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Research Scientist, Fixed-Term

Develop speech synthesis models for AI DJ and generative ads

As a Research Scientist intern on Spotify's Speech team, you will collaborate with engineers and researchers to drive research in speech synthesis, speech recognition, and audio generation. Your work will push the boundaries of current capabilities to help define the next generation of audio interaction at Spotify. You will contribute to technologies powering applications like AI DJ and generative advertisements across the platform.

Why This Role?

Collaborate with engineers and researchers on the Speech team while driving cutting-edge research

Key Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with engineers and researchers on speech technology projects
  • Drive research in speech synthesis, speech recognition, and audio generation
  • Contribute to the development of state-of-the-art technologies for AI DJ and generative ads
  • Help push the boundaries of current capabilities in audio interaction at Spotify
  • Work on ensuring Spotify's speech technologies are at or above the state of the art

Requirements

  • Background in speech synthesis, speech recognition, or audio generation
  • Experience collaborating with engineering and research teams
  • Ability to drive research that pushes technological boundaries
  • Familiarity with state-of-the-art audio technologies and research practices

Required Skills

speech synthesisspeech recognitionaudio generationresearchmachine learningresearch collaborationAI DJgenerative advertisements

Indonesia Context

Working Hours Overlap:
Flexible — work your own hours
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Keywords

Spotify research internspeech synthesisaudio AImachine learningAI DJgenerative AI
View Original Description from Lever Postings

Original description from Lever Postings

Spotify has more than 600M listeners in more than 180 markets around the world, who use our music, podcast, and audiobook services to find what delights, entertains, educates, and informs them. Personalization is a high impact organization that provides the technology to serve them what they expect to find, to help them explore and find new things to enjoy, and to suggest things they might not be aware of that they would like. You'll be working as part of the Speech team at Spotify, which develops state-of-the-art technologies powering applications such as the AI DJ, generative advertisements, and other audio experiences across the platform. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with engineers and researchers on the team while driving research that pushes the boundaries of our current capabilities in speech synthesis, speech recognition, and audio generation helping define the next generation of audio interaction at Spotify. Our team focuses on ensuring that the foundations of Spotify's speech technologies are at or above the state of the art. We maintain strong ties both internally to product groups and externally to the research community, and we actively encourage publishing at top venues.

Salary Context

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Company
Spotify
Source
Lever Postings
Job Type
contract
Location
Remote · Open worldwide
Seniority
entry
PostedNew
Jul 30, 2026

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