Amazon

Principal Data Scientist, Prime Video

Amazon$189K — $256K *
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Applied Math, Operations Research, Economics, or related field
  • 11+ years of data scientist experience
  • Proficient in SQL and Python
  • Knowledge of statistical models and supervised learning approaches
  • Familiarity with online experimentation systems

Responsibilities

  • Define the vision for experiment-based measurement systems
  • Collaborate with product and science teams to enhance customer experience
  • Deliver insights to both technical and non-technical leaders
  • Advocate for high-quality measurement in decision-making
  • Mentor junior data scientists and review their work
  • Stay current on data science trends and promote best practices

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Mental Health Support
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement
Full Job Description
Interested in influencing what customers around the world see when they turn on Prime Video? The Prime Video Personalization and Discovery team matches customers with the right content at the right time, at all touch points throughout the content discovery journey.

We are looking for a customer-focused, solutions-oriented Principal Data Scientist to develop next-gen measurement and experimentation systems within Prime Video Personalization and Discovery. You'll be part of an embedded science team driving projects across product and engineering teams that ultimately influence what millions of customers around the world see when the log into Prime Video.

The ideal candidate brings experience building experiment-based measurement systems at scale, excellent stakeholder communication skills, and the ability to balance technical rigor with delivery speed and customer impact. You will build cross-functional support within Prime Video for high-quality, rigorous measurement, assess business problems, and support iterative scientific solutions that balance short-term delivery with long-term science roadmaps.

Key job responsibilities

- Define and drive the multi-year vision for experiment-based measurement systems within Prime Video

- Partner with product stakeholders and science peers to identify strategic data-driven opportunities to improve the customer experience

- Communicate findings, conclusions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical business leaders across Prime Video

- Educate senior leaders about and advocate for high-quality measurement as an input to data-driven decisions

- Mentor junior scientists and review technical artifacts to ensure quality

- Stay up-to-date on the latest data science tools, techniques, and best practices and help evangelize them across the organization

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelors' degree in Statistics, Applied Math, Operations Research, Economics, or a related quantitative field

- 11+ years of data scientist experience

- Competency in data querying languages (e.g. SQL) and scripting languages (e.g. Python)

- Experience with statistical models (e.g., logistic regression. supervised learning approaches)

- Experience with online experimentation systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Masters Degree in Data Science or related field

- Experience designing and building large-scale online measurement systems

- Experience establishing Bayesian decision frameworks for business decisions

- Excellent communications with non-technical executive audiences

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also 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.

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 189,400.00 - 256,200.00 USD annually

About Amazon

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