Applied Science Manager, Prime Video - Content Localization, Understanding & Enrichment

Key job responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical direction and roadmap across our "understanding" and "search" workstreams — making sure our work connects to Prime Video's broader goals around content intelligence.
• Lead and grow a high-performing team of scientists and engineers, building a culture of scientific excellence, customer focus, and reliable delivery.
• Partner with teams across Prime Video (personalization, search etc) to understand what they need from us, shape our outputs to be reliable building blocks for their products, and drive adoption.
• Own delivery end-to-end — from early research and experimentation all the way through launching production systems that run at the scale of Prime Video's full catalog.
• Define and track success metrics for quality, reliability, and real-world impact on downstream products, continuously raising the bar on what "good" looks like.
• Manage ambiguity across a broad set of workstreams, make clear prioritization decisions, and communicate trade-offs effectively to senior leadership.

About the team

The Prime Video - Content Localization, Understanding and Enrichment team's mission is to deeply understand content to automate & scale existing solutions, and launch new experiences across Prime Video while accelerating science outputs & forward-investing in science.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of applied research experience
• 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience
• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building complex software systems, especially involving deep learning, machine learning and computer vision, that have been successfully delivered to customers

About Us

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