Amazon Music Machine Learning Engineer Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale. Key job responsibilities: Work backwards from customer problems to develop novel machine learning solutions for music and podcast recommendations. Advocate solutions and communicate results, insights and recommendations to stakeholders and partners. Collaborate closely with applied scientists on machine learning tasks ranging from ML code & data management to experimentation, training and deployment of ML models. Own the development and operationalization of solutions deployed in production. Collaborate with partner engineering teams to operationalize and scale training improvements across experimentation and production workloads. A day in the life: Lead innovation in ML to shape Amazon Music experiences for millions. Collaborate with talented engineers and scientists to guide research and build scalable models across our audio portfolio - music, audiobooks, podcasts, live streaming, and more. Drive experiments and rapid prototyping, leveraging Amazon's data at scale. Innovate daily alongside world-class teams to delight customers worldwide through personalization. About the team: The team is responsible for models that underlie all of Amazon Music's recommendations across content types and algorithmic stations on mobile, web and Alexa. PRISM also owns data pipelines that generate training data and features and an approximate nearest neighbor service. As a Machine Learning Engineer on the team, you will collaborate with product managers, applied scientists and engineers to deliver meaningful recommendations, personalized for each of the millions of customers using Amazon Music globally. You will be involved in every aspect of the development lifecycle, from idea generation to development and deployment of advanced models. Basic Qualifications: 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience. 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience. Experience programming with at least one software programming language. Preferred Qualifications: 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience. Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent. Experience with machine learning libraries and deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, etc.). Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,600/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. Amazon is a total compensation company. 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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.