Amazon

Research Engineer, Prime Video - Content Understanding

Amazon$129K — $174K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in large-scale infrastructure automation, deployment, and support.
  • Proficient in at least one programming language (Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust).
  • Solid background working with Linux/Unix systems.
  • Bachelor's degree or 2+ years of experience with advanced compute technologies.
  • 3+ years of experience with cloud computing technologies.
  • Hands-on experience with deploying machine learning models in production using various AI acceleration hardware.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and maintain SLURM cluster infrastructure for efficient training and evaluation.
  • Monitor job statuses and manage queues for multiple teams.
  • Identify and implement optimization strategies for infrastructure.
  • Collaborate with research teams to gather requirements for model deployment.
  • Containerize machine learning models for deployment.
  • Oversee the deployment process into beta environments, including debugging.
  • Develop systems for monitoring and collecting data on ML infrastructure.

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision).
  • 401(k) matching program.
  • Paid time off and parental leave.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts.
  • Mental health support services.
Full Job Description
Prime Video is looking for a Research Engineer to support scientific research efforts in our Content Reasoning, Enrichment and Localization team. We build and deploy Generative AI models across Prime Video Lines of Business, including Derivative Content, Trust & Safety, and Metadata Localization. A Research Engineer supports Applied Scientists on the team by building experiment frameworks, infrastructure and deployment packages. A Research Engineer may be called to directly facilitate science benchmarking, model training, model deployment, and deep dive on any deep learning related technical problem. This person may be called to lead or facilitate a joint project between science and engineering team. This role would be responsible for end-to-end ownership of model training and deployment, from managing our GPU cluster, to monitoring job queues, and containerizing trained for deploying models into production. This role will support several research teams with remits across lines of business and machine learning methodologies.

Key job responsibilities

Cluster Management

* Architect and operate SLURM cluster infrastructure for distributed training and evaluation workloads

* Maintain healthy job status and manage queues from different users and teams

* Monitor feedback regarding cluster features and functions

* Identify and drive infrastructure optimization opportunities

* Develop self-service tooling, automation, and APIs

Model Deployment

* Gather requirements from collaborators on research teams

* Containerize Machine Learning Models

* Shepherd models through deployment into beta environments, including debugging builds

* Develop data collection, aggregation and monitoring pipelines

* Build observability and monitoring systems or dashboards for ML infrastructure

About the team

This team's mission is to deeply understand all content and empower customers with relevant language options, innovative accessibility assists, and rich title-information across all their content experiences on Prime Video. 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

- Experience in automating, deploying, and supporting large-scale infrastructure

- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Python, Ruby, Golang, Java, C++, C#, Rust

- Experience with Linux/Unix

- Bachelor's degree, or 2+ years of working with Advanced Compute technologies including, but not limited to: Accelerated Compute, High Performance Compute, Visual/Spatial Compute, and/or IoT. experience

- 3+ years of cloud computing technologies experience

- Experience in developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron, TPU or other AI acceleration hardware, or experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with distributed systems at scale

- Master's degree

- Experience with large scale machine learning systems such as profiling and debugging and understanding of system performance and scalability

- Publications or contributions to open-source HPC projects

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 - 129,200.00 - 174,800.00 USD annually

About Amazon

Audible is a provider of spoken audio information and entertainment , on the Internet. They provide premium spoken audio content, such as audio versions of books and newspapers and radio programs, that is delivered over the Internet and played back on personal computers and hand-held electronic devices. The Audible service allows consumers to purchase and download their content from their Website, store it in digital files and play it back on personal computers and electronic devices. More than 15,000 hours of audio content are available on their Web site, including audio versions of books, periodicals and radio programs. Several manufacturers have agreed to support and promote the playback of their content on their hand-held audio-enabled electronic devices.

Amazon Careers

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