User Researcher - Personalization at spotify

spotify

New York, NY·1d ago

Mid LevelFull-timeRustData ScienceAI

Salary Range

$72,250 - $97,750 /year

Estimated

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About the Role

We are looking for a User Researcher to join the Personalization Design team at Spotify, a multidisciplinary group building some of the world’s most loved audio experiences. This role focuses on shaping how listeners discover, explore, and connect with music, podcasts, and audiobooks.

Key Responsibilities

→Identify and prioritize research questions in partnership with Product, Design, and Engineering.
→Design and implement studies and programs of research that answer those questions within real-world team constraints.
→Confidently leverage a range of research methods, with particular strength in quantitative approaches alongside qualitative methods.
→Translate qualitative insights into testable hypotheses and measurable frameworks.
→Design surveys that accurately measure user perception and experience.
→Develop scalable survey frameworks that enable efficient, repeatable insight generation.
→Synthesize and communicate findings clearly to diverse audiences.

Requirements

✓3+ years of applied research experience, with a degree in Psychology, HCI, Human Factors, Social Sciences, or a related field.
✓Strong experience in quantitative UXR methods, including survey design, experimentation, and statistical analysis.
✓Working proficiency across qualitative research methods.
✓Fluency in experimentation and A/B testing environments.
✓Ability to integrate quantitative data with qualitative insight.
✓Experience thoughtfully integrating AI tools into research workflows.