Applied Scientist Ii, Amazon, Amazon

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · Seattle, WA · Applied Science

Applied Scientist II at Amazon focused on improving shopping experiences using LLMs. Requires 3+ years of building models for business applications, a PhD or Master's with 4+ years of experience, and a publication/patent record. Experience with algorithms, data structures, optimization, data mining, and parallel computing is expected.

What you'd actually do

  1. We’re working to improve shopping on Amazon using the conversational capabilities of large language models, and are searching for pioneers who are passionate about technology, innovation, and customer experience, and are ready to make a lasting impact on the industry.
  2. You'll be working with talented scientists, engineers, and technical program managers (TPM) to innovate on behalf of our customers.
  3. If you're fired up about being part of a dynamic, driven team, then this is your moment to join us on this exciting journey!

Skills

Required

  • building models for business application
  • PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
  • patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
  • programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
  • algorithms and data structures
  • parsing
  • numerical optimization
  • data mining
  • parallel and distributed computing
  • high-performance computing

Nice to have

  • Unix/Linux
  • professional software development

What the JD emphasized

  • 3+ years of building models for business application experience
  • Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals

Other signals

  • improving shopping on Amazon using the conversational capabilities of large language models
  • working with talented scientists, engineers, and technical program managers (TPM) to innovate on behalf of our customers