Applied Scientist, Artificial General Intelligence

The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist with a strong deep learning background, to help build industry-leading technology with multimodal systems. Key job responsibilitiesAs an Applied Scientist with the AGI team, you will work with talented peers to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state of the art with multimodal systems. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of products and services that make use of vision and language technology. You will leverage Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate development with multimodal Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in Computer Vision.About the teamThe AGI team has a mission to push the envelope with multimodal LLMs and Gen AI in Computer Vision, in order to provide the best-possible experience for our customers.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- 1+ years of building models for business application experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language ...

Applied Scientist, AWS Lex

Amazon is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist with a strong machine learning background to join our science team in the area of Speech and Natural Language Processing.Our organization develops the science that drives the cloud-based AI services of AWS. Our mission is two-fold: to empower developers with powerful AI tools and to create delightful user experiences that solve real-world business problems. You'll have the opportunity to push the boundaries in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Generative AI, Large Language Model (LLM), and Machine Learning (ML).Key job responsibilitiesAs an Applied Scientist, you will partner with talented scientists and engineers to design, train, test, and deploy machine learning models. You will contribute to innovative features, improve our services based on customer requirements, and help maintain a highly scalable data and model management infrastructure that supports cutting-edge research. You will be responsible for translating business and engineering requirements into deliverables and software products. About the teamAbout AWSAmazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Why AWS?Utility Computing (UC)AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.
Why AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Mentorship & Career GrowthWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life BalanceWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language ...

Deep Learning Architect, AWS Industries

Are you looking to work at the forefront of Machine Learning and AI? Would you be excited to apply cutting edge Generative AI algorithms to solve real world problems with significant impact? Machine learning (ML) has been strategic to Amazon from the early years. We are pioneers in areas such as recommendation engines, product search, eCommerce fraud detection, and large-scale optimization of fulfillment center operations. The AWS Industries Team at AWS helps AWS customers implement Generative AI solutions and realize transformational business opportunities for AWS customers in the most strategic industry verticals. This is a team of architects, data scientists, and engineers working step-by-step with customers to build bespoke solutions that harness the power of generative AI.The team helps customers imagine and scope the use cases that will create the greatest value for their businesses, select and train and fine tune the right models, define paths to navigate technical or business challenges, develop proof-of-concepts, and build applications to launch these solutions at scale. The AWS Industries team provides guidance and implements best practices for applying generative AI responsibly and cost efficiently.You will work directly with customers and innovate in a fast-paced organization that contributes to game-changing projects and technologies. You will design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing risk, profitability, and customer experience.We’re looking for top architects, system and software engineers capable of using ML, Generative AI and other techniques to design, evangelize, implement and fine tune state-of-the-art solutions for never-before-solved problems.Key job responsibilitiesThe primary responsibilities of this role are to:- Design, develop, and evaluate innovative ML models to solve diverse challenges and opportunities across industries- Interact with customer directly to understand their business problems, and lead them by prescriptively defining and implementing scalable Generative AI solutions to solve them- Work closely with account teams, research scientist teams, and product engineering teams to design architectures and applications, drive model implementations, and guide new solution deploymentAbout the teamABOUT AWS: Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Mentorship and Career GrowthWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Experience developing software code in one or more programming languages (java, python, etc.)- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, or related technical, math, or scientific field (or equivalent experience)- 3+ years of cloud based solution (AWS or equivalent), system, network and operating system experience- 3+ years of experience hosting and deploying ML solutions (e.g., for training, fine tuning, and inferences)- 3+ years of database (eg. SQL, NoSQL, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Kinesis) experience ...

