Are you interested in revolutionizing the way people around the world enjoy live sports video? Come and join us and be part of the Prime Video Playback team. As a video scientist, you will:
- Drive novel live encoding optimization to ensure the best live sports streaming experience delivered to millions of global customers.
- Utilize the state-of-the-art computer vision and machine learning techniques to achieve content adaptive live sports encoding to maximize quality per bits at Amazon scale.
- Innovate in video quality measurement, video content analysis, and video compression technologies to lead the video industry/community.

Key job responsibilities
As a video scientist in the Prime Video Playback, this person shall:
- Get familiar with the latest development and advances in video processing, video compression, and computer vision and machine learning to video understanding and analysis
- Build research prototypes in live sports video content analysis, objective and subjective video quality measurement, and content-adaptive live video encoding.
- Document and present technical proposals and implementations to both internal and external stakeholders and partners.
- Work closely with engineering and product team to prioritize technology prototyping, productization and deployment

A day in the life
As a video scientist in the Prime Video Playback, you will:
- Research and prototype innovative ideas in live sports content analysis, quality measurement, and content-adaptive live video encoding.
- Drive technical approach and innovation via proof-of-concept prototyping, paper/report writing, technical presentations and patent filing
- Collaborate with and influence product and engineering teams for technology productization and deployment

About the team
Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one application available across thousands of devices. On Prime Video, customers can find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies Road House, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Fallout, Reacher, The Boys, and The Idea of You; licensed fan favorites Dawson’s Creek and IF; Prime member exclusive access to coverage of live sports including Thursday Night Football, WNBA, and NWSL, and acclaimed sports documentaries including Bye Bye Barry and Federer; and programming from partners such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+ via Prime Video add-on subscriptions, as well as more than 500 free ad-supported (FAST) Channels. Prime members in the U.S. can share a variety of benefits, including Prime Video, by using Amazon Household. Prime Video is one benefit among many that provides savings, convenience, and entertainment as part of the Prime membership. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles, including blockbusters such as Challengers and The Fall Guy, via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy content such as Jury Duty and Bosch: Legacy free with ads on Freevee. Customers can also go behind the scenes of their favorite movies and series with exclusive X-Ray access. For more info visit www.amazon.com/primevideo.