Applied Scientist , Rufus Experience Science

Description

Amazon Rufus Experience Science is seeking a highly motivated Scientist who is passionate about building next-generation shopping experiences. In this role, you will help create conversational shopping journeys where customers can express any shopping need—discovering products, comparing options, finding inspiration, or resolving post-purchase issues. You will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver these experiences across multiple Rufus customer-facing features.
You will thrive in this role if you enjoy bringing latest research into everyday life—both for customers and for yourself. There’s nothing quite like realizing that a model you deployed yesterday is already improving your own shopping experience today. You will work side by side with scientists and engineers in a fast-paced environment, driving rapid model development and experimentation. You’ll also have access to Amazon’s rich datasets, AWS’s massive computational resources, and a network of world-class science and engineering leaders across the company.

Key job responsibilities
Execute the science vision and roadmap.

Develop data-driven solutions for the real-world, large scale problems.

Deliver and maintain software and models in the production environment.

Collaborate cross-functionally between product, design, and engineering.

Basic Qualifications

- 3 years of building models for business application experience
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4 years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Experience programming in Java, C , Python or related language
- Experience in state-of-the-art deep learning models architecture design and deep learning training and optimization and model pruning

Preferred Qualifications

- Knowledge of architectural concepts and algorithms, schedule tradeoffs and new opportunities with technical team members
- PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field
- Experience in building speech recognition, machine translation and natural language processing systems (e.g., commercial speech products or government speech projects)

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.