Senior Applied Scientist, Routing and Planning - Science Team

Does the idea of creating technology solutions for delivering 11 Billion+ packages across the globe excite you? If yes, come join a fun-loving, diverse, and creative team at Amazon Last Mile! The vision of the team is "To create Earth’s safest, most adaptive, and efficient plans for Last Mile logistics". The Last Mile Delivery Technology team is instrumental in impacting customer satisfaction directly, by devising innovative ways to deliver packages quickly and cost-effectively to the customers, and at scale using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and Operations Research solutions. Last Mile Delivery Technology organization supports the design, planning and execution of last mile transportation for Amazon’s various parcel and grocery delivery programs. All these programs require a large number of decision support systems to operate at scale and serve our customers, spanning demand planning, jurisdiction planning, delivery channel and network design, capacity planning for on the road and under the roof at delivery stations, routing inputs and route optimization. While these decision support systems have thus far been approached through the lens of traditional optimization and machine learning, we are looking to re-envision this space and pursue Foundational AI research, to innovate and advance the state of these decision support systems. Specifically, we are looking to develop foundational models (including Large Language Models, Multimodal Language Models, Multimodal Models), and adaptations to serve last mile use cases. Beyond Amazon the work developed will spur new fundamental knowledge and innovation in the logistics space. We are looking for candidates with knowledge and experience in designing and developing state-of-art AI solutions (including development and application of advanced deep learning algorithms, foundational models, multimodal generative AI solutions, reinforcement learning), to join our team. Demonstrated experience scaling and optimizing the training and inference of these models, building real world solutions, to meet the customer use cases is preferred. Proven track record of publishing in major AI conferences and demonstrated experience working in industry will be preferred.Job Location : Bellevue WA or Austin TX.Key job responsibilitiesCandidates will be responsible for developing Foundational AI solutions, to serve the myriad of decision support use cases across last mile. In this role, you will be expected to define new research avenues, explore, adopt, and invent new machine learning techniques, implement scalable science and engineering solutions, contribute software to production systems, conduct rigorous experiments, publish results, influence technical and business leadership and ensuring that research is translated into practice. You will be working with a team of scientists and engineers, helping shape the strategic and tactical vision, and contribute hands on to foundational research efforts in last mile. A day in the lifeSitting at the core of Amazon’s Last Mile business, Routing and Planning (RaP) invents technology solutions that deliver toward the RaP vision: to create earth’s safest, most adaptive, and efficient plans for Last Mile logistics. RaP serves a diverse set of external and internal customers. For Amazon End Customers and transporters, we build solutions to deliver 11B packages and services to arrive at the right place and time, while meeting the growing preference for speed and precision. For internal customers, we build and delivery routing solutions Worldwide adding up to a $1B USD, across multiple amazon businesses ranging from Amazon Logistics, Amazon X-tra Large to Same/Sub-Same Day Deliveries, Fresh and Groceries etc using multiple mode of transports. If the opportunity to innovate, create and deliver first-time solutions alongside world-class engineers and scientists e.g. building a new delivery foundational model from scratch utilizing data at an unprecedented scale in the industry excites you, this is the place for you. About the teamThe Last Mile (LM) Science organization serves two primary functions: (1) maintaining and enhancing the components which provide the essential intelligence in nearly every LM system, and (2) creating the science which will enable the continued growth of Amazon in the future. The systems used on a daily basis by the Last Mile to deliver packages from the station to the customer’s doorstep contains embedded models developed by the science team, or relies on inputs derived from these models. These models determine how efficiently Amazon can serve its customers and at what cost.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience- PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field, or Master's degree and 10+ years of industry or academic research experience- Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning ...

Applied Scientist, Amazon B2B Payments and Lending, Credit Science

If you are excited about applying your science and engineering skills in business problems in the space of risk measurement, quantification, and mitigation, we invite you to consider this Applied Scientist opportunity within Amazon B2B Payment and Lending (ABPL).ABPL is seeking an Applied Scientist who combines their scientific and technical expertise with business intuition to build flexible, performant, and global solutions for complex financial and risk problems. You will develop and deploy production models to enhance our product features & processes that will delight our customers.Key job responsibilities- Apply advanced machine learning, deep learning and other analytical/scientific techniques to enable and improve Credit Management decisions- Source and assess various structured and unstructured data and leverage automated modeling framework to streamline data evaluation and integration- Spearhead leader to research and adopt State-of-the-Art AI/ML techniques and define the roadmap to revolutionize underwriting models leveraging adaptive modelling methods, Large Language Models(LLM), etc.- Bar-raising the design and implementation of production model pipelines(real time and batch) , lead design and code reviews to insist on high bar of engineering excellence and ensure high performance of the models- Collaborate effectively with Credit Strategy, Operations, Product, data and engineering teams. You will be advising and educating the leadership and stakeholders of the models and strategic decision making.- Understand business and product strategies, goals and objectives. Make recommendations for new techniques/strategies to improve customer outcomes.A day in the lifeAs an Applied Scientist, you will design and build systems that support financial products. You will work closely with business partners, software and data engineers to build and deploy scalable solutions that deliver exceptional value for our customers. You will utilize intellectual and technical capabilities, problem solving and analytical skills, and excellent communication to deliver customer value. You will partner with product and operations management to launch new, or improve existing, financial products within Amazon.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- 3+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience- Experience in solving business problems through machine learning, data mining and statistical algorithms- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals ...

