IMDb Data Scientist, IMDb Insights and Analytics

Amazon is hiring a Data Scientist for IMDb Insights and Analytics in Pittsburgh, PA to turn business questions into measurable, responsible machine learning outcomes.

Key responsibilities

• Translate loosely defined business problems into science problems and iterate on the approach with limited guidance
• Establish ground truth by designing sampling, defining a label quality bar, and building datasets across behavioral, text, and catalog domains
• Define and evaluate precision, recall, and coverage, including reporting what accuracy is achievable at a given cost
• Document failure modes, quantify the cost of each error type, and set thresholds with product and policy partners prior to deployment
• Deliver methodology and analysis on medium-size projects in a format that other scientists and business partners can act on
• Decide whether to train in-house, fine-tune, or call a language model based on evidence
• Use generative AI tooling to scale personal throughput, not only to build end products
• Ship solutions that another scientist can test and reproduce
• Partner with engineers to move models into production, then define drift monitoring and retraining triggers
• Build deep knowledge of the team’s owned areas and mentor teammates on method choice

Requirements

• 4+ years experience with data querying languages (e.g., SQL), scripting languages (e.g., Python), or statistical/mathematical software (e.g., R, SAS, Matlab, etc.)
• 3+ years in a data scientist or similar role with data extraction, analysis, statistical modeling, and communication
• 3+ years experience using machine learning/statistical modeling tools and techniques, including parameters that affect performance
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment
• Knowledge of machine learning concepts and their application to reasoning and problem-solving

Technologies

• SQL
• Python
• R
• SAS
• Matlab
• Language model
• Generative AI tooling

Location and compensation

• Location: Pittsburgh, PA (onsite)
• Salary: USD 136,000 - 184,000 per year
• Minimum experience: 3 years

Benefits

• Sign-on payments
• Restricted stock units (RSUs)
• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
• Basic Life & AD&D insurance
• 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
• Parental leave

A day in the life

• Most of the week focuses on modeling and measurement, including pulling data, building features, running evaluations, and discussing thresholds with evidence rather than opinion
• AI tooling is used to handle repetitive work so you can focus on the core science
• Remaining time goes to collaboration with product managers, policy partners, and the operations team who use model outputs daily
• With a small team, responsibilities span multiple problem areas rather than a single ownership area