Spotify
Media • B2C • eCommerce
Spotify is a global audio streaming service company that offers its users access to a vast library of music and podcasts. Known for its focus on delivering personalized listening experiences, Spotify employs data scientists, engineers, and client partners across various global locations to continuously innovate and enhance its offerings. The company fosters a strong culture of diversity, equity, and impact, emphasizing belonging and inclusion in its workforce. Spotify is not only committed to shaping the future of audio entertainment but also to making a positive societal impact, with initiatives focused on social and environmental issues.
Data Scientist – Cost Engineering, FinOps
November 12
Spotify
Media • B2C • eCommerce
Spotify is a global audio streaming service company that offers its users access to a vast library of music and podcasts. Known for its focus on delivering personalized listening experiences, Spotify employs data scientists, engineers, and client partners across various global locations to continuously innovate and enhance its offerings. The company fosters a strong culture of diversity, equity, and impact, emphasizing belonging and inclusion in its workforce. Spotify is not only committed to shaping the future of audio entertainment but also to making a positive societal impact, with initiatives focused on social and environmental issues.
📋 Description
• Pinpoint the key opportunities for optimizing costs and reducing carbon impact, teaming up with Engineering to propel them forward. • Provide insights that directly influence Procurement and Technology Infrastructure strategies, shaping how Spotify invests in and scales its infrastructure. • Take ownership of our cloud carbon emissions reporting methodology and tooling, ensuring it continues to evolve in close collaboration with the Head of Climate and Sustainability. • Work with Engineering to build new datasets that power the next generation of carbon and cost intelligence tools. • Make a direct impact on Spotify’s sustainability journey, reducing both costs and carbon emissions at massive scale. • Be part of a mission-driven team that combines deep technical expertise with tangible business impact.
🎯 Requirements
• A data scientist with proven experience delivering insights that influence business and technical strategy. • Hold a degree in data science, computer science, statistics, economics, mathematics, or another quantitative field. • Thrive in environments with high uncertainty, using data to cut through ambiguity and recommend clear paths forward. • An excellent communicator who can tell compelling stories with data, making sophisticated topics understandable and inspiring for varied audiences. • Familiar with accounting and financial concepts and able to connect numbers to real-world impact. • Collaborative by nature—valuing positive relationships with colleagues and cross-functional partners. • Hands-on experience with cloud cost optimization (GCP preferred) and emissions reporting methodologies. • Skilled in tools like Python, DBT, BigQuery, SQL, and Tableau to turn sophisticated data into actionable insights.
🏖️ Benefits
• Flexible work arrangements
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