# Staff Data Scientist - Experience

**Company:** [Spotify](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/spotify)
**Location:** Stockholm, Sweden, London, United Kingdom
**Role:** Data Science
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Python, dbt, Statistics, Data Analysis, Metrics Design, Evaluation Frameworks, A/B Testing, Dashboards, LLMs, Content Classification, Taxonomy, Data Agents, Annotation Methods, Data Quality
**Posted:** 2026-09-04

> Staff Data Scientist leading product and content-data analysis, evaluation frameworks, metrics, and self-serve analytical foundations for content safety and taxonomy. The role requires deep product data science experience, strong statistics, SQL and Python proficiency, and cross-functional leadership.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead analyses of user behavior and content data to inform product and strategy decisions.
- Shape evaluation and improvement of content classification and taxonomy, especially for safety-related use cases.
- Design evaluation frameworks, including sampling strategies, baselines, metrics, and annotation-based approaches.
- Build scalable analytical foundations, including metrics, dashboards, and data and context for self-serve analysis and analytical agents.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations leadership to shape priorities and product strategy.
- Provide methodological leadership and mentorship across Product Insights.
- Identify opportunities to improve data practices across domains.

## Requirements
- Deep experience as a product data scientist at Staff level or equivalent.
- Strong foundation in statistics and experience designing evaluation and measurement approaches.
- Experience with annotation-based methods and evaluation settings where controlled experiments are not feasible.
- Experience building metrics and reporting systems for product or policy decisions.
- Experience building self-serve analytical tools or data agents.
- Proficiency in SQL and experience with Python, dbt, or similar tools for reliable analytical datasets.
- Experience using large language models for analysis while ensuring output quality and accuracy.
- Clear communication across functions, senior-stakeholder influence, mentorship, and methodological leadership.
- Experience with content classification, taxonomy, safety, policy, or related domains where data quality and judgment affect product decisions.

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