Hybrid Data Scientist – Content Understanding

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About the role

  • Data Scientist II analyzing user behavior and content data for Spotify's consumer product. Collaborating with multiple teams to improve content classification and evaluation processes.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze user behavior, content trends, and catalog data to generate insights that shape product decisions
  • Analyze and refine content classification and taxonomy systems to improve how content is grouped
  • Develop annotation-based evaluation frameworks, including sampling design and baseline definition, and assess the performance of LLMs used in annotation workflows
  • Develop and maintain metrics, dashboards, and text-to-SQL environments that support decision-making
  • Improve dataset quality and data transformations using SQL and DBT to ensure reliable reporting across content and behavioral domains

Requirements

  • Experienced in analyzing complex datasets that combine user behavior with content and metadata signals
  • Developed metrics and reporting systems that support product or policy decision-making
  • Strong foundation in statistics and experience designing evaluation approaches in environments where controlled experiments are not feasible
  • Built annotation-based measurement frameworks, including sampling strategies and baseline definitions
  • Designed or applied methods to measure the quality of LLM-generated annotations
  • Proficient in SQL and have experience using DBT, Python, or R to build and maintain reliable analytical datasets
  • Communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

Benefits

  • Spotify is an equal opportunity employer
  • Accessible recruitment process with reasonable accommodations
  • Flexibility to work where you work best

Job title

Data Scientist – Content Understanding

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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