Data Scientist, Prime Video - Content Discovery and Experimentation Science

Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital entertainment seeks a Data Scientist to enhance customer experience on Prime Video through data modeling and analysis of viewer engagement. This role requires collaboration with experts to measure product impacts and to innovate data-driven insights. Candidates should possess strong technical skills and a passion for solving customer challenges in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years using data querying languages (e.g., SQL).
• 2+ years as a data scientist.
• 3+ years analyzing machine learning performance.
• Experience applying theoretical models practically.

Responsibilities

• Work on modeling and metric development for customer engagement.
• Collaborate with scientists to operationalize metrics.
• Analyze large datasets for insights into streaming behaviors.

Skills

SQL

Python

Machine Learning

Statistical Modeling

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

R

SAS

Matlab

Job description

Data Scientist, Prime Video - Content Discovery and Experimentation Science

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Description

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 programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads.

Description

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 programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads.

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.

As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.

We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you!

We are looking for a Data Scientist that will work on modeling and metric development initiatives to shape our understanding customers' engagement with Prime Video, and help unlock new opportunities to elevate customer experiences.

Key job responsibilities

You will work closely with Scientists and Economists to develop, evaluate, and operationalize new metrics to measure the impact of our product launches on customers’ streaming needs and business outcomes. You will work on large, complex datasets to develop models which will provide data-driven insights into customers' streaming behaviors. You will identify simple and inventive approaches to increase the operational efficiency of models and metrics. You will collaborate with product leaders on deep dives whose outcomes will influence feature launch decisions.

A successful candidate for this role has excellent communication skills, especially with non-technical audiences. They are agile and capable of adapting to a fast-paced environment. They work effectively on a team of scientists, and use their technical judgment to drive meaningful discussions. They have a passion for solving customer problems, and have an excellent track-record on delivering impactful projects, simplifying their approaches where necessary. They work independently, but seek peer and stakeholder input and alignment on solution design decisions.

About The Team

The Content Discovery and Experimentation Science team is a central team of Scientists and Economists that provides its expertise and leadership on online experimentation within Prime Video. The team owns metrics used to measure and protect customer and business outcomes through experiments. The team also develops models that facilitate a better understanding of customers’ needs, and works closely with Prime Video teams in identifying and valuing product opportunities that deliver new experiences for our customers.

Basic Qualifications

• 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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $125,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/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. Dependent 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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.


Company - Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A2942953

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Entertainment Providers

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