Applied Scientist Ii, Alexa AI

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · IN, KA, Bengaluru · Applied Science

Applied Scientist II at Amazon Alexa AI focused on prototyping, optimizing, and deploying ML algorithms in Generative AI. Responsibilities include research, building PoCs, collaborating with teams, technical communication, documentation, and publishing research.

What you'd actually do

  1. Research, experiment and build Proof Of Concepts advancing the state of the art in AI & ML for GenAI.
  2. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect and execute technically rigorous AI projects.
  3. Thrive in dynamic environments, adapting quickly to evolving technical requirements and deadlines.
  4. Engage in effective technical communication (written & spoken) with coordination across teams.
  5. Conduct thorough documentation of algorithms, methodologies, and findings for transparency and reproducibility.

Skills

Required

  • 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

Nice to have

  • Experience using Unix/Linux
  • Experience in professional software development

What the JD emphasized

  • building models for business application experience
  • patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
  • Publish research papers in internal and external venues of repute

Other signals

  • Generative AI
  • ML algorithms
  • state of the art in AI & ML for GenAI
  • Publish research papers