Applied Scientist (Prime Video - Generative AI)

TL;DR

Applied Scientist (Prime Video - Generative AI): Building generative AI models that create production-ready video content, localized assets, and visual marketing materials with an accent on end-to-end machine learning projects, scalable automated data/ML pipelines, and deploying model improvements into production systems. Focus on inventing science and systems for content localization and generation using computer vision, deep learning, and generative AI.

Location: USA, CA, Sunnyvale

Salary: 171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually

Company

Amazon AI develops AI technologies for Prime Video and other customer-facing entertainment experiences.

What you will do

• Build generative AI models to generate production-ready movie content, localized assets, and visual marketing materials for Prime Video’s global platform.
• Own end-to-end machine learning projects with high ambiguity, scale, and complexity—from proof-of-concept to experimentation, optimization, and deployment.
• Run experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis to validate model improvements.
• Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analysis, ML model development, model validation, and serving.
• Research new machine learning approaches and apply them to real-world production problems.
• Communicate results through internal/external conferences and journal publications.

Requirements

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

Nice to have

• Experience using Unix/Linux.
• Experience in professional software development.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Compensation package may include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).
• Inclusive culture with support for workplace accommodations during the application and hiring process.