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US, WA, Seattle
Do you want to join an innovative team of scientists who use machine learning and statistical techniques to help Amazon provide the best customer experience by preventing eCommerce fraud? Are you excited by the prospect of analyzing and modeling terabytes of data and creating state-of-the-art algorithms to solve real world problems? Do you like to own end-to-end business problems/metrics and directly impact the profitability of the company? Do you enjoy collaborating in a diverse team environment? If yes, then you may be a great fit to join the Amazon Buyer Risk Prevention (BRP) Machine Learning group. We are looking for a talented scientist who is passionate to build advanced algorithmic systems that help manage safety of millions of transactions every day. Key job responsibilities Use machine learning and statistical techniques to create scalable risk management systems Learning and understanding large amounts of Amazon’s historical business data for specific instances of risk or broader risk trends Design, development and evaluation of highly innovative models for risk management Working closely with software engineering teams to drive real-time model implementations and new feature creations Working closely with operations staff to optimize risk management operations, Establishing scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development, model validation and model implementation Tracking general business activity and providing clear, compelling management reporting on a regular basis Research and implement novel machine learning and statistical approaches We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Seattle, WA, USA
GB, Cambridge
The Amazon Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a passionate, highly skilled and inventive Senior Applied Scientist with strong machine learning background to lead the development and implementation of state-of-the-art ML systems for building large-scale, high-quality conversational assistant systems. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will play a critical role in driving the development of personalization techniques enabling conversational systems, in particular those based on large language models, to be tailored to customer needs. You will handle Amazon-scale use cases with significant impact on our customers' experiences. Key job responsibilities - Drive new initiatives applying Machine Learning techniques to improve our recommendation, search, NLU and entity matching algorithms - Perform hands-on data analysis and modeling with large data sets to develop insights that increase device usage and customer experience - Design and run A/B experiments, evaluate the impact of your optimizations and communicate your results to various business stakeholders - Work closely with product managers and software engineers to design experiments and implement end-to-end solutions - Setup and monitor alarms to detect anomalous data patterns and perform root cause analyses to explain and address them - Be a member of the Amazon-wide Machine Learning Community, participating in internal and external MeetUps, Hackathons and Conferences - Help attract and recruit technical talent; mentor junior scientists We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Cambridge, GBR | London, GBR
MX, DIF, Mexico City
Amazon launched the Generative AI (GenAI) Innovation Center (GenAIIC) in Jun 2023 to help AWS customers accelerate enterprise innovation and success with Generative AI (https://press.aboutamazon.com/2023/6/aws-announces-generative-ai-innovation-center). Customers such as Highspot, Lonely Planet, Ryanair, and Twilio are engaging with the GAI Innovation Center to explore developing generative solutions. The GenAIIC provides opportunities to innovate in a fast-paced organization that contributes to game-changing projects and technologies that get deployed on devices and in the cloud. As a data scientist at GenAIIC, you are proficient in designing and developing advanced Generative AI based solutions to solve diverse customer problems. You will be working with terabytes of text, images, and other types of data to solve real-world problems through Gen AI. You will be working closely with account teams and ML strategists to define the use case, and with other scientists and ML engineers on the team to design experiments, and find new ways to deliver value to the customer. The successful candidate will possess both technical and customer-facing skills that will allow you to be the technical “face” of AWS within our solution providers’ ecosystem/environment as well as directly to end customers. You will be able to drive discussions with senior technical and management personnel within customers and partners. A day in the life Here at AWS, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. 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. About the team Work/Life Balance Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. Mentorship & Career Growth Our team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, code reviews. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects based on what will help each team member develop into a better-rounded engineer and enable them to take on more complex tasks in the future. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Mexico City, DIF, MEX
IN, KA, Bengaluru
