Senior Data Scientist, Media & Entertainment

Job description

Description
Are you looking to work at the forefront of Machine Learning and AI in the Media and Entertainment industry?

Would you be excited to apply Generative AI algorithms to solve real world problems with significant impact?

The AWS Industries Team helps AWS customers implement Generative AI solutions and realize transformational business opportunities for AWS customers in the Media & Entertainment, Sports and Games industries.

This is a team of data scientists, engineers, and architects working step-by-step with customers to build bespoke solutions that harness the power of generative AI.

The team helps customers imagine and scope the use cases that will create the greatest value for their businesses, select and train and fine tune the right models, define paths to navigate technical or business challenges, develop proof-of-concepts, and build applications to launch these solutions at scale.

The AWS Industries team provides guidance and implements best practices for applying generative AI responsibly and cost efficiently.

You will work directly with customers and innovate in a fast-paced organization that contributes to game-changing projects and technologies.

You will design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing risk, profitability, and customer experience.

In this Data Scientist role you will be capable of using GenAI and other techniques to design, evangelize, and implement and scale modern solutions for never-before-solved problems.

Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will-

- Collaborate with AI/ML scientists, engineers, and architects to research, design, develop, and evaluate modern generative AI algorithms and build ML systems to address real-world challenges

- Interact with customers directly to understand the business problem, help and aid them in implementation of generative AI solutions, deliver briefing and deep dive sessions to customers and guide customer on adoption patterns and paths to production

- Create and deliver best practice recommendations, tutorials, blog posts, publications, sample code, and presentations adapted to technical, business, and executive stakeholder

- Provide customer and market feedback to Product and Engineering teams to help define product direction

About the team
ABOUT AWS:

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We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

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Basic Qualifications
- Experience with statistical models e.g. multinomial logistic regression
- Experience with data scripting languages (e.g. SQL, Python, R etc.) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, or Matlab)
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, data science, business analytics, economics, finance, engineering, or computer science
- 5+ years of data scientist experience
- 10 years Media and Entertainment Experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience as a leader and mentor on a data science team
- Master's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, data science, business analytics, economics, finance, engineering, or computer science
- PhD in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, data science, business analytics, economics, finance, engineering, or computer science
- Experience with machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience
- Hands on experience with deep learning (e.g., CNN, RNN, LSTM, Transformer)
- Experience in training and fine-tuning of Large Language Models (LLMs) and knowledge of AWS platform and tools or equivalent cloud experience

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies.

Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets.

The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market.

Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

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Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.

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This position will remain posted until filled.

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