Solid teams but limited career growth opportunities - Senior Data Scientist Spotify Employee Review

3.0
Apr 6, 2026
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Pros

Stock growth is good. R&D team and ML team is solid.

Cons

Base pay is not high compared to tech companies. Some higher level managers have their positions due to relationships rather than capabilities. Majority of data scientists at the company are data analysts. Career growth is the worst at Spotify, most times you have to wait for someone with higher title to leave to get promoted by taking their role.

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5.0
Jul 19, 2026
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Pros

Great benefits and quality of life

Cons

Easy to get lost in the size of the company. Always a "what if" after large layoffs.

3.0
Jul 21, 2026
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Pros

Good pay, ok work life balance, trips to sweden, strong engineers

Cons

Pay is lowish, management needs a lot of improvement,

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