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  • US, CA, Santa Clara
    Job ID: 2911382
    (Updated 34 days ago)
    Amazon is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist with a strong machine learning, systems, applied statistics and natural language technologies background to join our Learned Systems Group (LSG) and help build industry-leading large scale applied ML, AI and GenAI systems. As part of our LSG 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 systems, machine learning, artificial intelligence and human language technology. Key job responsibilities As a part of the LSG, you’ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging AWS resources, one of the world’s leading cloud companies and you’ll be able to publish your work in top tier conferences and journals. A day in the life Your work will directly impact millions of our customers in the form of products and services, as well as contributing to the wider research community. You will gain hands on experience with Amazon’s heterogeneous large scale distributed systems, text and structured data sources, and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in systems and machine learning. The Learned Systems Group at AWS helps build the scientific foundations of our analytics systems, including Redshift, Athena and RDS. We constantly push the state of the art to deploy state of the art ML and AI techniques into our large scale systems and finding new ways to delight our customers. We are constantly faced with large scale systems and we apply rigorous research methods to improve them with efficient and scalable innovative solutions. About the team 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 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 & Career Growth We’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 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.
  • (Updated 14 days ago)
    Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and the Astro household robot. What will you help us create? As a Principal Controls Scientist, you will be responsible for developing solutions to control complex electromechanical systems. You will take responsibility for developing models, performing analysis, and producing algorithms for the control and estimation of robotic systems that guide and inform mechanical and electrical designs, software implementation, and other software modules that affect overall device safety and performance. You will demonstrate cross-functional interaction to accomplish your goals. You will play a role in defining processes and methods to improve the productivity of the entire team. You will interface with Amazon teams outside your immediate organization to identify leverage opportunities with minimized dependencies. You will investigate applicable academic and industry research applications, identify and initiate investigations of production technologies, prototype and test solutions to support product features, and design and validate production designs that deliver an exceptional user experience. Key job responsibilities - Produce models and simulations of complex, high degree-of-freedom dynamic electromechanical systems - Design estimation and control algorithms that achieve performance targets within hardware and software constraints - Hands-on prototyping and testing on physical systems in the lab - Influence hardware and software design decisions owned by other teams to optimize system-level performance - Define key performance indicators and allocate error budgets across hardware and software modules - Perform root cause analysis of system-level failures and distinguish between hardware/software failures and hardware/software mitigations - Balance objectives of safety, performance, and cost in architectural design decisions - Lead cross-functional teams (controls, firmware, perception, planning, sensors, mechanical, electrical, etc.) to solve complex system integration issues - Translate business requirements to engineering requirements and identify trade-offs and sensitivities - Mentor junior and senior engineers in good design practice; actively participate in hiring of new team members About the team The Dynamic Systems and Control team develops models, algorithms, and code to bridge hardware and software development teams and bring robotic products to life. We contributed to Amazon Astro (https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Amazon-Astro/dp/B078NSDFSB) and Echo Show 10 (https://www.amazon.com/echo-show-10/dp/B07VHZ41L8/), along with several new technology introductions and unannounced products currently in development.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 2870449
    (Updated 10 days ago)
    Amazon’s global talent is incredibly complex with unique problems to be solved for each line of business. Global Talent Management (GTM) is centrally responsible for managing and evolving Amazon’s human capital through intelligent talent products and processes. GTM Science is a growing interdisciplinary science team within GTM that develops science products and services to facilitate Amazon’s growth and development of talent across all of our businesses and locations around the world. Our vision in GTM Science is to use machine learning and Generative AI to scalably solve organizational challenges focused on talent movement, talent differentiation, employee-role matching, promotion processes, organizational design and succession planning, diversity and inclusion, and new areas that address the evolving needs of our diverse employee base. We are looking for an experienced ML/AI scientist to work on talent science products that draw from a range of fields such as algorithmic fairness, natural language processing, supervised and unsupervised learning, recommendation systems, machine learning on graphs, reinforcement learning and others on rich and novel datasets. The role has high visibility to senior Amazon business leaders and involves working with other scientists, and partnering with engineering and product teams to integrate these models into production systems. As an applied scientist in GTM Science, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting problems in one of the most innovative applications of science in the People Experience and Technology space. You will help to solve high impact business problems in an unconventional domain, and be encouraged to patent and publish your contributions. If this kind of work excites you, reach out to us to find out more! Key Responsibilities · Design and implement models, science-based product ideas and features, project plans and communicate with stakeholders. · Develop fair predictive models to understand important business and people-centered outcomes · Productionize ML and science models at the scale of Amazon
