Senior Applied Scientist, Personalization and Privacy AI Science, AWS AI/ML

As a Senior Scientist at AWS AI/ML leading the Personalization and Privacy AI teams, you will have deep subject matter expertise in the areas of recommender systems, personalization, generative AI and privacy. You will provide thought leadership on and lead strategic efforts in the personalization of models to be used by customer applications across a wide range of customer use cases. Particular new directions regarding personalizing the output of LLM and their applications will be at the forefront. You will work with product, science and engineering teams to deliver short- and long-term personalization solutions that scale to large number of builders developing Generative AI applications on AWS. You will lead and work with multiple teams of scientists and engineers to translate business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables. Key job responsibilitiesYou will be a hands on contributor to science at Amazon. You will help raise the scientific bar by mentoring, educating, and publishing in your field. You will help build the scientific roadmap for personalization, privacy and customization for generative AI. You will be a technical leader in your domain. You will be a strong mentor and lead for your team. About the teamThe DS3 org encompasses scientists who work closely with different AWS AI/ML product services, innovating on the behalf of our customers customers. About 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- 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 ...

Applied Scientist, Device Ad Products & Personalization

We are seeking an Applied Scientist for our Device Ad Products science team. This team addresses challenging optimization problems related to how advertisements are priced, selected, allocated and shown to customers on Amazon devices including Fire TV, Alexa and Fire Tablet. As Applied Scientist, you will be responsible for improving advertising performance and delivering innovative advertising experiences for display and video ads on Amazon Devices. This team leads initiatives to improve advertising fundamentals such as relevance, coverage, CTR, and CPSU (cost per sign up for streaming services) which in turn increase advertising revenue across Amazon's devices worldwide. You will own the scoping, implementation, and launch of science based ad solutions and experiences specifically for these entertainment focused environments. Key job responsibilities- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the customer lifecycle journey with Amazon Ads, and develop sophisticated models to optimize various conversion KPIs for enhanced marketing effectiveness.- Develop scalable data processing pipelines and architectures to ingest, transform, and enrich Customer data from various sources (Retail, Prime Video, FireTV and AppStore).- Build machine learning models, perform proof-of-concept, experiment, optimize, and deploy your models into production; work closely with product managers and engineers to launch your models to customers.- Drive innovation within your team and partner closely with other scientists, engineers and Product Managers to build science roadmaps- Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analysis, machine-learning model development, model validation and serving.- Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in machine learning, natural language processing, knowledge representation, and related fields, and identify opportunities to apply them to Advertising Use Cases.- Effectively communicate complex science problems and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.A day in the lifeIn this role, you will regularly work with scientists and technical leaders across the advertising organization, including other science teams, product management, and senior leadership. You will also collaborate with science leaders across Amazon Devices and Prime Video organizations to build company-wide alignment. You will manage and work closely alongside your team of applied and data scientists to guide them through high-ambiguity problems and deliver robust, scalable solutions. About the teamThis role is on Device Ads and Personalization (DAPP) team, which is under Amazon Publisher Monetization (APM). This team has a vision to create innovative Ad experiences on Amazon Devices, providing customers better convenience and more selection.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, Artificial General Intelligence

The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a passionate, talented, and innovative applied scientist with a strong background in responsible AI, deep learning and large language models (LLMs) techniques to develop and deploy world-class foundation models.Key job responsibilitiesAs an Applied Scientist with the AGI team, you will work with world-class scientists and engineers to develop novel data, modeling and engineering solutions to support the responsible AI initiatives at AGI. You will leverage Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources and collaborate with colleagues cross-AGI to achieve this objective. Your work will have a direct impact to AGI's business and customers through the foundation models we develop and depoly. About the teamOur team's mission is to develop and deploy industry-leading foundation models that set the benchmark for the industry, comply with the relevant responsible RAI policies and delight our customers in the process.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 2+ 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- Experience with responsible AI- Experience with deep learning techniques- Experience with LLM model training and fine-tuning ...

