Senior Software Development Engineer - AI, Prime Video - Personalization and Discovery Science

Prime Video offers customers a vast collection of movies series and sportsall available to watch on hundreds of compatible devices addition Prime members in US can also subscribe to 100 channels including Max discovery Paramount with SHOWTIME BET MGM ViX PBS KIDS NBA League Pass and STARZ with no extra apps to download and no cable required. Prime Video is just one of the savings convenience and entertainment benefits included in a Prime membership. More than 200 million Prime members around the world enjoy access to Amazons enormous selection exceptional value and fast delivery.

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment Do you want to invent disrupt and redefine what entertainment means for fans creators and communities all around the globe

We are looking for a self-motivated passionate and resourceful Applied Scientist to bring diverse perspectives ideas and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. You will spend your time as a hands-on machine learning practitioner and a research leader. You will play a key role on the team building and guiding machine learning models from the ground up. At the end of the day you will have the reward of seeing your contributions benefit millions of customers worldwide.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop AI solutions for various Prime Video Search systems using Deep learning GenAI Reinforcement Learning and optimization methods;
- Understand problem space identify gaps and opportunity for improvement create roadmap and plans for delivering business goals;
- Lead cross-team collaboration and work closely with engineers and product managers to deliver AI solutions end-to-end;
- 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 the field;
- Mentor and grow junior scientists and interns;
- Publish your research findings in top conferences and journals.

About the team
Prime Video Personalization and Discovery science team owns different aspects of personalization algorithms from user-item relevance item-item relevance and page composition to name a few. We work closely with the engineering teams to put our models in production.

- 5 years of non-internship professional software development experience
- 5 years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
- 5 years of leading design or architecture (design patterns reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
- Experience as a mentor tech lead or leading an engineering team

- 5 years of full software development life cycle including coding standards code reviews source control management build processes testing and operations experience
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $151300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $261500/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.