Automation Engineer, Prime Video Trust & Safety

Amazon

Locations
Austin, Texas, USA · Seattle, Washington, USA
Salary range
USD $80,300 – $140,500 base
Workplace
In office
Level
Individual contributor
Job family
Engineering
Posted
7 weeks ago

The T&S Network estimates this role to be P2, Professional. The typical base salary for that level in Safety Engineering & Data Science is $130k to $190k at an employer this size in Austin or Seattle. Key skills at this level: builds and ships detection or enforcement systems in production, evaluates a classifier on the metric that matches the harm, not on accuracy, and works with labeled data of uneven and adversarial quality.

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Why this level

Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: asks for 5+ years · posts $80k to $141k base at a company over 5,000 in Austin or Seattle · the title reads as P2.

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The role, in T&S terms

Written by the T&S Network from Amazon's posting.

Designs and rolls out AI and automation systems for Prime Video's Trust & Safety operations, covering content moderation, abuse mitigation and policy enforcement across the global platform. Sits within the Trust & Safety team, which protects customers and content creators by keeping content safe and reliable.

What you'd do

  • Design AI-driven systems that moderate content, detect risk and enforce policy.
  • Collaborate with Data Science, Engineering, Product and Legal to balance speed, accuracy and compliance.
  • Lead workshops with Trust & Safety analysts to demo tools and address concerns such as false positives.
  • Prioritize features with Engineering for sprints, including scaling during high-traffic events.
  • Drive rollout of new tools with training, feedback loops and iterative improvements.
  • Report operational metrics to stakeholders and refine the roadmap for compliance challenges.
  • Write BRDs, PRFAQs and white papers tying automation to business outcomes.

What it asks for

  • Five or more years managing programs or projects.
  • Four or more years in technical specialist, design or architecture roles, or AWS Professional certification.
  • Background leading and working with large teams made up of many functions.
  • Clear written and verbal communication with executives and non-technical audiences.
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering or a similar field.
  • Record of getting operational teams to adopt automation (preferred).

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Marketplaces and commerce · Media and streaming · Seattle, WA · More than 100,000 people · Founded 1994

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Online retail marketplace, cloud provider and device maker, with millions of third-party sellers.

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