Applied Scientist, Mid-Level

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Job Summary:

Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling, and they are seeking an Applied Scientist to solve complex real-world problems and create production-ready models. The role involves collaborating with tech and product teams, developing scalable solutions, and pushing the boundaries of innovation in machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities:

• Understand use cases across the business and adopt/extend/design/invent solutions/models that are scalable, efficient, and automated for difficult problems that are not well defined

• Work closely with fellow scientists and software engineers (at Audible and Amazon) to build and productionize models, deliver novel and highly impactful features

• Review models of peers for the purpose of reducing and managing risk to the business, while improving customer experience

• Design, develop, and deploy modeling techniques that focus on Content Understanding, Recommendations, GenAI-based application, by employing a wide range of methodologies, working from simple to complex

• Contribute to initiatives that employ the most recent advances in ML/AI in a fast-paced, experimental environment

• Push the boundary of innovation

Qualifications:

Required:

• MSc 5ys of relevant experience, or PhD in one of the following disciplines: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Science, Applied Math, or a related quantitative field

• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, software development

• 3 years of experience in Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing/Understanding, Reinforcement Learning and/or GenAI

• Proficiency in Python, SQL, other scripting languages

• Experience employing and innovating with LLMs/GenAI to solve complex problems

Preferred:

• 2 years of industry experience in with ML/AI projects in addition to PhD

• Experience with building Recommendations Systems

• Machine Learning Pipeline orchestration with AWS (SageMaker, Batch, Lambda, Step Functions) or similar cloud-platforms

• Experience with Agile Software Development

• Experience with programming in at least one compiled programming language such as Java, C , C#

• Publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals

Company:

Audible is an internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, educational programming, and information. It is a sub-organization of Amazon. Founded in 1995, the company is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Public Company. Audible has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.