Amazon Music is hiring: Data Scientist, Amazon Music - DISCO in Seattle

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad‑free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on‑demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa‑enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale.

Embark on an exhilarating journey with the DISCO team at Amazon Music! As a technologist, you’ll have end‑to‑end ownership of the science product, design, and technology required to deliver state‑of‑the‑art experiences for our internal customers. Join us in championing a culture of inclusivity and a data‑driven mindset, where every team member is empowered to make informed decisions and measure their impact.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Lead Data Science solutions from beginning to end.
• Collaborate with AI/ML scientists and architects to research, design, develop, and evaluate leading generative AI solutions to address real‑world challenges.
• Deliver with independence on challenging large‑scale problems with complexity and ambiguity.
• Write code (Python, Scala, SQL, etc.) to obtain, manipulate, and analyze data.
• Build Machine Learning and statistical models to solve specific business problems.
• Retrieve, synthesize, and present critical data in a format that is immediately useful to answering specific questions or improving system performance.
• Analyze historical data to identify trends and support optimal decision making.
• Apply statistical and machine learning knowledge to specific business problems and data.
• Formalize assumptions about how our systems should work, create statistical definitions of outliers, and develop methods to systematically identify outliers. Work out why such examples are outliers and define if any actions needed.
• Given anecdotes about anomalies or generate automatic scripts to define anomalies, deep dive to explain why they happen, and identify fixes.
• Conduct written and verbal presentations to share insights to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of data scientist experience.
• 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g., SQL), scripting languages (e.g., Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g., R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience.
• 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience.
• Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Python, Perl, or another scripting language.
• Experience in a ML or data scientist role with a large technology company.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information.

Base pay for this position ranges from $125,500 per year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800 per year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Depending on the position offered, equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

Company: Amazon.com Services LLC
Job ID: A3093743