Principal Scientist - AI, Kumo Intelligent Tooling

AWS Support is looking for a high caliber Applied Scientist to build AI/GenAI experiences and foundations for Kumo Intelligent Tooling — the organization that owns products and services used by 10,000+ AWS Support staff to help 40,000+ unique monthly AWS customers, and is responsible for AWS Support’s strategic initiative to transform its business and delivery model through GenAI.We are looking for a Principal Scientist to join us and spearhead the AI revolution through intelligent solutions that assist customers and Support staff to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues. You are a hands-on contributor and will apply your knowledge to propose solutions, create software prototypes, and productize prototypes into production systems using modern software development tools and methodologies. In addition, you will support and scale your solutions to meet ever-growing customer needs use cases. You have strong verbal and written communication skills, are self-driven and deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment.You will play a pivotal role in shaping the definition, vision, design, roadmap and development of solutions from beginning to end for hard, previously unsolved problems.Key job responsibilities- Lead and conduct advanced research in Large Language Models (LLMs), GenAI, and Deep Learning, with a focus on developing novel algorithms, architectures, and methodologies for technical support.- Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in AI, LLMs, and GenAI, and identify opportunities to leverage cutting-edge technologies to deliver new Support offerings and capabilities to AWS customers.- Lead by example, demonstrating technical excellence that other scientists aspire to follow, fostering a culture of innovation and knowledge sharing, and taking time to mentor and develop team members- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including scientists, engineers, and product managers, to translate research findings into practical applications.- Partner across AWS AI/GenAI service teams to influence and drive investment prioritization and product direction.- Evangelize our AI/GenAI innovations, results, and impact to customers, partners, and AWS senior leaders.About the teamKumo is the global product and engineering organization for AWS Support, a multi-billion $ business. Our mission is to empower innovators to get the most out of cloud services. We build technology that reimagines how people and automation combine to solve problems, remove risks, build with excellence, and drive business impact. We own critical cloud services used by all AWS customers to build, optimize, and operate at scale, including AWS Health, Trusted Advisor, Well-Architected, re:Post, Support Center, and AWS Managed Services. We also own services that enable AWS support teams to provide mission-critical, customer-obsessed support to our customers, including Command Center (the console platform for 14,000 frontline staff and technical account managers), Kumo Case Management (the contact center platform for technical support), Tool Contribution (the platform for support staff to build and reuse troubleshooting tools), and Business Case Authorization (the service for controlling access to customer metadata based on business justifications). AWS Kumo is a dynamic, agile, and collaborative team of individuals with diverse backgrounds, located around the globe with larger teams in the U.S., Canada, and South Africa.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Graduate degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computational Linguistics, or a related field, with a strong focus on Natural Language Processing, Large Language Models, and Generative AI.- 7+ years of experience in AI and Machine Learning in industry.- Proven experience with a track record of thought leadership and contributions that have advanced business and customer results through AI. - Strong record of delivery in industry and ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. ...

Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Search and Conversational Shopping AI team

Amazon is hiring a Principal Applied Scientist (PAS) to join the Search and Conversational Shopping AI team. In this role, you will be responsible for the architectural design and technological advancements of the customer experience of Amazon Rufus, our next-generation, AI-driven search and shopping assistant. This innovative role focuses on developing innovative search and shopping experiences, utilizing large language models, generative AI, and advanced machine learning technologies.Key job responsibilitiesAs a Principal Applied Scientist in Search, you will possess deep expertise in machine learning and data science, with specializations in information retrieval, recommendations, ranking, large language models, and generative AI across various modalities. The role involves solution alignment across multiple partners, such as front-end, relevance, ranking, and personalization teams. You will collaborate with teams of scientists and engineers to translate business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables, leading strategic efforts to enhance upper funnel search customer experiences. You will design integrated solutions efficiently delivered across all contributing stakeholder teams, driving alignment among these tech teams in the short term and influencing their future roadmaps in the long term to support our experimentation roadmap. Responsible for overall solution quality, this role will focus on improving experimentation velocity and, in the future, facilitating partner development on upper funnel customer experiences. This role ensures we are building scalable solutions with smart checks on data quality centrally, navigating the ambiguity inherent in this new area. You will make critical judgements to select the best technical solutions for both short and long-term experimentation objectives, bringing clarity from ambiguity, structuring tradeoff decisions, and effectively communicating on technically contentious topics. Finally, you will engage with academic partners to augment our in-house talent with access to the latest research and expert mentoring.About the teamThe vision of the Search and Conversational Shopping AI Team is to revolutionize the search and shopping experience through technological innovations in advanced AI and machine learning. We focus on enhancing query understanding, navigational and upper funnel search, developing LLM-based AI assistants, and more. Our goal is to create intuitive, personalized search interfaces that seamlessly connect customers with products, enhancing satisfaction, engagement, and transforming e-commerce interactions.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS1. Graduate degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field.2. Experience in developing AI, ML, and NLP systems, with a proven ability to deliver projects successfully.3. Skilled in managing large, cross-functional projects with evolving requirements from start to finish.4. Strong foundations in data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.5. Ability to strategize for ML platforms focusing on recommender systems, ranking, and customer interaction features.6. Exceptional ability to understand customer needs, propose alternative technical and business solutions, and deliver on tight deadlines.7. Record of peer-reviewed scientific publications in applied science. ...