Do you want to join an innovative team of scientists who use machine learning and statistical techniques to create state-of-the-art solutions for providing better value to Amazon’s customers? Do you want to build and deploy advanced ML systems that help optimize millions of transactions every day? Are you excited by the prospect of analyzing and modeling terabytes of data to solve real-world problems? Do you like to own end-to-end business problems/metrics and directly impact the profitability of the company? Do you like to innovate and simplify? If yes, then you may be a great fit to join the Machine Learning team for India Consumer Businesses. Machine Learning, Big Data and related quantitative sciences have been strategic to Amazon from the early years. Amazon has been a pioneer in areas such as recommendation engines, ecommerce fraud detection and large-scale optimization of fulfillment center operations. As Amazon has rapidly grown and diversified, the opportunity for applying machine learning has exploded. We have a very broad collection of practical problems where machine learning systems can dramatically improve the customer experience, reduce cost, and drive speed and automation. These include product bundle recommendations for millions of products, safeguarding financial transactions across by building the risk models, improving catalog quality via extracting product attribute values from structured/unstructured data for millions of products, enhancing address quality by powering customer suggestions We are developing state-of-the-art machine learning solutions to accelerate the Amazon India growth story. Amazon India is an exciting place to be at for a machine learning practitioner. We have the eagerness of a fresh startup to absorb machine learning solutions, and the scale of a mature firm to help support their development at the same time. As part of the India Machine Learning team, you will get to work alongside brilliant minds motivated to solve real-world machine learning problems that make a difference to millions of our customers. We encourage thought leadership and blue ocean thinking in ML. Key job responsibilities Use machine learning and analytical techniques to create scalable solutions for business problems Analyze and extract relevant information from large amounts of Amazon’s historical business data to help automate and optimize key processes Design, develop, evaluate and deploy, innovative and highly scalable ML models Work closely with software engineering teams to drive real-time model implementations Work closely with business partners to identify problems and propose machine learning solutions Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development, model validation and model maintenance Work proactively with engineering teams and product managers to evangelize new algorithms and drive the implementation of large-scale complex ML models in production Leading projects and mentoring other scientists, engineers in the use of ML techniques About the team International Machine Learning Team is responsible for building novel ML solutions that attack India first (and other Emerging Markets across MENA and LatAm) problems and impact the bottom-line and top-line of India business. Learn more about our team from https://www.amazon.science/working-at-amazon/how-rajeev-rastogis-machine-learning-team-in-india-develops-innovations-for-customers-worldwide We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Bengaluru, KA, IND
US, WA, Seattle
Amazon is seeking a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist with a strong machine learning background and familiarity with LLMs to help build automated insights and generative AI tools to accelerate our customers' journey to the cloud. This is a high-visibility role with significant impact potential. About you: You, as the right candidate, are adept at executing every stage of the machine learning development life cycle in a business setting; from initial requirements gathering to through final model deployment, including adoption measurement and improvement. You will be working with large volumes of structured and unstructured data spread across multiple databases and can design and implement data pipelines to clean and merge these data for research and modeling. You will invent, implement, and deploy state of the art machine learning and generative AI algorithms and systems. You will build prototypes and explore conceptually large scale ML solutions. You will interact closely with our customers and with the academic community. Beyond mathematical understanding, you have a deep intuition for machine learning algorithms that allows you to translate business problems into the right machine learning, data science, and/or statistical solutions. You’re able to pick up and grasp new research and identify applications or extensions within the team. You’re talented at communicating your results clearly to business owners in concise, non-technical language. Key job responsibilities What you will do - Work with a product managers, scientists and engineers to define and build business problems. - Research, develop, and deliver machine learning & LLM based solutions in close partnership with end users, other science and engineering teams, and business stakeholders. - Use AWS services like SageMaker and Bedrock to deploy scalable ML models in the cloud. About the team About AWS Diverse Experiences AWS 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 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. About 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 public sector. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Seattle, WA, USA
US, CA, Santa Clara
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 at AWS is a new strategic team that helps AWS customers implement Generative AI solutions and realize transformational business opportunities. This is a team of strategists, data scientists, engineers, and solution 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, select and train and fine tune the right models, 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 Data 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 Data Scientist, you will * Collaborate with AI/ML scientists and architects to Research, design, develop, and evaluate cutting-edge generative AI algorithms to address real-world challenges * Interact with customers directly to understand the business problem, help and aid them in implementation of generative AI solutions, deliver briefing and deep dive sessions to customers and guide customer 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 About the team 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. 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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. 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 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. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Austin, TX, USA | Houston, TX, USA | Portland, OR, USA | San Diego, CA, USA | San Francisco, CA, USA | Santa Clara, CA, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
