Spotify
Data Scientist - Music Mission
New York, NY
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~45% per draw at Level III). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$27,420 more — $144,414 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $144,414 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Data Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Data Scientists (15-2051) · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- 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.
- 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.
- For this role, you can be within the EST timezone region as long as we have a work location. - This team operates within the Eastern Standard time zone for collaboration.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Compensation
- The United States base range for this position is $116,994 - $167,135 USD, plus equity.
Benefits
- 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, and paid sick leave.
Company info
- We're looking for a Data Scientist to join Discovery Mode within the Music Mission.
- As part of the Product Insights team within Music Mission, you'll help shape the measurement systems behind one of Spotify's most important promotion products.
- At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone.
Equal opportunity
- Spotify is an equal opportunity employer.
This listing is sourced directly from Spotify's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.