Applied Scientist, PSSL, People eXperience Technology Central Science (PXTCS)

Do you want to use your expertise in translating innovative science into impactful products to improve the lives and work of over a million people worldwide? If you do, People eXperience Technology Central Science (PXTCS) would love to talk to you about how to make that a reality. PXTCS is an interdisciplinary team that uses economics, behavioral science, statistics, and machine learning to identify products, mechanisms, and process improvements that both improve Amazonian’s wellbeing and their ability to deliver value for Amazon’s customers. We work with HR teams across Amazon to make Amazon PXT the most scientific human resources organization in the world.As an applied scientist on our team, you will work with business leaders, scientists, and economists to translate business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables, define the science vision and translate it into specific plans for applied scientists, as well as engineering and product teams. You will partner with scientists, economists, and engineers on the design, development, testing, and deployment of scalable ML and econometric models. This is a unique, high visibility opportunity for someone who wants to have impact, dive deep into large-scale solutions, enable measurable actions on the employee experience, and work closely with scientists and economists. This role combines science leadership, organizational ability, and technical strength. Key job responsibilitiesAs an Applied Scientist, ML Applications, you will:• Design, develop, and evaluate innovative machine learning solutions to solve diverse challenges and opportunities for Amazon customers• Advance the team's engineering craftsmanship and drive continued scientific innovation as a thought leader and practitioner.• Partner with the engineering team to deploy your models in production.• Partner with scientists from across PXTCS to solve complex problems and use your team’s expertise to accelerate their ability get their work into production.• Work directly with Amazonians from across the company to understand their business problems and help define and implement scalable ML solutions to solve them.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Master's Degree in machine learning, recommender systems, statistics, computer science, operations research, or other highly relevant field- Three or more years’ experience applying ML to solve complex problems for large-scale applications- One or more years of experience specifically with deep learning (e.g., CNN, RNN, LSTM)- Experience in using Python or other programming languages ...

Applied Scientist, Amazon

Amazon Search is looking for an Applied Scientist to build the next-generation Autocomplete and Spelling Correction experience. Autocomplete provides real-time suggestions as customers type in the search box. It serves as a virtual assistant on customer’s shopping journey. Our suggestions complete customers’ thoughts and help them to explore Amazon’s vast product offering. Spelling correction recovers the spelling errors in the queries, allowing customers to search effortlessly in any language they prefer, without worrying about making spelling mistakes. You will have the opportunities to leverage the latest developments in Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, and Reinforcement Learning to re-invent customers’ shopping experience. Your work will touch the life of hundreds of millions customers and deliver billion-dollar business impact.You will love the job if you enjoy brining the cutting-edge research to people’s (and yours) day-to-day life. It’s a great feeling to realize the model you deployed yesterday has helped your shopping journey today. You will work closely with scientists and engineers to do fast-pace model development and experiment iterations. You will have access to Amazon’s rich datasets, AWS’s massive computation power, and science and engineering leaders across the company.As an applied scientist, you willDrive the science vision and roadmap.Develop data-driven solutions for the real-world, large scale problems.Deliver and maintain software and models in the production environment.Lead cross-functional collaborations between product, design, and engineering.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 III, AWS Q for Business