Applied Scientist, Search Experimentation and ML

Amazon's Search Science and AI team creates ML algorithms that connect customers around the world with products that delight them. We harness cutting-edge ML at Amazon's scale to make the customer experience easier and smoother. Our impact is large. For example, if your innovations save even 1 minute per customer per year, then for every 100 million customers, you save approximately 190 years of human effort.Key job responsibilitiesYou will build search ranking systems that work for thousands of product types, billions of queries, and hundreds of millions of customers spread around the world. As an Applied Scientist you will find the next set of big improvements to ranking, leverage large datasets to understand the complexities of customer behavior, and get your hands dirty by building ML models that work at Amazon scale. In addition to typical topics in ranking, we are particularly interested in exploration techniques and reinforcement learning.A day in the lifeOur primary focus is improving search ranking systems. On a day-to-day this means building ML models, analyzing data from your recent A/B tests, and guiding teams on best practices. You will also find yourself in meetings with business and tech leaders at Amazon communicating your next big initiative.About the teamWe are a team consisting of ML scientists and software engineers. Our interests and activities span machine learning for better ranking, statistics for better decision making, and infrastructure to make it all happen at scale and efficiently.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing ...

Applied Scientist II, Creative X - RAPID

About Amazon Advertising:Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of digital display advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers of all types to reach Amazon customers on Amazon.com, across our other owned and operated sites, on other high quality sites across the web, and on millions of mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you’re interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you’ve come to the right place.About our team:Our team, CreativeX optimizations, is responsible for tailoring the visual experience of ads to each context in real time. To accomplish this, we are investing in latent-diffusion models, large language models (LLM), reinforced learning (RL), Computer Vision, and related methods.Key job responsibilitiesWe are looking for talented Applied Scientists who are adept at a variety of skills, especially with reinforcement learning and recommendations, and familiarity with LLMs, latent diffusion, or related foundational models that will accelerate our plans to dynamically optimize ad creatives on behalf of advertisers. Every member of the team is expected to build customer (advertiser) facing features, contribute to the collaborative spirit within the team, publish, patent, and bring cutting edge research to raise the bar within the team.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing ...

Senior Applied Scientist, Global Logistics

Amazon's Global Logistics (GL) team is seeking an experienced Senior Applied Scientist to research and deploy production solutions for transportation Pricing, Downstream Impact (DSI), and Network Flow. In this role, you will contribute to our vision of offering best-in-class global transportation capabilities for FBA Sellers and Retail Vendors, enabling them to ship efficiently from their locations to Amazon warehouses worldwide. Your work will help lower the cost structure for Amazon and our shippers, while also improving selection and availability for Amazon's consumers by simplifying complex global supply chains and replenishing inventories faster.Key job responsibilities- Collaborate closely with product managers, research scientists, operations leaders, and technical leadership to build cutting-edge transportation capabilities.- Analyze large datasets, develop end-to-end workflows, prototype optimization and machine learning models, and launch production-ready solutions.- Communicate your research findings and provide scientific guidance to the business, influencing our product strategy and roadmap.- Conduct experimental research that will inform future investment areas for the transportation business.A day in the life- Reviewing and refining the requirements for a new transportation pricing model with the product management team.- Conducting exploratory data analysis to uncover insights that can inform the design of the pricing algorithm.- Building and testing optimization prototypes, iterating on the model based on performance metrics.- Presenting your progress and initial findings to senior leadership, soliciting feedback to shape the next phase of development.- Collaborating with the engineering team to ensure a smooth transition of the model into production.About the teamYou will be joining the Network Economics, Research and Data Science (NERDS) Team, which supports GL's transportation business for North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico). The team's research focuses on developing solutions to improve transportation pricing, costs, speed, shipper support, fraud/theft prevention, shipment visibility, and delivery appointment scheduling for Amazon warehouses.Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include: 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage 2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options 3. Paid Time Off (PTO) 4. 401(k) Plan Learn more about our benefits here: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/internal/benefits/us-benefits-and-stockBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning ...

