Data Scientist, Prime Video

Amazon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital streaming service provider in Greater London is seeking a Data Scientist to enhance marketing measurements through advanced statistical analysis. The role requires expertise in SQL, Python, and R, along with experience in large data environments. Candidates will work collaboratively to develop insights and deploy models impacting critical marketing decisions. A strong understanding of machine learning and tools like Hadoop is preferred. This position offers an opportunity to shape digital content strategies by optimizing marketing approaches.

Qualifications

• Experience with data scripting languages like SQL, Python, R.
• Background as a data scientist or quantitative analyst in an internet-based company.
• Familiarity with statistical/mathematical software.

Responsibilities

• Develop causal marketing measurement models.
• Analyze experiments and customer behavior.
• Deploy complex models and generate insights.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Statistical analysis

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

SAS

Job description

Job ID: 3146614 | Amazon Digital UK Limited

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, as well as 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 and 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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