Senior Manager Applied Science, Prime Video Personalization & Discovery

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 219,000 - 296,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Prime Video is seeking a Sr. Manager, Applied Science within PVPD to optimize the customer experience across the discovery journey. You will build AI and optimization solutions and collaborate with product and engineering to harmonize customer delight with business outcomes.

The role leads a team of scientists, translating ambiguous customer needs into clear research directions while delivering scalable impact across PVPD. Strong leadership and deep ML experience are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of building large-scale ML/AI solutions at Internet scale.
• Master's degree in Computer Science with ML/AI/Statistics.
• Experience distilling informal customer requirements into problem definitions.
• Experience hiring and leading scientists and mentoring juniors.

Responsibilities

• Own optimization of the customer experience across the discovery journey.
• Build AI and optimization solutions with product and engineering teams to balance delight and business outcomes.

Skills

ML at scale

Leadership

Mentoring

Requirements distillation

Education

Master's degree in CS (ML/AI/Statistics)

Tools

AWS

Hadoop

Spark

Pig

Hive

Java

C++

Python

R / MATLAB

Job 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.

Key job responsibilities

As a Sr. Manager, Applied Science, in the Prime Video Personalization and Discovery organization, you will be responsible for optimizing the complete customer experience, across the touch points throughout customers’ discovery journey. This includes building AI and optimization solutions, working with product, engineering teams to deliver the optimal balance of customer delight and business outcomes.

About the team

Prime Video Personalization and Discovery (PVPD) is dedicated to creating a highly personalized content discovery experience that not only delights our customers but also drives both short-and long-term business goals. Our scope includes personalized recommendations, search, marketing, and the advanced machine learning technology and infrastructure that underpins these experiences. Our mission is to automate and enhance customer engagement through personalization, using ML and Generative AI.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of building large-scale machine learning and AI solutions at Internet scale experience
• Master's degree in Computer Science (Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent)
• Experience building large-scale machine learning and AI solutions at Internet scale
• Experience distilling informal customer requirements into problem definitions, dealing with ambiguity and competing objectives
• Experience hiring and leading experienced scientists as well as having a successful record of developing junior members from academia or industry to a successful career track

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of practical work applying ML to solve complex problems for large-scale applications experience
• 5+ years of hands‑on work in big data, machine learning and predictive modeling experience
• 5+ years of people management experience
• PhD in Computer Science (Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent)
• Experience in practical work applying ML to solve complex problems for large scale applications
• Experience working with big data, machine learning and predictive modeling
• Experience in people management
• Experience with big data technologies such as AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive etc.
• Experience with Java, C++, or other programming language, as well as with R, MATLAB, Python, or an equivalent scripting language
• Experience researching actual applications

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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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 - 218,800.00 - 295,900.00 USD annually