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  • US, CA, San Francisco
    Job ID: 3067757
    (Updated 21 days ago)
    Join the next revolution in robotics at Amazon's Frontier AI & Robotics team, where you'll work alongside world-renowned AI pioneers to push the boundaries of what's possible in robotic intelligence. As an Applied Scientist, you'll be at the forefront of developing breakthrough foundation models that enable robots to perceive, understand, and interact with the world in unprecedented ways. You'll drive independent research initiatives in areas such as perception, manipulation, scene understanding, sim2real transfer, multi-modal foundation models, and multi-task learning, designing novel algorithms that bridge the gap between state-of-the-art research and real-world deployment at Amazon scale. In this role, you'll balance innovative technical exploration with practical implementation, collaborating with platform teams to ensure your models and algorithms perform robustly in dynamic real-world environments. You'll have access to Amazon's vast computational resources, enabling you to tackle ambitious problems in areas like very large multi-modal robotic foundation models and efficient, promptable model architectures that can scale across diverse robotic applications. Key job responsibilities - Design and implement novel deep learning architectures that push the boundaries of what robots can understand and accomplish - Drive independent research initiatives in robotics foundation models, focusing on breakthrough approaches in perception, and manipulation, for example open-vocabulary panoptic scene understanding, scaling up multi-modal LLMs, sim2real/real2sim techniques, end-to-end vision-language-action models, efficient model inference, video tokenization - Lead technical projects from conceptualization through deployment, ensuring robust performance in production environments - Collaborate with platform teams to optimize and scale models for real-world applications - Contribute to the team's technical strategy and help shape our approach to next-generation robotics challenges A day in the life - Design and implement novel foundation model architectures, leveraging our extensive compute infrastructure to train and evaluate at scale - Collaborate with our world-class research team to solve complex technical challenges - Lead technical initiatives from conception to deployment, working closely with robotics engineers to integrate your solutions into production systems - Participate in technical discussions and brainstorming sessions with team leaders and fellow scientists - Leverage our massive compute cluster and extensive robotics infrastructure to rapidly prototype and validate new ideas - Transform theoretical insights into practical solutions that can handle the complexities of real-world robotics applications 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 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! About the team At Frontier AI & Robotics, we're not just advancing robotics – we're reimagining it from the ground up. Our team is building the future of intelligent robotics through ground breaking foundation models and end-to-end learned systems. We tackle some of the most challenging problems in AI and robotics, from developing sophisticated perception systems to creating adaptive manipulation strategies that work in complex, real-world scenarios. What sets us apart is our unique combination of ambitious research vision and practical impact. We leverage Amazon's massive computational infrastructure and rich real-world datasets to train and deploy state-of-the-art foundation models. Our work spans the full spectrum of robotics intelligence – from multimodal perception using images, videos, and sensor data, to sophisticated manipulation strategies that can handle diverse real-world scenarios. We're building systems that don't just work in the lab, but scale to meet the demands of Amazon's global operations. Join us if you're excited about pushing the boundaries of what's possible in robotics, working with world-class researchers, and seeing your innovations deployed at unprecedented scale.
  • US, PA, Pittsburgh
    Job ID: 3067164
    (Updated 0 days ago)
    MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC Offered Position: Applied Scientist III Job Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Job Number: AMZ9081142 Position Responsibilities: Participate in the design, development, evaluation, deployment and updating of data-driven models and analytical solutions for machine learning (ML) and/or natural language (NL) applications. Develop and/or apply statistical modeling techniques (e.g. Bayesian models and deep neural networks), optimization methods, and other ML techniques to different applications in business and engineering. Routinely build and deploy ML models on available data, and run and analyze experiments in a production environment. Identify new opportunities for research in order to meet business goals. Research and implement novel ML and statistical approaches to add value to the business. Mentor junior engineers and scientists. Position Requirements: Master’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, or a related field and two years of research or work experience in the job offered, or as a Research Scientist, Research Assistant, Software Engineer, or a related occupation. Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Engineering, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate research or work experience in the job offered or a related occupation as equivalent to the Master’s degree and two years of research or work experience. Must have one year of research or work experience in the following skill(s): (1) programming in Java, C++, Python, or equivalent programming language; and (2) conducting the analysis and development of various supervised and unsupervised machine learning models for moderately complex projects in business, science, or engineering. Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. 40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $167,100/year to $226,100/year. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, visit: https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.#0000
  • US, CA, Culver City
    Job ID: 3067596
    (Updated 1 days ago)
    MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC Offered Position: Principal, Economist Job Location: Culver City, California Job Number: AMZ9085106 Position Responsibilities: Design, test, and implement innovative science solutions to new and existing ad auction products at Amazon. Design new auction and bid algorithms for Amazon’s advertising business to improve market efficiency, advertiser welfare, and monetization of Amazon’s advertising inventory. Conduct economic research and apply the latest insights and empirical data analysis to auctions and mechanism design at Amazon. Lead implementation of auctions and algorithms in Amazon’s digital advertising context. Prepare scientific reports and presentations tailored to advise business (non-technical) audiences in auction design. Formulate recommendations and plans regarding auctions and mechanism design to senior management (director and above). Leverage big data tools to process large data sets, address quantitative problems, and use data analysis to evaluate competition dynamics in auction markets. Deliver causal analysis to evaluate impact of new algorithms and new auction mechanisms, including difference-in-differences, panel data, instrument method, and synthetic control. Work with Python, Spark, and SQL. Design and launch stochastic auctions to generate data for learning and measurement use cases. Design and launch measurement frameworks to quantify the impact of new auction algorithms. 40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $189,400/year to $256,200/year. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, visit: https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.#0000
