Applied Scientist, Prime Video - Content Localization, Understanding & Enrichment

Key job responsibilities

• Lead research and development of speech and audio generation technology and end-to-end speech-to-speech architecture
• Develop audio processing solutions for production environments, including source separation, enhancement, and mixing
• Define the research roadmap for your area, identify high-impact problems, and communicate technical direction to senior leadership
• Publish research, contribute to the broader scientific community, and bring external advances into production systems
• Hire, mentor, and develop applied scientists. Grow the team's capabilities to meet evolving customer and business needs

About the team

This team's mission is to deeply understand all content and empower all customers with relevant language options, innovative accessibility assists, and rich title-information across all their content-experiences on Prime Video. We create and publish content on-time that's meaningful, accurate, and accessible to every customer globally. We delight our customers by pushing the boundaries of content understanding and enrichment. Through inclusion and innovation, we do the most fulfilling work of our career.

Basic Qualifications

• 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 Qualifications

• Experience using Unix/Linux
• Experience in professional software development
• Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals