# Data Scientist - Discovery Mode

The Music Mission enables music creators to grow, engage, and monetize their fan bases on Spotify. Central to the Music Mission's vision is the development of promotional tools for artists and label teams, powered by Spotify's deep knowledge of listener behavior. Products like Discovery Mode, Marquee, Showcase, Music Videos, and Clips help artists and their teams grow their audiences, connect with fans, and achieve their goals on Spotify. We're looking for a Data Scientist to join Discovery Mode within the Music Mission. Discovery Mode is a tool for artists and music marketers designed to help find new listeners when it matters most. With Discovery Mode, artists and labels identify songs that are a priority, and our systems use that signal to inform the algorithms that power personalized recommendations. This role sits within the ML squad that builds and operates the models behind Discovery Mode's measurement system, and you'll serve as the squad's analytical lead. In this role, you'll partner closely with product managers and ML engineers to evaluate and improve the models that power Discovery Mode. You'll tackle complex analytical problems by designing experiments, developing eva

- **Id**: 4309353
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/spotify-data-scientist-discovery-mode>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: inferred_payroll_markers
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T08:34:03Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T08:34:03Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5113
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Health insurance, Parental leave, Retirement plans
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Music Industry, Podcasting, Streaming & OTT Platforms

## Company

- **Id**: 57
- **Name**: Spotify
- **Domain**: spotify.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/spotify>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 85
- **Open postings**: 13
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.538
- **Repost share**: 0.077
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 51
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Remote working hours

- **Label**: EST
- **Utc offset min**: \-5
- **Utc offset max**: \-5

## Salary

- **Min**: 116994
- **Max**: 167135
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 167135

## Technologies

- **A/B Testing** — Optional: no
- **dbt** — Optional: no
- **Google BigQuery** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Recommender Systems** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T10:46:04Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 95 · green card filings: 51; Filings 12m: 95
- Country: IE; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Irish employment permits in 12 months: 2; Filings 12m: 2
- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 51
- **Reasons**: seen:0, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T14:00:46Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 167135
- **Is top pay**: yes

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