Amazon is looking for world class Applied Scientist to join its AWS AI Labs with expertise in AI-assistants focusing on conversational- retrieval augmented generation (RAG), agent orchestration, multi-modal and multi-lingual chat agents, etc. You will be joining a team of applied scientists developing robust and scalable machine learning solutions for enterprise conversational assistants. You will interact in a cross-functional capacity with product and engineering leaders, as well as with our customers and with the academic community. You will be at the heart of a growing and exciting focus area for AWS and work with acclaimed engineers and world-class scientists.We are hiring at the following locations for at levels: Seattle, NYC and Santa ClaraAbout the teamAmazon Q Business is a generative AI–powered assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and take actions, securely completing the tasks based on data and information in your enterprise systems. It empowers employees to be more creative, data-driven, efficient, prepared, and productive. As member of Q team, you’ll work on optimizing large language models in an efficient manner and implementing solutions to enhance and build new functionalities into Q assistant. 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 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. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning ...

Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Connect

As part of the AWS Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon’s unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers’ businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazon’s real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.Interested in Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)? Do you want to join the team that is building AI/ML features that will disrupt the industry? Do you enjoy dealing with ambiguity and working on hard problems in a fast-paced environment?Our team is leading the AI features of Amazon Connect. We are a team of scientists and AI/ML engineers working on multiple AI/ML projects, using state-of-the-art science and engineering practices to solve hard problems for our customers in the space of contact center operations, management and optimization.Amazon Connect is a highly disruptive cloud-based contact center that enables businesses to deliver engaging, dynamic, and personal customer service experiences. Amazon Connect is a publicly available service based on ten years of development building the tools Amazon itself uses to provide its award-winning customer service. With Amazon Connect, businesses can create their own cloud-based contact centers and begin taking calls in minutes. With this technology, we are transforming an industry and the way customers interact with businesses and how agents service them. We are looking for a Senior Applied Scientist (Machine Learning) with a strong academic background and industry experience in the areas of stochastic modeling, queueing theory, anomaly detection and optimization.About the teamWhy 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.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.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 in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field- 4+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience- Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl- Deep knowledge stochastic analysis, queueing theory and optimization. ...

Machine Learning Data Linguist I

We are looking for an Data Associate with experience in Linguistic Services in our Boston Location. In this Data Associate role, you’re comfortable with, and understand, the changes to the guidelines deployed in response to internal customers’ requests. You demonstrate the ability to adjust your workflows accordingly, and you prioritize strict compliance with regulatory requirements.Key job responsibilitiesIn this role, you will:* Build a thorough understanding of labeling guidelines and provide support to global sites.* Deliver high quality data output within deadlines.* Work autonomously with minimum direction.* Handle unique data analysis requests from a wide range of internal customers. Contribute to process improvements to reduce handling time and improve data output.* Dive deep into issues and implement solutions independently.* Provide quality expertise to other team members and coaching improvementsBASIC QUALIFICATIONS* BA or BS Degree * Experience with phonemic transcription in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and/or X-SAMPA. * Native level fluency in English. ...

Senior Applied Scientist, Healthcare and Life Science Services

Amazon is looking for world class senior applied scientist to join the AWS Healthcare and Life Science Services team to work on state of the art implementations of biomolecule design workflows. This role is entrusted with developing core machine learning algorithms for AWS customers, to be included in future AWS products. On the AWS Healthcare and Life Science Services Team you will invent, implement, and deploy state of the art machine learning algorithms and systems. You will build prototypes and explore conceptually large scale ML solutions for biomolecule design across different computation platforms. You will interact closely with our customers and with the academic community. You will be at the heart of a growing and exciting focus area for AWS and work with other acclaimed engineers and world famous scientists.The Healthcare and Life Science Services team is a part of the AWS Solutions organization. As part of the AWS Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon’s unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers’ businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazon’s real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.Key job responsibilitiesAs a key Applied Scientist, you will design workflows that integrate SOTA AI/ML models with complex biological datasets. You will work closely with a team of other Applied Scientists and Solutions Architects to ensure the algorithms and workflows meet out customers scientific and business objectives. Your role will also involve working with AWS service teams, to promote the delivery of AI-powered solutions in the field of biomolecule design.A day in the lifeYou will work with customer scientists, academics, AWS product managers, other AWS scientists, and AWS software development engineers to help customers operate the best solution for AI driven biomolecule design on AWS. You will perform experiments, specify and procure data sets, incorporate commercial and open source models, and push the state of the art in biomolecule design.About the teamDiverse 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- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning- Experience building and tuning AI powered molecular design workflows, and an up-to-date knowlege of current Biological Foundation Models (both commercial and open sources) available to customers. ...

Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products

Amazon Ads is one of Amazon's fastest growing and most profitable businesses. As a core product offering within our advertising portfolio, Sponsored Products (SP) helps merchants, retail vendors, and brand owners succeed via native advertising, which grows incremental sales of their products sold through Amazon. The SP team's primary goals are to help shoppers discover new products they love, be the most efficient way for advertisers to meet their business objectives, and build a sustainable business that continuously innovates on behalf of customers. Our products and solutions are strategically important to drive long-term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks and break fresh ground in product and technical innovations every day!The Bespoke Shopping Experience team within SP develops customer facing experiences and machine learning models to better understand and address the diverse needs and behaviors of various shopper cohorts. As an Applied Scientist on the team, you will:- Drive end-to-end Machine Learning projects that have a high degree of ambiguity, scale, complexity.- Perform hands-on analysis and modeling of enormous data sets to develop insights that increase traffic monetization and merchandise sales, without compromising the shopper experience.- Build machine learning models, perform proof-of-concept, experiment, optimize, and deploy your models into production; work closely with software engineers to assist in productionizing your ML models.- Run A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis.- Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analysis, machine-learning model development, model validation and serving.- Research new and innovative machine learning approaches.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- 3+ years of building models for business application 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 - Perception, Amazon Robotics

We are seeking an experienced Senior Applied Scientist to develop innovative perception and machine learning solutions for robot workcells in Amazon Fulfillment centers. In this role, you will leverage advanced sensor technologies to develop and implement state-of-the art ML models to enable safe collaboration between human workers and robotic arms. Your solutions will allow Amazon to increase productivity and efficiency while prioritizing employee safety.Key job responsibilities* Design and implement advanced machine learning models for perception tasks such as object detection and scene understanding* Optimize and deploy the ML models on edge devices* Build and test prototype robotic workcell setups to validate the performance of the solution* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide inputs and recommendations for the optimal sensor suite to enable a robust solution* Collaborate with Amazon's robotics engineering and operations teams to understand their requirements and develop tailored solutions* Document the architecture, performance, and validation of the final systemA day in the lifeAmazon 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 If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience- 6+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning- Demonstrated expertise in computer vision and machine learning techniques for robotic perception ...

Applied Scientist - Computer Vision, Amazon Robotics

Do you want to create the greatest-possible worldwide impact in Robotics? Amazon has the world's most exciting treasure trove of robotics challenges. At Amazon Robotics we build high-performance, real-time robotic systems that can perceive, learn, and act intelligently alongside humans—at Amazon scale. Amazon Robotics invents and scales AI systems for robotics in fulfillment. Our mission is to enable robots to interact safely, efficiently, and fluently high density real-world fulfillment centers. Our AI solutions enable robots to learn from their own experiences, from each other, and from humans to build intelligence that feeds itself.We hire and develop collaborative subject matter experts in AI with a focus on computer vision, deep learning, semi-supervised and unsupervised learning. We target high-impact algorithmic unlocks in areas such as scene and activity understanding, large scale generative models, closed-loop control, robotic grasping and manipulation—all of which have high-value impact for our current and future fulfillment networks.We are seeking a hands-on, seasoned Applied Scientists who will be deep in code and algorithms; who are technically strong in building scalable vision systems across item understanding, pose estimation, class imbalanced classifiers, identification and segmentation. As a Applied Scientist, you will contribute to the research and development of advanced robotic systems; your work along with other top-notch scientists and engineers will deliver the world's most scalable and robust robotic systems. You will drive ideas to products using paradigms such as deep learning, semi supervised learning and active learning.As a Applied Scientist, you will also help lead and mentor our team of applied scientists and engineers. You will take on challenging customer problems, distill customer requirements, and then deliver solutions that either leverage existing academic and industrial research or utilize your own out-of-the-box but pragmatic thinking. In addition to coming up with novel solutions and prototypes, you will directly contribute to implementation while you lead. A successful candidate has excellent technical depth, scientific vision, project management skills, great communication skills, and a drive to achieve results in a collaborative team environment.You should enjoy the process of solving real-world problems that, quite frankly, haven’t been solved at scale anywhere before. Along the way, we guarantee you’ll get opportunities to be a fearless disruptor, prolific innovator, and a reputed problem solver—someone who truly enables AI and robotics to significantly impact the lives of millions of consumers.Key job responsibilitiesArchitect, design, and implement Machine Learning models for vision systems on robotic platformsOptimize, deploy, and support at scale ML models on the edge. Influence the team's strategy and contribute to long-term vision and roadmap.Work with stakeholders across , science, and operations teams to iterate on design and implementation.Maintain high standards by participating in reviews, designing for fault tolerance and operational excellence, and creating mechanisms for continuous improvement.Prototype and test concepts or features, both through simulation and emulators and with live robotic equipmentWork directly with customers and partners to test prototypes and incorporate feedbackMentor other engineer team members.A day in the lifeAmazon offers a full range of benefits for 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 If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!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 developing and implementing deep learning algorithms, particularly with respect to computer vision algorithms- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language ...