Senior Applied Scientist, AWS Marketplace & Partner Services

The AWS Marketplace & Partner Services Science team is hiring an Applied Scientist to develop state-of-the-art recommendations systems, Conversational AI agents, and personalization capabilities within AWS Marketplace. This role will revolutionize discovery of solutions that accelerate customer cloud migrations for our customers, bringing personalization to AWS customers. The ideal candidate is comfortable leading production level recommendations strategies, implementing agent based conversationalAI experience, and mentoring other scientists on the team. You able to evaluate feasibility of scientific approaches and influence business leaders to develop the best experience for our customers. You thrive in a collaborative environment, where mentorship, learning, and teamwork is critical. Key job responsibilities- Work with customers, product managers, scientists, and engineers to deliver production level recommendation experiences- Ability to write production level code and support requirements for MLOps/LLMOps- Mentor Scientists on the team, and guide scientific approach across the organizationAbout the teamThe AWS Marketplace & Partner Services Science team supports science models and recommendations that are deployed directly to AWS Customers (via AWS Marketplace), to our partners (via Partner Central), and to our internal AWS Sellers. Our mission is to accelerate cloud migrations and modernizations, supporting AWS customers to innovate, and the growth of our AWS Partners.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 3+ years of applied research experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning ...

Principal Applied Scientist, Artificial General Intelligence

The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a highly-skilled Senior Applied Scientist, to lead the development and implementation of cutting-edge algorithms and push the boundaries of efficient inference for Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) models. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will play a critical role in driving the development of GenAI technologies that can handle Amazon-scale use cases and have a significant impact on our customers' experiences.Key job responsibilities- Design and execute experiments to evaluate the performance of different decoding algorithms and models, and iterate quickly to improve results- Develop deep learning models for compression, system optimization, and inference - Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers and scientists to identify and solve complex problems in GenAI- Mentor and guide junior scientists and engineers, and contribute to the overall growth and development of the teamBASIC QUALIFICATIONS PhD with specialization in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, or computational cognitive science 10+ years of combined academic and research experience. Functional thought leader, sought after for key tech decisions. Can successfully sell ideas to an executive level decision maker. Mentors and trains the research scientist community on complex technical issues. Experience developing software in traditional programming languages (C++, Java, etc..). Excellent written and spoken communication skills ...

