principal Data Scientist tech_leadership · Posted Apr 30, 2026
$189,400 – $256,200
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a principal-level Data Scientist based in Seattle, WA. The posting calls out experience with Python, SQL, A/B Testing. Compensation is listed at $189,400–$256,200 per year.

Role
Data Scientist
Function
data engineering
Level
principal
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
Seattle, WA
Department
Applied Science
Posted
Apr 30, 2026

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Job description

from Amazon careers

Interested in influencing what customers around the world see when they turn on Prime Video? The Prime Video Personalization and Discovery team matches customers with the right content at the right time, at all touch points throughout the content discovery journey. We are looking for a customer-focused, solutions-oriented Principal Data Scientist to develop next-gen measurement and experimentation systems within Prime Video Personalization and Discovery. You'll be part of an embedded science team driving projects across product and engineering teams that ultimately influence what millions of customers around the world see when the log into Prime Video. The ideal candidate brings experience building experiment-based measurement systems at scale, excellent stakeholder communication skills, and the ability to balance technical rigor with delivery speed and customer impact. You will build cross-functional support within Prime Video for high-quality, rigorous measurement, assess business problems, and support iterative scientific solutions that balance short-term delivery with long-term science roadmaps. Key job responsibilities - Define and drive the multi-year vision for experiment-based measurement systems within Prime Video - Partner with product stakeholders and science peers to identify strategic data-driven opportunities to improve the customer experience - Communicate findings, conclusions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical business leaders across…

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