation into model development loops.

You will translate behavioral and market dynamics into actionable strategic recommendations, building scalable metrics and dashboards that quantify product health and impact across artist-first

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience in advanced analytics or data science.
• Experience with LLM evaluation, user-generated content, or complex user behavior.

Responsibilities

• Lead foundational measurement and insights work for generative music experiences.
• Design and run large-scale analyses of generative music systems using behavioral data and experimentation platforms.
• Partner with engineers and researchers to integrate evaluation signals into model development loops.
• Identify behavioral and market dynamics to shape strategic recommendations.
• Build scalable metrics and decision systems defining what 'good' looks like for AI music.
• Create narratives that shape product strategy across Spotify.
• Develop datasets, dashboards, and long-term measurement systems for product health and impact.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Research, Legal, Trust & Safety, Marketing, Policy, and Licensing teams to scale responsible artist-first systems.

Skills

Advanced analytics

Python

SQL

LLM evaluation

Experimental design

Causal inference

Multimodal signals

Communication to execs

Tools

Cursor

Copilot

Job description

Spotify seeks a Senior Data Scientist for the Artist-First AI Music lab to lead measurement and insights for generative music experiences. You will design large-scale analyses using rich behavioral data and collaborate with Engineers and AI Researchers to infuse evaluation into model development loops.

You will translate behavioral and market dynamics into actionable strategic recommendations, building scalable metrics and dashboards that quantify product health and impact across artist-first