Applied Scientist II, Amazon

The Amazon Search Mission Understanding (SMU) team is at the forefront of revolutionizing the online shopping experience through the Amazon search page. Our ambition extends beyond facilitating a seamless shopping journey; we are committed to creating the next generation of intelligent shopping assistants. Leveraging cutting-edge Large Language Models (LLMs), we aim to redefine navigation and decision-making in e-commerce by deeply understanding our users' shopping missions, preferences, and goals. By developing responsive and scalable solutions, we not only accomplish the shopping mission but also foster unparalleled trust among our customers. Through our advanced technology, we generate valuable insights, providing a guided navigation system into various search missions, ensuring a comprehensive and holistic shopping experience. Our dedication to continuous improvement through constant measurement and enhancement of the shopper experience is crucial, as we strategically navigate the balance between immediate results and long-term business growth.We are seeking an Applied Scientist who is not just adept in the theoretical aspects of Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Large Language Models (LLMs) but also possesses a pragmatic, hands-on approach to navigating the complexities of innovation. The ideal candidate will have a profound expertise in developing, deploying, and contributing to the next-generation shopping search engine, including but not limited to Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) models, specifically tailored towards enhancing the Rufus application—an integral part of our mission to revolutionize shopping assistance. You will take the lead in conceptualizing, building, and launching groundbreaking models that significantly improve our understanding of and capabilities in enhancing the search experience. A successful applicant will display a comprehensive skill set across machine learning model development, implementation, and optimization. This includes a strong foundation in data management, software engineering best practices, and a keen awareness of the latest developments in distributed systems technology. We are looking for individuals who are determined, analytically rigorous, passionate about applied sciences, creative, and possess strong logical reasoning abilities.Join the Search Mission Understanding team, a group of pioneering ML scientists and engineers dedicated to building core ML models and developing the infrastructure for model innovation. As part of Amazon Search, you will experience the dynamic, innovative culture of a startup, backed by the extensive resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), a global leader in internet services. Our collaborative, customer-centric work environment spans across our offices in Palo Alto, CA, and Seattle, WA, offering a unique blend of opportunities for professional growth and innovation.Key job responsibilitiesCollaborate with cross-functional teams to identify requirements for ML model development, focusing on enhancing mission understanding through innovative AI techniques, including retrieval-Augmented Generation or LLM in general. Design and implement scalable ML models capable of processing and analyzing large datasets to improve search and shopping experiences. Must have a strong background in machine learning, AI, or computational sciences.Lead the management and experiments of ML models at scale, applying advanced ML techniques to optimize science solution.Serve as a technical lead and liaison for ML projects, facilitating collaboration across teams and addressing technical challenges. Requires strong leadership and communication skills, with a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience with Large Language Models- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language ...

Applied Scientist II, Personalization

Take Earth's most customer-centric company. Mix in hundreds of millions of shoppers spending tens of billions of dollars annually, an exciting opportunity to build next-generation shopping experiences, Amazon’s tremendous computational resources, and our extensive e-Commerce experience. What do you get? The most exciting position in the industry.About our organization: Our team is part of Amazon’s Personalization organization, a high-performing group that leverages Amazon’s expertise in machine learning, big data, distributed systems, and user experience design to deliver the best shopping experiences for our customers. We run global experiments and our work has revolutionized e-commerce with features such as "Keep shopping for", "Tap to explore", “Customers who bought this item also bought”, and “Frequently bought together” among others. Amazon’s internal surveys regularly recognize us as one of the best engineering organizations to work for in the company, with visible high-impact work, low operational load, respectful work-life balance, and continual opportunity to learn and grow.You will play a critical role in ideation for the team. We are building the next generation ML systems that powers the biggest shopping engine on earth, and we hope you will join us!Key job responsibilitiesAs an Applied Scientist on the team you will be working on cutting edge ways to help customers find the right products and content on their shopping journey. Our goal is to help customers achieve their objective seamlessly while shopping on Amazon. We are investing in multiple fronts including but not limited to GenerativeAI, LLMs, transformers, sequence models, reinforcement learning. This is an opportunity to come in on Day0 and influence the science roadmap of one of the most interesting problem spaces at Amazon - understanding the Amazon customer to build deeply personalized and adaptive shopping experiences. We will be working on applying cutting edge science and research into production to elevate the customer experience. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, working on one of the largest scale machine learning systems in the company. You will hone your skills in areas such as deep learning and reinforcement learning while building scalable industrial systems. As a member of a highly leveraged team of talented engineers and ML scientists, you will have a unique opportunity to help build infrastructure that accesses petabytes of data to produce and deliver models that deliver state of the art customer experiences. About the teamOur mission is to delight every Amazon customer with a consistent and adaptive personalized shopping experience. We achieve our mission through investments in large scale machine learning, distributed systems and user experience with the purpose of delivering the future of shopping on Amazon. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing ...

