AI Animation Specialist

Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices.

The platform provides customers with a customizable viewing experience, allowing them to find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+.

All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads.

You will be working on shaping the future of entertainment by creating best-in-class digital video experiences.

As a technologist, you'll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers.

You'll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You'll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.

This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of animation production by creating novel AI solutions that empower creative professionals.

• Lead the technical development of AI models for animation generation.
• Design and implement novel architectures for character creation and manipulation.
• Develop efficient pipelines for storyboard generation and animation synthesis.
• Create solutions for maintaining consistency in character appearance and movement.
• Optimize models for production quality output at scale.
• Collaborate with creative professionals to understand and address industry needs.
• Mentor junior scientists and engineers.

We're an innovative team developing an AI-powered animation studio platform.

The platform aims to revolutionize the animation production pipeline by providing creators with intelligent tools for character development, storyboarding, and high-quality animation generation.

You'll be working at the intersection of machine learning, computer vision, and creative arts to build the next generation of animation tools.

• Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business applications.
• PhD, or a Master's degree and experience in CS, CE, ML or related field research.
• Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related languages.
• Experience in areas such as algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing.

• Experience using Unix/Linux.
• Experience in professional software development.
• Experience with generative models for still images and video generation (GANs, Diffusion Models, VAEs, NeRFs) and 3D modeling and animation studios.

We strive to create an inclusive culture where everyone feels empowered to do their best work.