Data Scientist - Platform Developer Experience

Spotify
City of London
3 months ago
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The Platform team creates the technology that enables Spotify to learn quickly and scale easily, enabling rapid growth in our users and our business around the globe. Spanning many disciplines, we work to make the business work; creating the frameworks, capabilities and tools needed to welcome a billion customers. Join us and help to amplify productivity, quality and innovation across Spotify.

We are an insights team supporting across the domains of Developer Experience, Client Platform and Core Infrastructure. As a member of the team, you’ll work closely with a cross functional team of data scientists, data engineers, user researchers, and product managers who are all passionate about crafting scalable products for our developers and customers. Your focus will be in the Developer Experience domain which strives to bring a phenomenal experience for developers at Spotify, and through this deliver intuitive, stable and reliable products for people to enjoy.

What You'll Do
  • Work closely with cross-functional teams of skilled engineers, data scientists, user researchers, designers, and product managers who are all passionate about providing an outstanding product experience
  • Define metrics, build dashboards and compose reports, empowering data-informed improvements to developer experience.
  • Perform exploratory analysis to understand how engineers interact with our internal developer platform, how they derive value from deployment and efficiency tooling, and where we can evolve the developer experience to unlock greater efficiency and innovation.
  • Communicate insights and recommendations to key partners, helping activate data best practices
Who You Are
  • You have a 4+ years work experience with an emphasis on programmatic data analysis, reporting, and visualization/ dashboarding with Tableau or similar BI solution
  • You are able to communicate technical information clearly and concisely, tailoring to different audiences.
  • You are curious and not afraid of exploring new domains; you enjoy partnering with others to define and develop new opportunities
  • You have shown experience applying coding skills such as Python, SQL, and/or R to analyze complex data
  • You have experience or a strong interest in internal developer platforms and tooling, with exposure to domains such as continuous integration, deployment pipelines, documentation systems, developer education, and generative AI productivity tools.
Where You'll Be
  • This role is based in London or Stockholm.
  • 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.

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.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.


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