Applied Scientist II, Console Science

AWS AI is looking for passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientists with a strong machine learning background to help build industry-leading Conversational AI Systems. Our mission is to provide a delightful experience to Amazon’s customers by pushing the envelope in Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Dialog Systems including Generative AI with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Applied Machine Learning (ML).As part of our AI team in Amazon AWS, you will work alongside internationally recognized experts to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state-of-the-art in human language technology. Your work will directly impact millions of our customers in the form of products and services that make use language technology. You will gain hands on experience with Amazon’s heterogeneous text, structured data sources, and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in language understanding.We are hiring in all areas of human language technology: NLU, Dialog Management, Conversational AI, LLMs and Generative AI.A day in the lifeThe team uses generative AI and foundation models to reimagine the experience of all customers on AWS. We explore new technologies and find creative solutions. Curiosity and an explorative mindset can find a place here to impact the life of engineers around the world.If you are excited about this space and want to enlighten your peers with new capabilities, this is the team for you.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Santa Clara, CA, USAAbout the teamAWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.Diverse ExperiencesAWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS?Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Mentorship & Career GrowthWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life BalanceWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Hybrid WorkWe value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus on a build. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face. Our team affords employees options to work in the office every day or in a flexible, hybrid work model near one of our U.S. Amazon offices.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing ...

Data Science Manager, Worldwide Installments Science & Engineering

Revolutionize the Future of FinTech with Worldwide Installments Science & Engineering!Are you ready to shape the future of global finance? Join the elite Worldwide Installments team within Amazon Payments (AP) and be at the forefront of innovation where cutting-edge machine learning, advanced econometrics, and state-of-the-art technology converge to redefine the financial landscape.🌟 Our Mission: To create payment experiences and financial services that are unparalleled in trust, value, and ease of use – accessible from anywhere, anytime.🚀 What We Offer:- Unprecedented growth in a rapidly expanding market- Continuous innovation with market-leading features- Groundbreaking ML solutions that directly impact customers🧠 Your Playground:- Access to Amazon's vast data ecosystem- Cutting-edge probabilistic modeling- Real-time decision-making systems affecting millions- Global-scale experimentation and optimization🌍 Your Impact:- Influence the purchasing experience of hundreds of millions of consumers worldwide- Work on the most sophisticated FinTech challenges in the BNPL/Installment space- Collaborate with top-tier professionals across Amazon's global network🔍 We're Seeking:An exceptional talent to spearhead our ML roadmap. This role is your gateway to working with one of the world's most complex and extensive data environments. You'll be at the nexus of data, strategy, and innovation, directly influencing Amazon's global financial strategies.💼 Your Arsenal:- Mastery in managing and deriving insights from massive datasets- Deep expertise in scalable data mining and financial modeling- Strong business acumen and superior communication skills- Ability to translate complex data into actionable business strategies🏆 Why This Role is Unmatched:This position offers unparalleled exposure to the pinnacle of FinTech innovation. You'll be working on challenges that no other company in the world can offer, with resources and scale that are truly unique to Amazon.Join us in revolutionizing global finance. Your expertise could shape how millions of people interact with money in the digital age. This isn't just a job – it's a chance to leave your mark on the future of financial technology.Are you ready to redefine what's possible in FinTech? Apply now and let's build the future together!BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of building quantitative solutions as a scientist or science manager experience- 2+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience- 5+ years of applying statistical models for large-scale application and building automated analytical systems experience- PhD in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field- Knowledge of Python or R or other scripting language ...

Amazon Postdoctoral Scientist, Pricing Systems

This is a unique opportunity for a postdoc to work on research projects that investigate state of the art NLP, IR, and LLM approaches for understanding retail products and their pricing. This will include working with billion-scale datasets and investigating how the world knowledge captured by LLMs reflects real world prices, and investigating more advanced prompting and reasoning techniques to construct large knowledge graphs that are specialized for various pricing use cases such as probabilistic price estimation, as well as error detection and correction.Key job responsibilitiesIn this role you will:• Work closely with a senior science advisor, collaborate with other scientists and engineers, and be part of Amazon’s vibrant and diverse global science community.• Publish your innovation in top-tier academic venues and hone your presentation skills.• Be inspired by challenges and opportunities to invent cutting-edge techniques in your area(s) of expertise. About the teamThe retail pricing science team is a centralized diverse team of STEM scientists that develop statistical, ML, RL, optimization and economic models that drive pricing for products sold by Amazon worldwide, as well as monitoring of prices and experimentations in pricing. The team has a dual focus on competitiveness and long term financial optimality.BASIC QUALIFICATIONSBasic qualifications include: - PhD in a relevant field, received within 2 years of starting the program- Proven publication record in Operation Research, Management Science, Statistics, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Econ, or other related technical fields- Experience in data science and quantitative research- Proficiency in technologies relevant to the subfield ...