MX, DIF, Mexico City
Are you a data enthusiast? Does the world’s most complex logistic systems inspire your curiosity? Is your passion to navigate through hundreds of systems, processes, and data sources to solve the puzzles and identify the next big opportunity? Are you a creative big thinker who is passionate about using data and optimization tools to direct decision making and solve complex and large-scale challenges? Do you feel like your skills uniquely qualify you to bridge communication between teams with competing priorities? If so, then this position is for you! We are looking for a motivated individual with strong analytic and communication skills to join the effort in evolving the network we have today into the network we need tomorrow. Amazon’s extensive logistics system is comprised of thousands of fixed infrastructure nodes, with millions of possible connections between them. Billions of packages flow through this network on a yearly basis, making the impact of optimal improvements unparalleled. This magnificent challenge is a terrific opportunity to analyze Amazon’s data and generate actionable recommendations using optimization and simulation. Come build with us! In this role, your main focus will be to perform analysis, synthesize information, identify business opportunities, provide project direction, and communicate business and technical requirements within the team and across stakeholder groups. You consider the needs of day-to-day operations and insist on the standards required to build the network of tomorrow. You will assist in defining trade-offs and quantifying opportunities for a variety of projects. You will learn current processes, build metrics, educate diverse stakeholder groups, assist science groups in initial solution design, and audit all model implementation. A successful candidate in this position will have a background in communicating across significant differences, prioritizing competing requests, and quantifying decisions made. The ideal candidate will have a strong ability to model real world data with high complexity and delivery high quality analysis, data products and optimizations models for strategic decision. They are excited to be part of, and learn from, a large science community and are ready to dig into the details to find insights that direct decisions. The successful candidate will have good communication skills and an ability to speak at a level appropriate for the audience, will collaborate effectively with scientists, product managers and business stakeholders. Key job responsibilities Statistical Models (ML, regression, forecasting, ) Optimization models, AB and hypothesis testing, Bayesian models. Communication skills with both tech and non tech stakeholders. Writting skills, capable to create documents for different types of readers (business, science, tech) to communicate results on analysis, testing. A day in the life We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Mexico City, DIF, MEX
US, MA, North Reading
Working at Amazon Robotics Are you inspired by invention? Is problem solving through teamwork in your DNA? Do you like the idea of seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture? Answer yes to any of these and you’ll fit right in here at Amazon Robotics. We are a smart team of doers that work passionately to apply cutting-edge advances in robotics and software to solve real-world challenges that will transform our customers’ experiences in ways we can’t even imagine yet. We invent new improvements every day. We are Amazon Robotics and we will give you the tools and support you need to invent with us in ways that are rewarding, fulfilling and fun. Position Overview The Amazon Robotics (AR) Software Research and Science team builds and runs simulation experiments and delivers analyses that are central to understanding the performance of the entire AR system. This includes operational and software scaling characteristics, bottlenecks, and robustness to “chaos monkey” stresses -- we inform critical engineering and business decisions about Amazon’s approach to robotic fulfillment. We are seeking a Data Scientist to design, evangelize, and implement state-of-the-art solutions for never-before-solved problems. The Scientist will work closely with other research and robotics experts to design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways to improve Amazon Robotics analytics to optimize the Customer experience. They will partner with technology and product leaders to solve business problems using scientific approaches. They will build new tools and invent business insights that surprise and delight our customers. They will work to quantify system performance at scale, and to expand the breadth and depth of our analysis to increase the ability of software components and warehouse processes. They will work to evolve our library of key performance indicators and construct experiments that efficiently root cause emergent behaviors. They will engage with software development teams and warehouse design engineers to drive the evolution of the AR system, as well as the simulation engine that supports our work. Inclusive Team Culture Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have 12 affinity groups (employee resource groups) with more than 87,000 employees across hundreds of chapters around the world. We have innovative benefit offerings and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which reminds team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. Flexibility It isn’t about which hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We offer flexibility and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives. Mentorship & Career Growth We care about your career growth too. Whether your goals are to explore new technologies, take on bigger opportunities, or get to the next level, we'll help you get there. Our business is growing fast and our people will grow with it. A day in the life 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! Benefits Summary: 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://amazon.jobs/en/internal/benefits/us-benefits-and-stock We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: North Reading, MA, USA
