We are seeking a Research Scientist to help shape the future of listening on Spotify. Our team pioneers and advances state-of-the-art generative technologies that enable recommendation and personalization features, customized playback features, and much more. We build products for end-users, for artists, for labels and publishers, for advertisers - projects that cut across all of Spotify. We enhance current offerings and invent entirely new listening experiences that center and celebrate human artists and creatives.
What You'll Do
Conduct cutting-edge research in audio generation (diffusion, flow matching, or autoregressive models), as well as related domains like ML-based audio processing, audio information retrieval, machine learning, and signal processing.
Run large-scale experiments with access to Spotify’s extensive infrastructure and an audience of more than 600 million monthly active users.
Create practical applications that harness generative technologies, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in listening experiences.
Collaborate as part of an autonomous, cross-functional team—working closely with scientists, engineers, product managers, designers, user researchers, and analysts—to craft innovative solutions to complex challenges.
Have a direct impact on Spotify’s products, tools, and services, working on projects that influence the entire organization.
Engage with the broader research community by publishing your findings, delivering talks, and attending top conferences.
Who You Are
You have a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field. Previous industry experience is helpful.
You have experience in one or more of the following fields: generative modeling, machine learning, music information retrieval, speech processing, audio processing, signal processing, probabilistic modeling, computer vision, or related areas.
You have publications in communities such as ICASSP, ISMIR, Interspeech, ICLR, AAAI, IJCAI, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, or related.
You have strong coding skills in the following languages/libraries: Python, NumPy, PyTorch / Tensorflow.
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 turning research ideas into products operating at scale.
You can explain complex topics in simple terms, and you enjoy building strong relationships with colleagues and stakeholders.
Where You'll Be
We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! For this role, you can be within the Europe region as long as we have a work location.
This team operates within the Central Europe time zone for collaboration.