Applied Scientist II, Generative AI Innovation Center

Machine learning (ML) has been strategic to Amazon from the early years. We are pioneers in areas such as recommendation engines, product search, eCommerce fraud detection, and large-scale optimization of fulfillment center operations.The Generative AI team helps AWS customers accelerate the use of Generative AI to solve business and operational challenges and promote innovation in their organization. As an applied scientist, you are proficient in designing and developing advanced ML models to solve diverse challenges and opportunities. You will be working with terabytes of text, images, and other types of data to solve real-world problems. You'll design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing risk, profitability, and customer experience.We’re looking for talented scientists capable of applying ML algorithms and cutting-edge deep learning (DL) and reinforcement learning approaches to areas such as drug discovery, customer segmentation, fraud prevention, capacity planning, predictive maintenance, pricing optimization, call center analytics, player pose estimation, event detection, and virtual assistant among others.Key job responsibilitiesThe primary responsibilities of this role are to:• Design, develop, and evaluate innovative ML models to solve diverse challenges and opportunities across industries• Interact with customer directly to understand their business problems, and help them with defining and implementing scalable Generative AI solutions to solve them• Work closely with account teams, research scientist teams, and product engineering teams to drive model implementations and new solutionA day in the lifeABOUT AWS:Diverse ExperiencesAmazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Why AWSAmazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Work/Life BalanceWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Mentorship and Career GrowthWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning ...

Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon

We are seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Applied Scientist with expertise in Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, and Service Oriented Architecture. You should have a deep understanding of the digital advertising business and scaled marketing across communication channels. In this role, you will collaborate with a cross-functional team of talented scientists and engineers to innovate, iterate, and solve real-world marketing problems with cutting-edge AWS technologies. You will lead in-depth analyses of the key problems faced by Amazon Ads customers and the challenges faced by marketing teams in meeting customer needs at scale. To address these problems, you will build innovative large-scale ML/AI solutions such as bespoke omni-channel recommender systems, and specialized LLM-powered assistants for customers and marketers. You will independently drive research and prototyping to deliver functional proofs of concept (POCs), and then partner with engineers to inform the technology roadmap and deploy successful POCs as scalable batch and real-time applications in production.Key job responsibilities• Define and execute a research and development plan that enables data-driven marketing decisions and delivers inspiring customer experiences• Evaluate, evolve, and invent scientific techniques to effectively address customer needs and business problems• Establish and drive science prototyping best practices to ensure coherence and integrity of data feeding into production ML/AI solutions• Collaborate with colleagues across science and engineering disciplines for rapid prototyping at scale• Partner with engineering teams to solve complex technical problems, define system-level requirements, develop implementation plans, and guide the adaptation of techniques to meet production needs• Partner with product managers and stakeholders to define forward-looking product visions and prospective business use-cases• Drive and lead of culture of data-driven innovation within and outside across Amazon Ads Marketing organization• Influence organizational vision across Ads Marketing organizationAbout the teamThe Marketing Decisions Science team provides AI/ML products to enable Amazon Ads Marketing to deliver relevant and compelling guidance, education, and inspiration to prospective and active advertisers across marketing channels. We own the product, technology, and deployment roadmap for AI/ML products across Amazon Ads Marketing. We analyze the needs, experiences, and behaviors of Amazon advertisers at petabytes scale, to deliver the right marketing communications to the right advertiser at the right time. Our products enable applications and synergies across Ads organization, spanning marketing, product, and sales use cases.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning- Experience with popular Generative AI (Gen-AI) methods, such as supervised funetuning, reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), direct preference optimization (DPO) ...

