Raffay Hamid

Raffay Hamid is a distinguished expert in artificial intelligence and computer vision, currently serving as Sr. Principal Scientist and Director for Amazon Stores, leading key capabilities of Rufus, Amazon's generative AI-powered conversational shopping assistant. Prior to this, Raffay held similar senior roles at Prime Video and Amazon Studios, where multiple AI-driven initiatives were founded. Experience includes founding bitsee, a company focused on deep learning technologies, and serving as Principal Scientist at DigitalGlobe Inc., developing advanced machine learning frameworks for satellite imagery analysis. Additional roles spanned technical advising at Turi, staff research at eBay Research Labs, and research fellowships at Walt Disney Imagineering. Raffay's academic background includes a PhD in Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology, with early research internships at prominent institutions like Microsoft Research and Intel Research.