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Senior Applied Research Engineer - Media Quality
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in applied research and engineering in media technology, audio, or video
- Deep expertise in audio and/or video with working knowledge across both domains
- Understanding of media systems end-to-end, from backend processing through to client-side playback
- Strong foundations in signal processing and experience with perceptual quality or feature design
- Comfortable working in Python and experience with C++ or similar languages
- Experience running perceptual evaluations or quality benchmarking
- Enjoy building systems that move from research into real-world impact
- Collaborative, effective across disciplines, and clear communication
- Curious, pragmatic, and motivated problem solver
What You'll Be Doing
- Own research-to-production work across audio/video signal processing, perceptual quality, and media intelligence
- Partner with teams to integrate prototypes into production systems and decision-making
- Work across the full media pipeline from encoding to playback
- Build evaluation frameworks and support media platform decisions
- Design perceptual studies and connect quality metrics to user experience
- Collaborate with teams to turn research insights into scalable capabilities
- Improve media quality across the platform & drive high-impact initiatives
Perks and Benefits
- Role based in London or Stockholm
- Flexibility for choosing work location with some in-person meetings
AI Summary ✨
Spotify
UK, Sweden
Python
backend
Why we track Spotify
Spotify is headquartered in Stockholm, which makes them one of the few companies on this board that's actually European. They have engineering teams across Stockholm, London, and other EU cities. Strong engineering culture and one of the best-known tech brands to come out of Europe.
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