US, TX, Austin
Are you a Sr. Applied Scientist interested in all things cyber security? Do you enjoy developing state of the art ML, and LLM based systems? Are you interested in working on ground-breaking projects that will drive new innovations in how teams manage software security? Do you want to explore the boundaries of A.I. based automation? If yes, this team is for you! The Defensive Security organization is pioneering new methods to enable innovative ways in how security teams keep Amazon safe. We are looking for a scientist to join a team of software and security engineers in building a specialized product that deals with security findings and incidents at scale. In this role you will be a founding member of a new science initiative on a ground breaking new product. You will develop key technological A.I. advancements and ML models that will power a new suite of tools. These tools will empower 200+ security engineers world wide to keep Amazon secure. As part of the Defensive Security organization you will enable Amazon to maintain customer trust through broad security initiatives. As the leading contributor of Defensive Security's A.I. initiatives, you will be on the forefront of resolving security findings at Amazon scale. Key job responsibilities - You will derive novel M.L. models for classification, and prediction using LLMs/LMMs/LAMs. - You will design and develop scalable ML models. - You will work with large datasets (Petabyte scale). - You will with large GPU clusters to train and deploy models. - You will work closely within software/security engineering teams to deploy your models, and test the quality of their impacts. - You will publish your work at major conferences/journals. - You will create written communication briefing findings, and observations for executive leadership. - You will mentor team members in the use of your AI models. A day in the life A day in the life involves meeting Vulnerability Management and Incident Responder teams to review data flows, prediction use cases, and automation gaps. From here you will research data sets, working with security/software engineers to retrieve data needed for your analysis and explorations. Once you have framed the problems, you will conduct experiments, regressions, and various analysis activities to find insights. You will develop and train models that will then be placed into a production environment with the help of software engineers. You will then work with your security team partners to understand the effectiveness of the models created. About the team The Defensive Security team is small, tight-knit, and located in Austin, Texas. It is primarily software engineers, but will be developed into a hybrid team of software engineers and security engineers. This team will have tenured Amazonian leadership, with a track record of mentoring, coaching, and career progression support. About Amazon Security Diverse Experiences — Amazon Security 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 Amazon Security? — At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores. Inclusive Team Culture — In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices. Training & 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, training, 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 flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Austin, TX, USA | Seattle, WA, USA
IT, Turin
The Artificial General Intelligent team (AGI) seeks a Applied Scientist with a strong background in machine and deep learning to spearhead the advancement and deployment of cutting-edge ML systems. As part of this team, you will collaborate with talented peers to create scalable solutions for an innovative conversational assistant, aiming to revolutionize user experiences for millions of Alexa customers. Creating reliable, scalable and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, and a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Machine Learning, NLP and Problem solving. This role requires working closely with business, engineering and other scientists within the team and across Amazon to raise the bar in operational excellence, improving tools and automating workflows. You will lead high visibility and high impact programs collaborating with various teams across Amazon. The candidate is self-motivated, thrives in ambiguous and fast-paced environments, possess the drive to tackle complex challenges, and excel at swiftly delivering impactful solutions while iterating based on user feedback. Join us in our mission to redefine industry standards and provide unparalleled experiences for our customers. Key job responsibilities * Analyze, understand, and model customer behavior and the customer experience based on large scale data * Build and measure novel online & offline metrics for personal digital assistants and customer scenarios, on diverse devices and endpoints * Create, innovate and deliver deep learning, policy-based learning, and/or machine learning based algorithms to deliver customer-impacting results * Build and deploy automated model training and evaluation pipelines * Perform model/data analysis and monitor metrics through online A/B testing * Research and implement novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms and models. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: Turin, ITA