Machine Learning Applied Scientist, Account Integrity

Do you want to join an innovative team of scientists who leverage cutting-edge techniques like reinforcement learning (RL), large language models (LLMs), graph analytics, and machine learning to help Amazon provide the best customer experience by protecting Amazon customers from hackers and bad actors? Do you want to build advanced algorithmic systems that integrate these state-of-the-art techniques to help manage the trust and safety of millions of customers every day? Are you excited by the prospect of analyzing and modeling terabytes of data and creating sophisticated algorithms that combine RL, LLMs, graph embeddings, and traditional machine learning methods to solve complex real-world problems? Do you like to innovate, simplify, and push the boundaries of what's possible? If yes, then you may be a great fit to join the Amazon Account Integrity team, where you'll have the opportunity to work at the forefront of AI and machine learning, tackling challenging problems that have a direct impact on the security and trust of Amazon's customers.The Amazon Account Integrity team works to ensure that customers are protected from bad actors trying to access their accounts. Our greatest challenge is protecting customer trust without unjustly harming good customers. To strike the right balance, we invest in mechanisms which allow us to accurately identify and mitigate risk, and to quickly correct and learn from our mistakes. This strategy includes continuously evolving enforcement policies, iterating our Machine Learning risk models, and exercising high‐judgement decision‐making where we cannot apply automation.Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more informationBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing ...

Applied Scientist, Knowledge Tech

Amazon’s builders are able to deliver the magic that gets packages to your front door and safely scale those capabilities to millions of customers because they can find the information they need. Amazon is looking for an Applied Scientist to help drive our discovery strategy for Amazon’s trove of knowledge.Key job responsibilities- Use deep learning, ML and NLP techniques to create scalable solutions for creation and development of language model centric solutions for building personalized assistant systems based on a rich set of structured and unstructured contextual signals- Innovate new methods for contextual knowledge extraction and information retrieval, using language models in combination with other learning techniques, that allows effective grounding in context providers when considering memory, compute, latency and quality- Research in advanced customer understanding and behavior modeling techniques- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, and scientists to identify and solve complex problems in personal knowledge aggregation, processing, modeling, and verification- Design and execute experiments to evaluate the performance of state-of-the-art algorithms and models, and iterate quickly to improve results- Communicate results and insights to both technical and non-technical audiences, including through presentations and written reportsA day in the lifeThe Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) organization has a mission of creating the world’s best builder experience across tens of thousands of software engineers, and all Amazon businesses (e.g., AWS, Amazon Stores, etc.). Our Knowledge Tech team in ASBX owns the discovery tools that software developers use to build and innovate on behalf of our customers. This role is for you if you’re passionate about software development, discovery tools, and having world-wide impact across all of Amazon! In addition to delivering results, we also appreciate establishing a work-life-balance, having fun with our co-workers, and supporting an inclusive and collaborative team environment.About the teamAbout AWSDiverse ExperiencesAWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS?Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.Inclusive Team CultureHere at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.Mentorship & Career GrowthWe’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life BalanceWe value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. This team is part of AWS Utility Computing: Utility Computing (UC) AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing ...

Principal Applied Scientist

At Amazon, we believe that scientific innovation is essential to being the most customer-centric company in the world. Our scientists' ability to have an impact at scale allows us to attract some of the brightest minds in machine learning, artificial intelligence and related fields.Amazon scientists employ the company's working backwards method to identify problems to solve on behalf of customers in research areas ranging from machine learning to operations, GenAI, robotics, quantum computing, computer vision, economics, search, sustainability and more.Learn more about Amazon Science here: https://www.amazon.science/We are hiring across multiple businesses and in many locations across the US. Apply here to learn more about open roles that could be a compelling fit for your background. Key job responsibilitiesYou will be responsible for defining key research directions, adopting or inventing new machine learning techniques, conducting rigorous experiments, publishing results, and ensuring that research is translated into practice. You will develop long-term strategies, persuade teams to adopt those strategies, propose goals and deliver on them. You will also participate in organizational planning, hiring, mentorship and leadership development. You will be technically fearless and with a passion for building scalable science and engineering solutions. You will serve as a key scientific resource in full-cycle development (conception, design, implementation, testing to documentation, delivery, and maintenance).BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 10+ years minimum of hands-on science application experience- PhD in a relevant technical field (or equivalent experience in some cases) ...