Applied Scientist, ML for Video Search & Discovery

Amazon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Prime Video seeks an Applied Scientist to own model development for search and discovery, collaborating with engineers and product managers to ship end-to-end ML solutions in a fast-paced environment.

You will design and evaluate ML models, perform offline and online experiments, and contribute to innovative research advancing content discovery for millions of Prime Video users worldwide.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building models for business applications.
• PhD or Master’s in CS, CE, ML or related field.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python.
• Experience in algorithms, data structures, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing.
• Experience using Unix/Linux.

Responsibilities

• Develop machine learning solutions for Prime Video Search systems, including query understanding, retrieval, and ranking.
• Collaborate with engineers and product managers to design, implement and launch ML solutions end-to-end.
• Design and conduct offline and online (A/B) experiments to evaluate proposed solutions based on data analyses.
• Communicate technical and non-technical ideas with teammates and stakeholders.
• Stay up-to-date with advancements and modeling techniques in the field.
• Publish research findings in top conferences and journals.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Education

PhD or Master’s in CS/CE/ML

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Amazon Prime Video seeks an Applied Scientist to own model development for search and discovery, collaborating with engineers and product managers to ship end-to-end ML solutions in a fast-paced environment.

You will design and evaluate ML models, perform offline and online experiments, and contribute to innovative research advancing content discovery for millions of Prime Video users worldwide.