Senior Applied Scientist
Posted on: 6 Feb 2021
Seattle, WA
Job Description
DESCRIPTION
Amazon AI is looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to join our
science team in the area of Speech and Natural Language Processing.
Our organization develops the science that drives the cloud-based AI
services of AWS. Our mission is to put the power of AI into the hands
of every developer. We seek to advance the state of the art in machine
learning to create services that delight our customers and meet
real-world business needs.
As a Senior Applied Scientist you will partner with talented
scientists and engineers to design, train, test, and deploy machine
learning models. You will contribute to innovative features, improve
our services based on customer requirements and help maintain a highly
scalable data and model management infrastructure that supports
cutting-edge research. You will be responsible for translating
business and engineering requirements into deliverables and software
products.
We are looking for candidates who thrive in an exciting,
fast-paced environment and who have a strong personal interest in
learning, researching, and creating new technologies with high
customer impact.
Prior domain knowledge in speech, natural language processing, or
computer vision is strongly preferred; solid knowledge of fundamentals
of statistics, machine learning, and deep learning is
required. Candidates should possess strong software engineering
skills and several years of industry experience.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
PhD degree in computer science, operations research, statistics, engineering, mathematics, or related field
5+ years of experience in the field with a proven track record
Experience with fast prototyping
Experience with object oriented languages and efficient low level coding
Experience with data mining or machine learning applications
Experience working effectively with software engineering teams
Strong publication record at top conferences and journals
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Prior experience in speech, natural language processing, computer vision or related area
Familiarity with AWS infrastructure
Experience with large-scale distributed systems or high-performance computing
Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation
Amazon.com
Seattle, WA
Amazon.com, Inc. engages in the retail sale of consumer products and subscriptions in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) segments. It sells merchandise and content purchased for resale from third-party sellers through physical stores and online stores.
The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, and Echo devices; provides Kindle Direct Publishing, an online service that allows independent authors and publishers to make their books available in the Kindle Store; and develops and produces media content.
In addition, it offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on its Websites, as well as their own branded Websites; and programs that allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, skill and app developers, and others to publish and sell content. Further, the company provides compute, storage, database, and other AWS services, as well as compute, storage, database offerings, fulfillment, publishing, digital content subscriptions, advertising, and co-branded credit card agreement services.
Additionally, it offers Amazon Prime, a membership program, which provides free shipping of various items; access to streaming of movies and TV episodes; and other services. It serves consumers, sellers, developers, enterprises, and content creators. Amazon.com, Inc. has a strategic partnership with Volkswagen AG. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
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IndustryInformation Technology
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No. of Employees647,500
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Website
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Jobs Posted12764