Senior Applied Scientist, Campaign Measurement & Optimization

The Campaign Measurement & Optimization (CMO) organization is looking for a Senior Applied Scientist interested in solving one of the most challenging business problems in marketing measurement and optimization, a thought leader with deep expertise in ML modeling, and scaling measurement science. Working with our team of data / research / applied scientists, economists, engineers, and product managers, this leader will help redefine marketing investment decision making at Amazon and its subsidiaries.The Campaign Measurement & Optimization (CMO) organization’s mission is to be the most trusted source of measurement science solutions to drive marketing investment decisions across Amazon. The CMO team provides incrementality and efficiency measurement services to the marketing stakeholders across Amazon’s lines of business, including Stores, Prime Video, Amazon Devices, Alexa, Amazon Business, Amazon Music, Amazon Fresh, as well as subsidiaries including Audible, Ring, Whole Foods, and more. CMO applies industry leading deep learning based causal inference models to measure omni-channel effectiveness of marketing campaigns from these businesses worldwide. The impact and influence of the organization is tremendous, helping optimize spend decisions on a scale that exceeds many countries’ GDP. Our outputs shape Amazon product and marketing teams’ decisions and therefore how Amazon customers see, use, and value their experience with Amazon.This is a high-impact role with opportunities to develop systems and analyze marketing effectiveness that contributes billions of dollars to the business. As a Senior Scientist in the team, you will be responsible for designing and developing cutting edge measurement and optimization models, while collaborating with businesses, marketers, and software teams to solve key challenges facing the teams. Such challenges include measuring the incremental impact of multi-billion $$ multi-channel marketing portfolios, developing Deep Learning models for estimating the impact on sparse customer actions, and scaling measurement solutions for WW marketplaces. Unlike many companies who buy existing off-the-shelf marketing measurement systems, we are responsible for studying, designing, and building systems to serve Amazon’s suite of businesses. Our team members have an opportunity to be on the forefront of marketing measurement thought leadership by working on some of the most difficult problems in the industry with some of the best product managers, research scientists, economists and software developers in the business.In this role, you will be a technical leader in Marketing science research with significant scope, impact, and high visibility. You will champion cutting edge ML models using the latest methods in causal estimation and portfolio optimization. You will lead strategic measurement science initiatives in CMO and across various marketing teams, scaling experimentation and measurement science models, real-time inference, and cross-channel orchestration. As a successful scientist, you are an analytical problem solver who enjoys diving into data, leads development of new models, is excited about investigations and algorithms, and can credibly interface between technical teams and business stakeholders. You are an expert in employing deep learning models to solve business problems, preferably in causal inference. You are a hands-on innovator who can contribute to advancing Marketing measurement technology in a B2C and B2B environment, and push the limits on what’s scientifically possible with a razor sharp focus on measurable customer and business impact. You will coach and guide junior scientists to grow the team’s talent and scale the impact of your work.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 ...

