Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios
Applied Scientist, Prime Video - Content Understanding, Localization & Enrichmen
Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Applied Scientist, Prime Video - Content Understanding, Localization & Enrichment Team
Prime Video is a first‑stop entertainment destination offering customers 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 subscriptions such as Apple TV+, HBO Max, Peacock, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, 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 team member, 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 projects, experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. We’ll look for you to bring your 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!
Key Responsibilities The ideal candidate will apply state‑of‑the‑art natural language processing and computer vision research to video‑centric digital media and will be responsible for creating a strong environment for applied science in order to recruit, retain and develop top talent. The candidate will lead a team of applied scientists, set the research direction, create roadmaps for forward‑looking research and communicate them to senior leadership. The person will hire and develop applied scientists and grow the science team to meet the always increasing needs of our customers.
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of building models for business application experience
PhD or Master’s degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high‑performance computing
Preferred Qualifications
Experience using Unix/Linux
Professional software development experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include working safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhering to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicating effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and following all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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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 team member, 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 projects, experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. We’ll look for you to bring your 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!
Key Responsibilities The ideal candidate will apply state‑of‑the‑art natural language processing and computer vision research to video‑centric digital media and will be responsible for creating a strong environment for applied science in order to recruit, retain and develop top talent. The candidate will lead a team of applied scientists, set the research direction, create roadmaps for forward‑looking research and communicate them to senior leadership. The person will hire and develop applied scientists and grow the science team to meet the always increasing needs of our customers.
Basic Qualifications
3+ years of building models for business application experience
PhD or Master’s degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high‑performance computing
Preferred Qualifications
Experience using Unix/Linux
Professional software development experience
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include working safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhering to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicating effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and following all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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