  • (Updated 2 days ago)
    Are you looking to work at the forefront of Machine Learning and AI? Would you be excited to apply cutting edge Generative AI algorithms to solve real world problems with significant impact? The Generative AI Innovation Center helps AWS customers implement Generative AI solutions and realize transformational business opportunities. This is a team of strategists, scientists, engineers, and architects working step-by-step with customers to build bespoke solutions that harness the power of generative AI. The team helps customers imagine and scope the use cases that will create the greatest value for their businesses, define paths to navigate technical or business challenges, develop proof-of- concepts, and make plans for launching solutions at scale. The GenAI Innovation Center team provides guidance on best practices for applying generative AI responsibly and cost efficiently. You will work directly with customers and innovate in a fast-paced organization that contributes to game-changing projects and technologies. You will design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing risk, profitability, and customer experience. We’re looking for Applied Scientists capable of using GenAI and other techniques to design, evangelize, and implement state-of-the-art solutions for never-before-solved problems. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist, you will: Collaborate with AI/ML scientists and architects to research, design, develop, and evaluate cutting-edge generative AI solutions to address real-world challenges Interact with customers directly to understand their business problems, aid them in implementation of generative AI solutions, brief customers and guide them on adoption patterns and paths to production Create and deliver best practice recommendations, tutorials, blog posts, sample code, and presentations adapted to technical, business, and executive stakeholder Provide customer and market feedback to product and engineering teams to help define product direction A day in the life This is a customer facing role. You will be required to travel to client locations and deliver professional services as needed. About the team Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest-growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers, including the public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services. The Professional Services team is part of Global Services. About AWS 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. 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.
  • US, NJ, Newark
    Job ID: 3077468
    (Updated 9 days ago)
    At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us. ABOUT THIS ROLE Audible is actively seeking a talented economist to join our team. Economists at Audible play a critical role in driving success for the business, and also work to raise the bar for Amazon’s broader science/economics community. Our team of economists and data scientists tackles a wide range of questions, including pricing, experimentation science, data-driven product strategy/optimizations, internal productivity/incentives, audience science, and impact/ROI measurement. The ideal candidate will excel at (and enjoy) wearing many hats, and be able to effectively translate business questions into tractable science problems, dive deep into data for analytical insights, and represent the team in a range of settings - from reviews with senior Amazon scientists to reviews with senior Audible/Amazon business leaders. We are open to candidates from a range of fields/backgrounds (including both structural modeling and reduced-form causal inference). If you are passionate about leveraging economic insights to shape the future of digital media, we encourage you to apply and be a part of our dynamic team. As an Economist, you will... - Utilize rigorous economic thinking and econometric methods to provide data-driven recommendations - Design and analyze experiments and quasi experimental analyses - Collaborate with scientists at Audible and Amazon to build econometric models and develop scalable solutions to complex problems - Partner with diverse teams at Audible, including executives, content, product, marketing, and finance, to leverage data-driven insights and economic theory to shape the direction of strategic initiatives - Raise the bar for science/economics work, both within Audible and across the broader Amazon community ABOUT AUDIBLE Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.
  • (Updated 2 days ago)
    **This is currently a temporary contract opportunity (12 to 24 months duration) based on business needs** The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is seeking a dedicated, skilled, and innovative Applied Scientist with a robust background in deep learning, to build industry-leading technology with Large Language Models (LLMs) and multimodal systems. Key job responsibilities As part of the AGI team, an Applied Scientist will collaborate closely with talented colleagues to lead the development of advanced approaches and modeling techniques, driving forward the frontier of LLM technology. This includes innovating model-in-the-loop and human-in-the-loop approaches to ensure the collection of high-quality data, safeguarding data privacy and security for LLM training, and more. An Applied Scientist will also have a direct impact on enhancing customer experiences through state-of-the-art products and services that harness the power of speech and language technology. A day in the life An Applied Scientist with the AGI team will support the science solution design, run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing the customer experience.; while setting examples for the team on good science practice and standards. Besides theoretical analysis and innovation, an Applied Scientist will also work closely with talented engineers and scientists to put algorithms and models into practice.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3071424
    (Updated 15 days ago)
    Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur? A builder? A dreamer? This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the company’s Think Big leadership principle to the extreme. We focus on creating entirely new products and services with a goal of positively impacting the lives of our customers. No industries or subject areas are out of bounds. If you’re interested in innovating at scale to address big challenges in the world, this is the team for you. Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have thirteen employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We are constantly learning through programs that are local, regional, and global. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. Our team highly values work-life balance, mentorship and career growth. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects and offer training that will challenge you to become your best.
