Senior Applied Research Engineer - Media Quality

Spotify

London, United Kingdom
On-site
Deep research expertise in audio and video
Strong engineering skills across media pipelines
Experience with backend processing and frontend playback
The role involves advancing how Spotify understands, evaluates, and improves media experiences across platforms

Job Summary

  • The role involves advancing how Spotify understands, evaluates, and improves media experiences across platforms.
  • You will work across the full media pipeline from backend ingestion to frontend playback solving product problems with research discipline.
  • The team builds applied solutions at the intersection of media quality, perception, and engineering to ensure consistent performance for hundreds of millions of users.

Matching Summary

The role involves advancing how Spotify understands, evaluates, and improves media experiences across platforms.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Deep research expertise in audio and video
  • Strong engineering skills across media pipelines
  • Experience with backend processing and frontend playback
  • Structured experiments and evidence-based decision making

Nice-to-have

  • Insight into human behavior and design
  • Ability to turn complexity into clarity
  • Scalable capabilities for high-quality experiences

Key Requirements

  • Senior level experience
  • Research and engineering background
  • Audio and video domain knowledge

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Not specified

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