Data Scientist, Prime Video

Amazon Science; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Science in Seattle, WA, is seeking a Data Scientist for Prime Video to help shape the future of entertainment through data-driven personalization and discovery. You will join an embedded science team on fast-paced projects that influence what millions see when they log in.

The role requires strong problem-solving and communication skills, balance between rigorous analysis and delivery speed, and the ability to define metrics, build scalable workflows, and partner with product stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative field.
• 3+ years of SQL, Python or R/SAS/Matlab experience.
• 2+ years of data scientist experience.
• 3+ years of ML/statistical modeling experience.
• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment.

Responsibilities

• Use advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to extract insights from large-scale data sets.
• Design and implement end-to-end data science workflows, from data acquisition and cleaning to model development, testing, and deployment.
• Support scalable, self-service data analyses by building datasets for analytics, reporting and ML use cases.
• Partner with product stakeholders and senior science peers to identify strategic data-driven opportunities to improve the customer experience.
• Communicate findings, conclusions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest data science tools, techniques, and best practices and help evangelize them across the organization.

Skills

Python

SQL

R

Matlab

SAS

Education

Master's degree

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Description

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience. 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 exclusive access to coverage of live sports. All customers regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can access programming from subscriptions such as Apple TV, Peacock Premium Plus, HBO Max, FOX One, Crunchyroll and MGM+, as well as more than 900 free ad-support (FAST) Channels, rent or buy titles, and enjoy even more content for free with ads.

The Prime Video Personalization and Discovery team matches customers with the right content at the right time, at all touch points throughout the content discovery journey. We are looking for a customer-focused, solutions-oriented Data Scientist to help build new data-driven frameworks to understand what makes new personalization and content discovery innovations successful for users and the business. You'll be part of an embedded science team on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and ultimately influence what millions of customers around the world see when the log into Prime Video.

The ideal candidate brings strong problem-solving skills, stakeholder communication skills, and the ability to balance technical rigor with delivery speed and customer impact. You will build cross-functional support within Prime Video, assess business problems, define metrics, and support iterative scientific solutions that balance short-term delivery with long-term science roadmaps.

Key job responsibilities

• Use advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to extract insights from complex, large-scale data sets


• Design and implement end-to-end data science workflows, from data acquisition and cleaning to model development, testing, and deployment


• Support scalable, self-service data analyses by building datasets for analytics, reporting and ML use cases


• Partner with product stakeholders and senior science peers to identify strategic data-driven opportunities to improve the customer experience


• Communicate findings, conclusions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders


• Stay up-to-date on the latest data science tools, techniques, and best practices and help evangelize them across the organization

Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree


• 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


• 2+ years of data scientist experience


• 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience


• Bachelor's degree


• 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. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually