Job Description

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no lines and no checkoutyou just grab and go! Customers simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take what they want from our selection of fresh, delicious meals and grocery essentials, and go!

Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by our Just Walk Out Technology, which automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in a virtual cart. When youre done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, well charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt. Check it out at amazon.com/go. Designed and custom-built by Amazonians, our Just Walk Out Technology uses a variety of technologies including computer vision, sensor fusion, and advanced machine learning. Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earths most customer centric company and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in computer vision, machine learning, distributed systems and hardware design.

The Role: Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and work in a highly collaborative environment thats more startup than big company. Well tackle problems that span a variety of domains: computer vision, image recognition, machine learning, real-time and distributed systems.

You should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity thats higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving problems that, frankly, havent been solved at scale before - anywhere. You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and given the size of this initiative, youll have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. Along the way, we guarantee that youll learn a ton, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.

Job Responsibilities

Work with engineering, research and product management to translate business requirements into technical/functional specifications.
Build project plans, balancing business needs with project risks and resource availability.
Drive engineering project execution, make technical tradeoffs, track and report on status, and resolve blocking issues.
Coordinate cross-team efforts spanning research algorithms and dozens of services.
Assist with recruiting, hiring process, and growing the team.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related discipline.
10-15 years of experience the software or hardware industry, taking a product through its complete lifecycle.
Track record of successfully delivering projects on time, to scope, with high quality.
Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with ability to work successfully across all engineering disciplines.
Maturity, judgment, and proven ability to lead and influence others.
Independently driven, resourceful, and able to deliver results with minimal direction.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with developers, business owners, and senior business leaders.
High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience driving multiple products through a complete lifecycle
High Scale services experience in an online retail environment

Experience working with research, hardware, and software teams

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