  • IN, KA, Bangalore
    Job ID: 3075733
    (Updated 7 days ago)
    Are you passionate about solving complex logistics challenges? Our Analytics team is at the forefront of enhancing delivery experiences through data-driven solutions and innovative technology. As a Research Scientist, you will join a team dedicated to optimizing our delivery network, ensuring reliable and efficient service to our customers. We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer-centric professional with strong analytical capabilities to drive impactful projects, implement advanced solutions, and develop scalable processes. In this role, you will have immediate ownership of business-critical challenges and the opportunity to make strategic, data-driven decisions that shape the future of our delivery operations. Your work will directly influence customer experience and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will possess both research science capabilities and program management skills, thriving in an environment that requires independent decision-making and comfort with ambiguity. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on our advanced logistics network while working with pioneering technology and data science applications. Basic qualifications • 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience • Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl • Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language • Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning Preferred qualifications: • PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field • 3+ years of extensive relevant research experience • Deep expertise in Machine Learning • Proficiency in programming • Core competency in mathematics and statistics • Track record of successful projects in algorithm design and product development • Publications at peer-reviewed conferences or journals • Strategic thinker with good execution skills • Exhibits excellent business judgment • Effective verbal and written communication skills • Experience working with real-world data sets and building scalable models from big data • Experience with modern modeling tools and frameworks such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow • Experience with large scale distributed systems
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3065830
    (Updated 23 days ago)
    We’re seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to spearhead the next generation of AI-driven shopping experiences. As a key scientific advisor to our organization, you will pioneer breakthrough solutions in Generative AI, Agentic AI, and Large Language Models (LLMs) to revolutionize commerce at unprecedented scale. This role offers a unique opportunity to tackle complex, open-research problems at the intersection of e-commerce, conversational AI, and machine learning. How do we use generative models to help us innovate in different ways to enhance the shopping experience? How do we generate personalized content at scale that helps customers shop? How do we revolutionize the shopping experience while pushing the limits of science and engineering? Using Amazon’s large-scale computing resources, you will design and deploy state-of-the-art models that help customers shop on Amazon. You will participate in the larger Amazon ML community and mentor Applied Scientists and software development engineers with a strong interest in and knowledge of ML and generative AI. Your work will directly benefit the millions of customers who shop on Amazon. We are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented Applied Scientist who has experience developing state-of-the-art models and deploying them to production. You will have an opportunity to make an enormous impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of innovative products used everyday by people you know.
  • (Updated 13 days ago)
    Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity. Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Role Overview As a Senior Applied Scientist (AS), you will lead the design, development, and implementation of novel scientific approaches and advanced machine learning solutions that directly influence Kuiper production manufacturing workflows. You will build and deploy highly-trained AI agents for quality control and process optimization, combining deep technical expertise with strong business judgment to make strategic decisions around technologies, models, and methodologies to deliver high-impact solutions. As a pioneering scientist within Kuiper ProdOps, you will tackle new initiatives and engage effectively with both technical and business stakeholders. Your ability to synthesize and communicate complex insights to diverse audiences will be key to solving business problems and innovating for the future, You will strive for simplicity, and demonstrate creativity and high judgment. Key job responsibilities - Architect, design, and implement innovative ML/AI solutions using a wide range of techniques, including NLP, Computer Vision, and advanced statistical modeling, to solve complex, high-impact business problems. - Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of research and development, from creating a hypothesis, defining a problem and building a prototype to deploying a scalable, production-ready solution. - Partner with cross-functional teams—including Product, Engineering, and Business—to translate ambiguous business problems into well-defined, measurable research and development projects. - Define and drive the long-term research roadmap for the team, identifying emerging opportunities and influencing product strategy to anticipate future business needs. - Take ownership of the experimentation lifecycle, from hypothesis generation and A/B testing to analyzing results and progressively improving model performance in production. - Serve as a technical leader, providing technical guidance and mentorship to junior scientists and engineers and driving organizational best practices. - Write artifacts and present complex findings and technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, effectively communicating the business value and impact of the solution - Champion the ethical use of AI, ensuring all data and algorithmic practices adhere to Amazon’s guidelines and promote fairness and transparency - Continuously evaluate and apply the latest research and technological advancements in machine learning and related fields to enhance our product offerings. - Contribute to Amazon's global science community through collaboration and publication of ground-breaking research

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