Data Scientist, Prime Video

Amazon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce and media company in Greater London is seeking a Data Scientist to develop marketing measurement models for Prime Video. In this role, you will work with stakeholders to analyze customer engagement and build machine learning models that impact marketing decisions. The ideal candidate has experience with data scripting languages and big data processing tools. Join a vibrant team dedicated to innovation and excellence in entertainment and content optimization.

Qualifications

• Experience with data scripting languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R).
• Experience as a data/research scientist or quantitative analyst.
• Knowledge of clustered data processing and analysis methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop causal marketing measurement models.
• Analyze experiments and investigate engagement drivers.
• Work with large datasets and deploy machine learning models.

Skills

Data scripting languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R)

Statistical/mathematical software (e.g., R, SAS, Matlab)

Data analysis

Machine learning

Tools

Statistical packages (e.g., SPSS, SAS)

Data processing tools (e.g., Hadoop, Spark)

Job description

Description

Come build the future of entertainment with us. Are you interested in shaping the future of movies and television?

Prime Video is a premium streaming service that offers customers a vast collection of TV shows and movies - all with the ease of finding what they love to watch in one place. We offer customers thousands of popular movies and TV shows including Amazon Originals and exclusive licensed content to exciting live sports events. Prime Video is a fast‑paced, growth business - available in over 200 countries and territories worldwide.

Key job responsibilities

In this role you will work closely with business stakeholders and technical peers (data scientists, economists and engineers) to develop causal marketing measurement models, analyze experiments and investigate customer, marketing and content related factors that drive engagement with Prime Video. You will create mechanisms and infrastructure to deploy complex models and generate insights at scale. You will have the opportunity to work with large datasets, work with AWS to build and deploy machine learning models that impact Prime Video's marketing decisions.

About the team

The Video Content Research team uses machine learning, econometrics, and data science to optimize Amazon's marketing and content investments. We generate insights for Amazon's digital video strategy, partnering with finance, marketing, and content teams. We analyze customer behavior on Prime Video (marketing impressions, clicks on owned channels) to identify optimization opportunities.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with data scripting languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R, or equivalent) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g., R, SAS, Matlab, or equivalent)
• Experience as a data/research scientist, statistician or quantitative analyst in an internet‑based company with complex and big data sources
• Experience with data scripting languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R etc.) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g., R, SAS, or Matlab)

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of statistical packages and business intelligence tools such as SPSS, SAS, S‑PLUS, or R
• Experience with clustered data processing (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Map‑reduce, and Hive)

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