Senior Manager, Applied Science – Personalization & Discovery

Amazon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 252,000 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Prime Video is seeking a Senior Manager, Applied Scientist to lead AI/ML initiatives that power personalized experiences for millions of customers. You will oversee end-to-end systems from discovery to deployment, mentor researchers, and influence roadmaps.

The role blends deep technical leadership with strategic collaboration across product and engineering teams, aiming to deliver scalable, AI-powered customer experiences.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s with 10+ years in ML, CS, statistics, or related field.
• 10+ years designing, building, deploying ML models at scale.
• Proven leadership in cross-functional ML/AI initiatives from ideation to production.
• Strong programming experience in Python, Java, or C++ with ML frameworks.
• Deep expertise in recommendation, search relevance, or large-scale personalization.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end ML systems from research to production deployment.
• Mentor scientists and influence product and engineering roadmaps.

Skills

ML leadership

Python/Java/C++

Recommendation systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Production ML deployment

Education

PhD or Master’s with 10+ years

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Hadoop

Spark

Job description

Prime Video is seeking a Senior Manager, Applied Scientist to lead AI/ML initiatives that power personalized experiences for millions of customers. You will oversee end-to-end systems from discovery to deployment, mentor researchers, and influence roadmaps.

The role blends deep technical leadership with strategic collaboration across product and engineering teams, aiming to deliver scalable, AI-powered customer experiences.