Applied Scientist, Ops Tech Solutions

At OpsTech Solutions (OTS), we are a technology centric services organization that designs, builds, and sustains the invisible, high-quality network, compute infrastructure and device scaffolding that empowers and protects Amazon’s global Operations. The OTS DataTech team drives enterprise data strategy and support across OTS. Our charter encompasses OTS-wide efforts, including Data as a Product (DaaP), enterprise data infrastructure, AI/ML capability, and supporting specific business-critical programs, fueling innovation and automation for OTS.We are looking for a passionate, talented, and innovative Applied Scientist with a background in developing and implementing state-of-the-art machine learning solutions within the realms of supervised and unsupervised learning, Generative AI (GenAI), and optimization. Key job responsibilitiesIn this role, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the vision, roadmap, design, development, and implementation of science based solutions from beginning to end. - You will contribute to building and maintaining an MLOps Platform that will support end-to-end scientific operations for a wide range of AI/ML use cases. You will be responsible for the seamless integration of scientific products with existing systems, ultimately leading to increased operational efficiency and productivity across OTS. - You will also have the opportunity to leverage our foundational GenAI platform to help OTS customers build GenAI applications for their use cases.- You will be closely partnering with a cross-functional team of stakeholders including with Applied Scientists, Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Engineers, Product Managers, and Technical Program Managers.Come join OTS DataTech as we continue to innovate and pioneer the AI/ML space within OTS!A day in the lifeAmazon 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: - Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage - Maternity and Parental Leave Options - Paid Time Off (PTO) - 401(k) Plan If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- MS or PhD in quantitative field (CS, CE, ML preferred) or equivalent relevant work Strong background in machine learning, including supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms.- Experience developing, building and implementing complex software systems, especially involving ML, that have been successfully delivered to customers.- Knowledge of Generative AI and its applications.- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, or C++.- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal. ...

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 ...

Senior Applied Scientist , Sponsored Products Ads Response Prediction

** This position is open to all candidates in Seattle, WA, NYC and Arlington, VA **Amazon Ads Response Prediction team is your choice, if you want to join a highly motivated, collaborative, and fun-loving team with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Machine Learning Applied Scientist who loves to innovate at the intersection of customer experience, deep learning, and high-scale machine-learning systems.Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, and is investing heavily in building a world-class advertising business. We are defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses driving long-term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world-class products to improve both shopper and advertiser experience. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we grow at an unprecedented rate with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities. We are looking for a talented Machine Learning Applied Scientist for our Amazon Ads Response Prediction team to grow the business. We are providing advanced real-time machine learning services to connect shoppers with right ads on all platforms and surfaces worldwide. Through the deep understanding of both shoppers and products, we help shoppers discover new products they love, be the most efficient way for advertisers to meet their customers, and helps Amazon continuously innovate on behalf of all customers.Key job responsibilitiesAs a Machine Learning Applied Scientist, you will:* Conduct deep data analysis to derive insights to the business, and identify gaps and new opportunities * Develop scalable and effective machine-learning models and optimization strategies to solve business problems * Run regular A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis* Work closely with software engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions into production * Improve the scalability, efficiency and automation of large-scale data analytics, model training, deployment and serving * Conduct research on new machine-learning modeling to optimize all aspects of Sponsored Products businessAbout the teamWe are pioneers in applying advanced machine learning and generative AI algorithms in Sponsored Products business. We empower every customer with a customized discovery experiences from back-end optimization (such as customized response prediction models) to front-end CX innovation (such as widgets), to help shoppers feel understood and shop efficiently on and off Amazon.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 ...

Applied Science Manager, AGI Information

We are looking for a leader of an R&D team in cutting-edge LLM technologies for applications across Alexa, AWS, and other Amazon businesses. In this role, you will innovate in the fastest-moving fields of current AI research, in particular in how to integrate a broad range of structured and unstructured information into AI systems (e.g. with RAG techniques), and get to immediately apply your results in highly visible Amazon products. If you are deeply familiar with LLMs, natural language processing, and machine learning and have experience managing high-performing research teams, this may be the right opportunity for you. Our fast-paced environment requires a high degree of independence in making decisions and driving ambitious research agendas all the way to production. You will work with other science and engineering teams as well as business stakeholders to maximize velocity and impact of your team's contributions.It's an exciting time to be a leader in AI research. In Amazon's AGI Information team, you can make your mark by improving information-driven experience of Amazon customers worldwide!BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience- Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics- Master's degree ...