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# RecSys 2026 — Intern at Spotify

- **Company:** Spotify
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** internship
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-24
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-26
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/spotify/e7f6e680-bf86-4da6-8711-afe44b84fa41

## Job description

## PLEASE READ BEFORE APPLYING

This posting is intended specifically for candidates who are participating in RecSys and is not a general application for open roles at Spotify. When applying, you’ll be asked to select how you engaged with us at the conference. Please answer this question accurately. Applications indicating conference participation or engagement that did not occur may be removed from consideration. If you are interested in opportunities at Spotify but are not attending RecSys please visit our Life at Spotify page to explore current openings. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Thanks for connecting with the Spotify team at the conference! This posting is a way for us to stay in touch and keep the conversation going. At Spotify, machine learning and AI are at the heart of how we personalize music, podcasts, and audiobooks for hundreds of millions of listeners around the world. Our ML teams tackle problems across recommendation systems, search and ranking, natural language understanding, generative AI, audio analysis, and more — and we're always looking for talented students who want to work on real problems at real scale as part of our internship program. By applying here, you're expressing interest in ML/AI internship opportunities at Spotify. This isn't tied to a specific role or team — our team will follow up to explore the right fit based on your background, interests, and experience.

Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. 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. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone. We have ways to request reasonable accommodations during the interview process and help assist in what you need. 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.

## About Spotify

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Spotify is the world's most popular audio streaming subscription service, connecting users to over 100 million tracks, 7 million podcast titles, and 700,000 audiobooks across 184 markets.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: SPOT)
- **Headquarters**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **Founded**: 2006
- **Founders**: Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Audio streaming and digital media
- Target customers: B2C (consumers via Free and Premium tiers) and B2B (advertisers, artists, and labels through Spotify Advertising and Spotify for Artists)
- Mission: "To deliver creativity to the world—one note, one voice, one idea at a time."

## Products & Services
- **Spotify Free**: Ad-supported streaming of music, podcasts, and audiobooks
- **Spotify Premium**: Subscription tier with offline mode, improved sound quality, and ad-free listening
- **Spotify for Artists**: Analytics, promotion, and monetization tools for creators
- **Spotify Advertising**: Programmatic and self-serve ad platform for brands
- **Audiobooks**: Catalog of 700,000+ audiobook titles (market entry in 2022)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed in available sources; stock price reported at USD 391.23 (as of 2024-10-29)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue EUR 17.2B; 777 million monthly users including 300 million subscribers (per Spotify Newsroom). Note: LinkedIn company data lists 365M users/165M subscribers — conflicting reports, likely reflecting an older snapshot.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Series A of USD 21.6M with 5 investors (2008); debt financing of USD 1.0B (2016); convertible notes in 2016 and 2021. Key acquisitions include Sonantic (2022), Mediachain (2017), and Tunigo (2013).
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew +14.2% YoY to 8,921 employees; 9 offices across 4 countries; expansion into audiobooks; 300M+ paying subscribers.

## Competitive Advantages
- Scale: largest audio streaming subscriber base globally
- Data and AI personalization: mature recommendation engines and AI-driven discovery
- Multi-format audio ecosystem: music, podcasts, and audiobooks in a single app
- Strong brand recognition and deep creator relationships

## Strategic Focus
- AI-powered personalization and generative audio tools
- Audiobook market expansion
- Podcast ecosystem growth
- Creator monetization and artist tools

## Why Work Here
- Employer rating 4.0/5.0 from 2,155 reviews (Work-Life: 4.2, Compensation: 3.9, Culture: 4.0, Career: 3.5)
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