DESCRIPTION
Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?
The Role:
Amazon Design Technologies is a multi-disciplinary team that provides design software, systems platforms and design processes to our Product Development, New Technology, Operations, Retail, Footwear, Apparel and Manufacturing teams.
We're seeking innovative Applied Scientists passionate about leveraging advanced AI to tackle complex challenges in product intelligence, data integration, and knowledge discovery. In this role, you'll collaborate with teams across Amazon to drive customer-focused solutions and amplify the impact of your work on our global customer base.
Key job responsibilities
* Design and implement advanced AI models using the latest LLM and GenAI technologies to enhance product understanding, matching, and categorization at an unprecedented scale.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI-driven insights into Amazon's Devices Knowledgebase.
* Lead the design and implementation of scalable, production-ready AI systems.
* Stay at the advance of AI research, continuously exploring and implementing new techniques in LLMs, GenAI, and multimodal learning to drive innovation in product intelligence.
* Contribute to the scientific community through publications, presentations, and collaborations with academic institutions.
A day in the life
You'll be working closely with business partners and engineering teams to create end-to-end scalable machine learning solutions that address real-world problems. You will build scalable, efficient, and automated processes for large-scale data analyses, model development, model validation, and model implementation.
You will also be providing clear and compelling reports for your solutions and contributing to the ongoing innovation and knowledge-sharing that are central to the team's success.
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 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 using Unix/Linux
* Experience in professional software development
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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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 $223,400/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.