  • US, NY, New York
    Job ID: 2860310
    (Updated 34 days ago)
    The Ads Measurement Science team in the Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS) team of Amazon Ads serves a centralized role developing solutions for a multitude of performance measurement products. We create solutions which measure the comprehensive impact of their ad spend, including sales impacts both online and offline and across timescales, and provide actionable insights that enable our advertisers to optimize their media portfolios. We leverage a host of scientific technologies to accomplish this mission, including Generative AI, classical ML, Causal Inference, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision. As a Senior Applied Scientist on the team, you will lead measurement solutions end-to-end from inception to production. You will propose, design, analyze, and productionize models to provide novel measurement insights to our customers. Key job responsibilities - Lead a team of scientists to innovate on state-of-the-art ads measurement solutions leveraging artificial intelligence, causal inference, natural language processing, computer vision, and large language models. - Directly contribute to the end-to-end delivery of production solutions through careful designs and owning implementation of significant portions of critical-path code - Lead the decomposition of problems and development of roadmaps to execute on it. - Set an example for others with exemplary analyses; maintainable, extensible code; and simple, effective solutions. - Influence team business and engineering strategies. - Communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders to drive alignment and build consensus on key initiatives. - Foster collaborations between scientists to move faster, with broader impact. - Actively engage in the development of others, both within and outside the team. - Regularly engage with the broader scientific community with presentations, publications, and patents. About the team We are a team of scientists across Applied, Research, Data Science and Economist disciplines. You will work with colleagues with deep expertise in ML, NLP, CV, Gen AI, and Causal Inference with a diverse range of backgrounds. We partner closely with top-notch engineers, product managers, sales leaders, and other scientists with expertise in the ads industry and on building scalable modeling and software solutions. Team Video: https://youtu.be/zD_6Lzw8raE
  • IN, KA, Bangalore
    Job ID: 2858706
    (Updated 0 days ago)
    Alexa International Tech (AIT) team is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist to help build industry-leading technology with Large Language Models (LLMs) and multimodal systems, requiring strong deep learning and generative models knowledge. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist with the AIT team, you will work with talented peers to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state of the art with LLMs. Your work will directly impact our international customers in the form of products and services that make use of digital assistance technology. You will leverage Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources, unique but diverse international customer nuances and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in voice domain in multi-modal setup. The ideal candidate possesses a solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals and a passion for pushing boundaries in this vast and quickly evolving field. They thrive in fast-paced environments to tackle complex challenges, and excel at swiftly delivering impactful solutions while iterating based on user feedback. A day in the life · Analyze, understand, and model customer behavior and the customer experience based on large scale data. Especially showing passion towards solving for international customer-centric challenges. · Build novel online & offline evaluation metrics an methodologies for personal digital assistants and customer scenarios, on multi-modal devices. · innovate and deliver deep learning based innovation across life-cycle such as policy-based learning, international customer specific model performance tuning. · Quickly experiment and setup experimentation framework for agile model and data analysis or A/B testing · Contribute through industry first research to drive the innovation forward.
  • IN, TN, Chennai
    Job ID: 2848605
    (Updated 252 days ago)
    DESCRIPTION The Digital Acceleration (DA) team in India is seeking a talented, self-driven Applied Scientist to work on prototyping, optimizing, and deploying ML algorithms for solving Digital businesses problems. Key job responsibilities - Research, experiment and build Proof Of Concepts advancing the state of the art in AI & ML. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect and execute technically rigorous AI projects. - Thrive in dynamic environments, adapting quickly to evolving technical requirements and deadlines. - Engage in effective technical communication (written & spoken) with coordination across teams. - Conduct thorough documentation of algorithms, methodologies, and findings for transparency and reproducibility. - Publish research papers in internal and external venues of repute - Support on-call activities for critical issues BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application - PhD, or a Master's degree and experience in CS, CE, ML or related field - Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl - Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing - Proficiency in coding and software development, with a strong focus on machine learning frameworks. - Understanding of relevant statistical measures such as confidence intervals, significance of error measurements, development and evaluation data sets, etc. - Excellent communication skills (written & spoken) and ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed, cross-functional team setting. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - 5+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience - Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals - Track record of diving into data to discover hidden patterns and conducting error/deviation analysis - Ability to develop experimental and analytic plans for data modeling processes, use of strong baselines, ability to accurately determine cause and effect relations - Exceptional level of organization and strong attention to detail - Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment
  • (Updated 118 days ago)
    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world leader in providing a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world! Passionate about building, owning and operating massively scalable systems? Want to make a billion-dollar impact? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you. The AWS Managed Operations (MO) organization was founded in April 2023, with the objective to reduce operational load and toil through long-term engineering projects. MO is building the best-in-class engineering and operations team that will own the day-to-day operations for AWS Regions; improving the availability, reliability, latency, performance and efficiency to operate AWS regions. The AWS Managed Operations Data Science (MODS) Team is looking for a Senior Data Scientist to lead the research and thought leadership to drive our data and insight strategy for AWS. You will be expected to serve as a Full Stack Data Scientist. You will be responsible for driving data-driven transformation across the organization. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end data science lifecycle, from data exploration and feature engineering and ETL to model development. You will leverage a diverse set of tools and technologies, including SQL, Python, Spark, Hugging Face and various machine learning frameworks, to tackle complex business problems and uncover valuable insights. Your product analytics research will provide direction on the technology strategy of the Managed Operations organization. Your Decision Science artifacts will provide insights that inform AWS' Operations and Site Reliability Engineering teams. You will work on ambiguous and complex business and research science problems at scale. You are and comfortable working with cross-functional teams and systems. Arlington, VA (HQ2) This role will sit in our new headquarters in Northern Virginia, where Amazon will invest $2.5 billion dollars, occupy 4 million square feet of energy efficient office space, and create at least 25,000 new full-time jobs. Our employees and the neighboring community will also benefit from the associated investments from the Commonwealth including infrastructure updates, public transportation improvements, and new access to Reagan National Airport. By working together on behalf of our customers, we are building the future one innovative product, service, and idea at a time. Are you ready to embrace the challenge? Come build the future with us. This position requires that the candidate selected be a U.S. citizen. 10012 Key job responsibilities - Collaboration & Cross Functional Relationships: Interact with business and software teams to understand their business requirements and operational processes - Data Exploration and Analysis: Conduct in-depth exploratory data analysis to understand the structure, quality, and patterns within complex datasets. Apply statistical and machine learning techniques to extract insights, identify trends, and uncover hidden relationships in the data. - Business Insights and Recommendations: Frame business problems into scalable solutions; translate complex data insights and model outputs into actionable recommendations that address the organization's strategic objectives. - Data Pipeline and Infrastructure: Contribute to the design and implementation of data pipelines, data lakes, and other data infrastructure components to support the organization's data-driven initiatives. - Metric Development and Monitoring: Define and develop advanced, customized metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs) that capture the nuances of the organization's strategic objectives and operational complexities. Continuously monitor and evaluate the performance of metrics - Prototype models by using high-level modeling languages such as R or in software languages such as Python. A software team will be working with you to transform prototypes into production. - Documentation & Continuous Improvement: Create, enhance, and maintain technical documentation A day in the life 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. 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. 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. 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. Mentorship and Career Growth We’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. 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. About the team The MODS team is driven by a shared vision of achieving operational excellence through data analytics and machine learning. We provide actionable insights to allow our stakeholders to manage operational posture and operator experience and drive sustainable, safe, and efficient operations. We define, monitor, and predict metrics to provide recommendations on AWS operations that are diagnostic (why something happened), predictive (what will happen) and prescriptive (best course of action) in nature. We are a customer obsessed team driving lean operations in all of AWS through actionable insights and data strategies that drive process improvement. About the team The MODS team is driven by a shared vision of achieving operational excellence through data analytics and machine learning. We provide actionable insights to allow our stakeholders to manage operational posture and operator experience and drive sustainable, safe, and efficient operations. We define, monitor, and predict metrics to provide recommendations on AWS operations that are diagnostic (why something happened), predictive (what will happen) and prescriptive (best course of action) in nature. We are a customer obsessed team driving lean operations in all of AWS through actionable insights and data strategies that drive process improvement.
