Amazon
Applied Science Manager, GameLift
$184K–$274K
Seattle, WA +2 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
New York, NY
San Diego, CA - Experience
- 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience.
About the job
Leads a team building and deploying AI and machine learning products for the gaming industry, from research and technical planning through production delivery.
What you'll do
- Set the applied science roadmap and lead rigorous model development, evaluation, and deployment.
- Architect scalable ML platforms and inference systems; own performance targets including latency, availability, cost, and model quality.
- Manage and mentor applied scientists and ML engineers, and partner with product, engineering, and business teams on customer-focused delivery.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience.
- Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics, and machine learning approaches and algorithms.
- Experience building complex highly-scalable systems involving predictive models or machine learning applications.
- Experience communicating with users and technical and management teams, and building machine learning models for business application.
Nice to have
- Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application.
- Experience building complex software systems involving deep learning, machine learning and computer vision that have been delivered to customers.
Pay
183,800.00 - 248,700.00 USD annually (base salary); 202,200.00 - 273,600.00 USD annually (base salary); 183,800.00 - 248,700.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
ML, NLP, Information Retrieval, Analytics, deep learning, machine learning, computer vision
AI focus
Creating AI and ML-based applications for gaming, including applied research, model evaluation, and production deployment.
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