Applied Scientist

Palo Alto, CA, United States

Job ID: 2606804 | Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

AWS Analytics is looking for a passionate, inventive Applied Scientist with a strong machine learning background to help create industry-leading analytics experiences, using generative AI and machine learning.

AWS provides a comprehensive set of analytics services for all data analytics needs and enables organizations of all sizes and industries to reinvent their business with data. From storage and management, data governance, actions, and experiences, AWS offers purpose-built services that provide the best price-performance, scalability, and lowest cost.

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Key job responsibilities

As part of the AWS Analytics science team you will have the opportunity to apply your machine learning skills to impact some of the largest analytics services in the industry and their customers. You will innovate by designing and building machine learning models, foundation models, and agent-based solutions instantiating them, to simplify AWS customers’ analytics journey and optimize their cost-performance profile. You will collaborate with a talented team of applied science peers to drive scientific impact and with engineering, product, and business leaders to launch your work in production at Amazon scale.

A day in the life

A mix of the following activities: talking to product leaders and customers to define science features; researching the state of the art and creating science plans to build them; building and rigorously benchmarking the science implementations of such features; partnering with engineering teams to onboard science work and launch it in production; preparing, publishing, and presenting scientific work at top-tier science venues and evangelizing it within the company; upgrading your science knowledge by participating in reading groups and science presentations by internal or external scientists; mentoring applied science interns and science peers in all of the above functions.

About the team

We are a team dedicated to delivering transformative, science-driven analytics experiences for Amazon customers and having fun doing so. Our leadership team fosters an inclusive team culture and encourages work-life balance to bring out the best in each team member. Collaboration and mentorship are key tenets of our fabric. The team includes a broad mix of experience levels and tenures and is dedicated to supporting new members achieve their aspirations.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

East Palo Alto, CA, USA | Santa Clara, CA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field

- Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application

- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals

- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience in professional software development

- 3+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience

- Experience with generative deep learning models applicable to the creation of synthetic humans like CNNs, GANs, VAEs and NF

- Background or expertise in CS systems, particularly databases, programming languages, or compilers

- Experience in natural language processing or generative AI

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $222,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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