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Senior Applied Scientist, Prime Video AI Automation
Amazon Jobs, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Overview
Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of Prime membership, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads.
Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.
As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll work on fast-paced, challenging, and varied projects, and you’ll have opportunities to experiment, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.
We’ll look for you to bring diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you.
Senior Applied Scientist – AI initiative We are forming a new organization within Prime Video to redefine our operational landscape through the power of artificial intelligence. As a Senior Applied Scientist within this initiative, you will be a technical leader helping to design and build the intelligent systems that power our vision. You will tackle complex and ambiguous problems, designing and delivering scalable and resilient agentic AI and ML solutions from the ground up. You will not only write high-quality, maintainable software and models, but also mentor other scientists, influence our technical strategy, and drive engineering best practices across the team. Your work will directly contribute to making Prime Video's operations more efficient and will set the technical foundation for years to come.
Key responsibilities
Lead the design and architecture of highly scalable, available, and resilient services for our AI automation platform.
Write high-quality, maintainable, and robust code to solve complex business problems, building flexible systems without over-engineering.
Act as a technical leader and mentor for other engineers on the team, assisting with career growth and encouraging excellence.
Work through ambiguous requirements, cut through complexity, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
Take ownership of the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment, and operations.
Work closely with product managers, scientists, and other engineers to build and launch new features and systems.
About the team This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of one of Amazon's most exciting businesses through the application of AI technologies. If you're passionate about leveraging AI to drive real-world impact at massive scale, we want to hear from you.
Qualifications
PhD, or Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
5+ years of building machine learning models for business applications
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, TensorFlow, NumPy, SciPy, etc.
Experience with large-scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark, etc.
Equal Opportunity Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Inclusion and accommodations Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please contact Amazon recruitment for more information.
Compensation and benefits Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay ranges from $150,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on factors including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Depending on the position, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit the employee benefits page. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.
As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll work on fast-paced, challenging, and varied projects, and you’ll have opportunities to experiment, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.
We’ll look for you to bring diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you.
Senior Applied Scientist – AI initiative We are forming a new organization within Prime Video to redefine our operational landscape through the power of artificial intelligence. As a Senior Applied Scientist within this initiative, you will be a technical leader helping to design and build the intelligent systems that power our vision. You will tackle complex and ambiguous problems, designing and delivering scalable and resilient agentic AI and ML solutions from the ground up. You will not only write high-quality, maintainable software and models, but also mentor other scientists, influence our technical strategy, and drive engineering best practices across the team. Your work will directly contribute to making Prime Video's operations more efficient and will set the technical foundation for years to come.
Key responsibilities
Lead the design and architecture of highly scalable, available, and resilient services for our AI automation platform.
Write high-quality, maintainable, and robust code to solve complex business problems, building flexible systems without over-engineering.
Act as a technical leader and mentor for other engineers on the team, assisting with career growth and encouraging excellence.
Work through ambiguous requirements, cut through complexity, and translate business needs into scalable technical solutions.
Take ownership of the full software development lifecycle, including design, testing, deployment, and operations.
Work closely with product managers, scientists, and other engineers to build and launch new features and systems.
About the team This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of one of Amazon's most exciting businesses through the application of AI technologies. If you're passionate about leveraging AI to drive real-world impact at massive scale, we want to hear from you.
Qualifications
PhD, or Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
5+ years of building machine learning models for business applications
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, TensorFlow, NumPy, SciPy, etc.
Experience with large-scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark, etc.
Equal Opportunity Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Inclusion and accommodations Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, please contact Amazon recruitment for more information.
Compensation and benefits Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay ranges from $150,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on factors including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Depending on the position, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit the employee benefits page. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
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