Research Scientist - Music
SpotifyLondon, England, United Kingdom • Stockholm, Sweden
Posted October 23, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Spotify is a global audio streaming platform launched in 2008, offering over 70 million tracks for free or with premium features like offline listening and ad-free experience. As the most popular music streaming service with 365 million users, including 165 million subscribers across 178 markets, Spotify empowers artists to earn from their work while providing fans unparalleled access to diverse music.
Job Description
Spotify is seeking a Research Scientist to join their Artist-First AI Music lab, a team pioneering generative technologies for music creation. This role focuses on research in music generation, working with Spotify’s infrastructure and audience to develop innovative listening experiences that prioritize artist and user needs. The company emphasizes artist-fan connections and transparent compensation.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field
- Experience in generative modeling, machine learning, music information retrieval, or related areas
- Publications in relevant communities (ICASSP, ISMIR, INTERSPEECH, ICLR, AAAI, IJCAI, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, or related)
- Strong coding skills in Python, PyTorch, and NumPy
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Full benefits package