Amazon
Principal Applied Scientist, Music Catalog and Search, Amazon Music Search and Catalog
$229K–$309K
Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted May 29, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 10+ years of applied research experience with a Master's degree; alternatively, a PhD is required.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree and 10+ years of applied research experience.
About the job
Leads applied science and technical strategy for Amazon Music’s catalog and search systems, using foundation models and content data to improve music understanding and customer discovery.
What you'll do
- Lead applied science solutions for large-scale music catalog systems using foundational models.
- Set the technical roadmap and architectural direction across catalog, search, and data systems.
- Design experiments for search, personalization, and recommendations; provide technical reviews, standards, and mentorship.
What they ask for
- PhD, or Master's degree and 10+ years of applied research experience.
- Experience working in content understanding systems in digital media.
- Experience building applied science solutions on top of foundational models.
Nice to have
- Experience in large knowledge graphs, large scale distributed data systems, search retrieval and ranking, or designing and evaluating online experiments.
Pay
228,700.00 - 309,400.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
foundational models
AI focus
Applies foundational models to music content understanding, catalog intelligence, search, personalization, and recommendation experiences.
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