  • (Updated 253 days ago)
    职位:Applied scientist 应用科学家实习生 毕业时间:2025年10月 - 2026年9月之间毕业的应届毕业生 · 入职日期:2025年6月及之前 · 实习时间:保证一周实习4-5天全职实习,至少持续5个月 · 工作地点:北京朝阳区酒仙桥路恒通商务园区 · 校招信息请参考校园招聘申请手册: https://amazonexteu.qualtrics.com/CP/File.php?F=F_55YI0e7rNdeoB6e 投递须知: 1 填写简历申请时,请把必填和非必填项都填写完整。提交简历之后就无法修改了哦! 2 学校的英文全称请准确填写。 如果您正在攻读计算机视觉、生成式AI或多模态领域的博士或硕士研究生,而且对应用科学家的实习工作感兴趣。 如果您也喜爱深入研究棘手的技术问题并提出解决方案,用成功的产品显著地改善人们的生活。 那么,我们诚挚邀请您加入亚马逊的International Technology自动化营销团队改善亚马逊节假日促销的用户体验。我们的目标是帮助亚马逊的客户找到他们所需的产品,并发现他们感兴趣的新产品。 这会是一份收获满满的工作。您每天的工作都与全球数百万亚马逊客户的体验紧密相关。您将提出和探索LLM和CV领域的创新,例如如何精准控制最前沿的基座大语言模型和图像生成模型以满足自动化的需求。您将集成这些模型到工具链中生成个性化的促销广告图,通过标注数据、建模和客户反馈来完成闭环。您对模型的选择需要能够平衡业务指标和响应时间的需求。
  • (Updated 253 days ago)
    职位:Applied scientist 应用科学家实习生 毕业时间:2025年10月 - 2026年9月之间毕业的应届毕业生 · 入职日期:2025年6月及之前 · 实习时间:保证一周实习4-5天全职实习,至少持续3个月 · 工作地点:北京朝阳区酒仙桥路恒通商务园区 · 校招信息请参考校园招聘申请手册: https://amazonexteu.qualtrics.com/CP/File.php?F=F_55YI0e7rNdeoB6e 投递须知: 1 填写简历申请时,请把必填和非必填项都填写完整。提交简历之后就无法修改了哦! 2 学校的英文全称请准确填写。 如果您正在攻读NLP,IR或搜索领域专业的博士或硕士研究生,而且对应用科学家的实习工作感兴趣。如果您也喜爱深入研究棘手的技术问题并提出解决方案,用成功的产品显著地改善人们的生活。 那么,我们诚挚邀请您加入亚马逊的International Technology搜索团队改善Amazon的产品搜索服务。我们的目标是帮助亚马逊的客户找到他们所需的产品,并发现他们感兴趣的新产品。 这会是一份收获满满的工作。您每天的工作都与全球数百万亚马逊客户的体验紧密相关。您将提出和探索NLP和IR领域的创新,基于TB级别的产品和流量数据设计机器学习模型。您将集成这些模型到搜索引擎中为客户提供服务,通过数据,建模和客户反馈来完成闭环。您对模型的选择需要能够平衡业务指标和响应时间的需求。
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 2847968
    (Updated 7 days ago)
    Amazon Games is seeking a highly effective Senior Machine Learning Scientist to build and integrate novel ML, RL and Generative AI (Gen AI) approaches into our game pipelines and customer experiences. In this role, you will work closely with our game development studios and operations teams to research and develop generative AI-powered tools, pipelines and features across Amazon Games. At Amazon Games, our ambition is to create bold new experiences that foster community in and around our games. Our team of game industry veterans develops AAA multiplayer games and original IPs, with teams in Seattle, Orange County, San Diego, Montreal, and Bucharest. Amazon Games, through its Studios, Publishing, and Prime Gaming divisions collaborating with external partners, aims to develop, publish, and deliver compelling AAA games and content experiences for gamers to discover. Key job responsibilities - Drive the research, implementation, and productionizing for ambitious and complex AI/ML initiatives for Amazon Games. - Collaborate with game team engineers, designers and artists to design, develop, and integrate new generative AI tools into developer workflows. - Proactively identify and solve problems that affect the quality of life for players, operations, and other developers. - Stay up to date with and analyze the latest advancements, in generative AI technology, and continuously improve product features where meaningful improvements in cost, scalability, quality, or functionality can be achieved. - Consult and contribute to evaluations of other internal or 3rd party ML, RL and Gen AI services that could be leveraged by the project or the organization. A day in the life - You thrive in a collaborative environment where your decisions have significant impact and influence. - You are passionate about building game experiences that delight players. - You deliver great workflows, tools, and game innovations to your fellow developers and constantly seek improvement. - You want to be part of something exciting and unique in the gaming ecosystem. About the team The Amazon Games Studio AI Research team focuses on artificial intelligence innovation in gaming. Our highly skilled, multi-discipline team works across Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, and Generative AI to reimagine game development. We work closely with first-party game developers and partner studios to bring creative visions to life. Our mission is to use AI responsibly to transform gameplay experiences, enrich narratives, and provide creators with practical tools to optimize their production pipelines.

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