Applied Scientist, Prime Video

Amazon
USA, WA, Seattle2026-04-06ONSITE

About the job

As a highly experienced and seasoned science leader, you will apply state of the art natural language processing and computer vision research to video centric digital media, while also responsible for creating and maintaining the best environment for applied science in order to recruit, retain and develop top talent. You will lead the research direction for a team of deeply talented applied scientists, creating the roadmaps for forward-looking research and communicate them effectively to senior leadership. You will also hire and develop applied scientists - growing the team to meet the evolving needs of our customers.

Responsibilities

apply state of the art natural language processing and computer vision research to video centric digital media; create and maintain the best environment for applied science in order to recruit, retain and develop top talent; lead the research direction for a team of deeply talented applied scientists; create the roadmaps for forward-looking research and communicate them effectively to senior leadership; hire and develop applied scientists - growing the team to meet the evolving needs of our customers

Qualifications

Minimum

- 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 developing and implementing deep learning algorithms, particularly with respect to computer vision algorithms

Preferred

- Experience using Unix/Linux

- Experience in professional software development

- Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals