Senior Data Engineer
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Data Scientist - Core Experience
Spotify
We are looking for a Data Scientist to join The Band and help drive a data-first culture across Spotify, specifically within the organization behind our mobile app experience - CoreX. Our Data Scientist mission is to turn terabytes of data into insights and get a deep understanding of music and listeners so that we can impact the strategy and direction of Spotify. Within CoreX, we use data to create the best mobile experience possible. You will study user behavior, critical initiatives, markets, content, and new features and bring data and insights into every decision we make.
What You'll Do
What You'll Do
- Perform analyses on large sets of data to extract practical insights on the user experience that will help drive decisions across the business, with a special focus on the mobile experience.
- Coordinate and execute A/B experiments across the mobile apps, effectively driving robust decision-making and understanding the impact of our work on users.
- Build dashboards, data pipelines, and recurring reporting results, empowering creative growth and business decision making.
- Communicate data-driven insights and recommendations to key collaborators across all levels of seniority.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams of analysts, product owners, engineers, designers, and others across the company who are passionate about Spotify’s success.
- Be a member of the Spotify-wide data-science community.
Who You Are
- You have a degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics, or another similar quantitative subject area.
- You have 2+ years of experience in a similar role as a Data Scientist or Data Analyst OR 5+ years of experience in product development with a keen interest in data.
- Strong interpersonal skills and comfort working with stakeholders across disciplines (technical and non-technical) and across seniority levels.
- Experience using various analysis techniques, such as linear and logistic regression, significance testing, and statistical modeling.
- Practical experience with A/B testing methodologies.
- Proficiency with Python, R, or similar programming languages.
- Proficiency in SQL (We use Google BigQuery).
- Experience performing analyses with large datasets and generating relevant answers and impactful insights.
- Nice to have: experience with data visualization tooling (Data Studio, Tableau, etc).
Where You'll Be
- We are a distributed workforce enabling our band members to find a work mode that is best for them!
- Where in the world? For this role, you can be based in London or Stockholm.
- Prefer an office to work from home instead? Not a problem! We have plenty of options for your working preferences. Find more information about our Work From Anywhere options here.
Our global benefits
- Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
- Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
- Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.
- All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
- Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.
- Learn about life at Spotify
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 500 million users.
