Senior Applied Scientist, Foundation Models

Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Prime Video is hiring a technologist to own product, user experience, design and technology across state-of-the-art video experiences. You’ll work on fast-paced projects, collaborate across teams, and experiment with new possibilities to improve customer experiences.

You will contribute as a research leader and hands-on ML practitioner, shaping recommendations and personalization while partnering with engineers, scientists, and senior leaders.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business application experience.
• PhD, or Master’s degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

Responsibilities

• Develop foundation models for content understanding using state-of-the-art deep learning and multimodal learning techniques to analyze video and text.
• Build time sequence foundation models to understand and predict customer behavior patterns and viewing trajectories.
• Work closely with engineers and product managers to design, implement and launch solutions end-to-end across various Prime Video experiences.
• Design and conduct offline and online (A/B) experiments to evaluate proposed solutions based on in-depth data analyses.
• Effectively communicate technical and non-technical ideas with teammates and stakeholders.
• Stay up-to-date with advancements and the latest modeling techniques in foundation models, multimodal learning, and time series analysis.
• Publish your research findings in top conferences and journals

Skills

Modeling for business applications

Java

C++

Python

Algorithms and data structures

Unix/Linux

Education

PhD in CS/CE/ML or related field

Master's in CS/CE/ML or related field

Bachelor's in CS/CE/ML or related field

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Prime Video is hiring a technologist to own product, user experience, design and technology across state-of-the-art video experiences. You’ll work on fast-paced projects, collaborate across teams, and experiment with new possibilities to improve customer experiences.

You will contribute as a research leader and hands-on ML practitioner, shaping recommendations and personalization while partnering with engineers, scientists, and senior leaders.