The Role
As a Data Scientist at Spotify, you will drive growth through performance marketing by developing models, analyzing data, and optimizing campaigns for effective budget allocation.
Summary Generated by Built In
We are looking for a Data Scientist to join the Business Analytics team at Spotify. In this role, you’ll shape Spotify’s performance marketing and growth strategy by developing models, designing experiments and measuring the impact of marketing investments. Partnering with the Growth Analytics Lead, you’ll turn data into strategies that guide budget allocation, optimize spend and accelerate efficient growth across paid media channels. You’ll collaborate with a global, cross-functional team of analysts, data scientists, marketers, business leaders, and engineers to scale insights and drive efficient growth. Learning and improving is part of our daily routine, and you will get a platform to develop your data skills and carve out efficient ways of working.
The Business Analytics team is part of Spotify’s core business strategy organization. You’ll play a crucial role in the growth and direction of Spotify as we grow to 700M+ users around the globe. At your fingertips, you’ll have access to all of the data Spotify has to offer, and the opportunity to be creative with how you use it to derive insights and strategies. Above all, your work will impact the way the world experiences audio!
What You'll Do
- Develop data-driven strategies to drive the growth of Spotify users and subscribers, with a focus on performance marketing
- Refine attribution practices and define robust, data-backed methods to measure the incremental impact of marketing spend
- Partner with third-party advertising platforms and agencies to design and implement comprehensive experiments and lift studies
- Contribute to annual and quarterly planning through impact forecasting, budget allocation and scenario modelling
- Build scalable data pipelines and dashboards to track marketing efficiency and Global business performance
- Collaborate closely with business partners to understand growth drivers and guide strategic marketing decisions
- Present insights and recommendations to senior stakeholders, influencing the course of our business
Who You Are
- 3+ years synthesizing insights from data using tools such as Python/R and SQL
- Hands-on experience supporting marketing organizations with their paid media strategy, including running and analyzing incrementality tests on platforms like Meta, Google and TikTok
- Proven experience building advanced models to understand and optimise paid media campaigns
- Skilled at collaborating with business partners to measure the impact of marketing initiatives and presenting those findings in coherent recommendations
- Intellectually curious, creative, and diligent - you enjoy thinking about the business as much as about the data
- Have a background in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering or other relevant field
- Comfortable working on a globally distributed team (with occasional international travel)
Where You'll Be
- This role is based in New York
- We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best! There will be some in person meetings, but still allows for flexibility to work from home.
The United States base range for this position is $110,018 - $157,169, plus equity. The benefits available for this position include health insurance, six month paid parental leave, 401(k) retirement plan, monthly meal allowance, 23 paid days off, paid flexible holidays, paid sick leave. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. 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.
At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. If you need accommodations at any stage of the application or interview process, please let us know - we’re here to support you in any way we can.
Skills Required
- 3+ years of experience in data synthesis using Python/R and SQL
- Hands-on experience supporting marketing organizations with their paid media strategy
- Proven experience building advanced models for paid media campaigns
- Experience in collaborating with business partners to measure marketing impact
- Background in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or relevant field
Spotify Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Spotify and has not been reviewed or approved by Spotify.
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Flexible Benefits — Employees consistently praise the total compensation package beyond base salary, highlighting a mix of RSUs, cash incentives, and stipends alongside core pay. The package is described as flexible and customizable through equity choices (e.g., RSUs, options, cash) that can be tailored for long-term wealth building.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are repeatedly highlighted as substantial, including generous vacation, paid sick days, volunteer time, and flexible holidays. These policies are framed as a meaningful part of the overall rewards experience beyond salary.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, and mental health support. Additional employer contributions to HSAs are cited as strengthening the overall health and wellness value proposition.
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The Company
What We Do
Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in Sweden in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 50m tracks for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including offline mode, improved sound quality, and an ad-free music listening experience.
