Spotify · 2 months ago
Senior Research Engineer - Music
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$176K/yr - $252K/yrSpotify is a leading audio streaming service that seeks a Senior Research Engineer to join their Artist-First AI Music lab. The role involves collaborating with research scientists, optimizing model training pipelines, and integrating models into production environments to enhance the music experience for artists and fans.
AudioCloud ComputingMusicMusic StreamingPodcast
Responsibilities
Closely collaborate with research scientists
Improve model training pipelines
Optimize performance
Integrate models into production environments
Incorporate state-of-the-art research
Maintain a high-quality codebase
Enhance researcher experience
Qualification
Required
Experience training or fine-tuning large machine learning models on GPUs using PyTorch or similar frameworks
Experience working with cloud platforms like Google Cloud Platform, AWS, or Microsoft Azure
Understanding of how to debug problems in machine learning training code
Effective communication with global teams and readiness to work both face-to-face and asynchronously with collaborators on multiple continents
Experience optimizing code for performance and ability to make GPUs train at maximum efficiency
Ability to learn new concepts and technologies quickly and keep up to date with the rapid pace of development in machine learning and AI
Resourcefulness and proactivity; seeking out solutions through research, experimentation, and collaboration when faced with blockers
Solid grasp of computer science concepts like type systems, compilers, parallelism, thread safety, encapsulation, and the like
Interest in learning more about audio processing and music information retrieval
Preferred
Experience with low-level debugging tools like lldb, NVIDIA Nsight, or similar
Benefits
Health insurance
Six month paid parental leave
401(k) retirement plan
A monthly meal allowance
23 paid days off
13 paid flexible holidays
Company
Spotify
Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists.
Founded in 2006
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.09BKey Investors
ValueAct CapitalManhattan Venture Partners (MVP)Goldman Sachs Investment Partners
2023-02-10Post Ipo Equity
2021-02-25Post Ipo Debt
2018-04-03IPO
Leadership Team
Alex Norstrom
Co-CEO
Daniel Ek
Chairman & CEO
Recent News
2026-01-17
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