TL;DR: Using the properties of the Poisson bootstrap algorithm and quantile estimators, we have been able to reduce the computational [...]
Published by Mårten Schultzberg (Senior Data Scientist) and Sebastian Ankargren (Data Scientist)
At Spotify, we aim to build and improve our product in a data-informed way. To do that, teams are encouraged [...]
Published by Claire Detilleux, Sr. Data Scientist
At Spotify, data rules all. We log a variety of data, from listening history, to results of A/B testing, to [...]
Published by Flavio Santos (Data Infrastructure Engineer) and Robert Stephenson (Senior Product Manager)
At Spotify we run hundreds of experiments at any given time. Coordinating these experiments, i.e., making sure the right user [...]
Published by Mårten Schultzberg, Oskar Kjellin, and Johan Rydberg
TL;DR We just open sourced Klio — our framework for building smarter data pipelines for audio and other media processing. [...]
Published by David Riordan and Lynn Root
So you’ve read Part I of our two-part series about the new Experimentation Platform we’ve built at Spotify, and now [...]
Published by Johan Rydberg
At Spotify we try to be as scientific as possible about how we build our products. Teams generate hypotheses that [...]
Published by Johan Rydberg
TL;DR The pursuit wasn’t always easy, but “putting data first” has helped Spotify dramatically improve the infrastructure team’s decision-making process [...]
Published by Raul Herbster
Ann is a Senior Research Scientist and has worked in our New York office for just over a year. She spoke to us from her apartment in Fort Greene, which she shares with her husband and two rescue dogs, Birdie and Buttercup [...]
Published by Spotify Engineering
Podcasts are exploding in popularity. Since 2015, we’ve added hundreds of thousands of shows, and users are listening more and more [...]
Published by Spotify Engineering
TL;DR Have you made a significant decision that impacts how engineers write software? Write an ADR! An Architecture Decision Record (ADR) is [...]
Published by Josef Blake
At Spotify, we believe strongly in data-informed decision making. Whether we’re considering a big shift in our product strategy or [...]
Published by Andrew Maher
Hear from Spotify’s Erin Palmer, as she illustrates the use of Scio with Big Data, discusses why it makes certain [...]
Published by Spotify Engineering
Have you ever been frustrated with the complicated experience of making charts in Python? We have [...]
Published by Chris Halpert
At Spotify, we have a complex and diverse data processing ecosystem. Our backend infrastructure handles millions of requests per second, which are processed by over a thousand (micro)services [...]
Published by Bram Leenders
Here at Spotify, we love playlists. Playlists like Today’s Top Hits and RapCaviar have millions of loyal followers, while Discover Weekly [...]
Published by Ching-Wei Chen
This is part 2 in our new interview series called “Spotify Spotlight.” In these interviews, we showcase Spotifiers working in [...]
Published by Spotify Engineering
Whenever a user performs an action in the Spotify client—such as listening to a song or searching for an artist—a [...]
Published by Igor Maravić
Whenever a user performs an action in the Spotify client—such as listening to a song or searching for an artist—a [...]
Published by Igor Maravić
Whenever a user performs an action in the Spotify client—such as listening to a song or searching for an artist—a [...]
Published by Igor Maravić
WHAT IS DISCOVER WEEKLY? Every Monday Spotify delivers 75 million unique mixtapes to music lovers all over the world, we call [...]
Published by Sofie Lindblom
At Spotify we have have over 60 million active users who have access to a vast music catalog of over 30 million [...]
Published by Kinshuk Mishra and Matt Brown
At the heart of Spotify lives a massive and growing data-set. Most data is user-centric and allows us to provide [...]
Published by Jason Palmer
