Applied Scientist III, MENA Tech

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Dubai is seeking an Applied Scientist to solve complex problems with machine learning and data science. You will build models and ML systems to accelerate customer experience and business outcomes in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You will invent, prototype, and deploy state-of-the-art algorithms, work with partners across engineering, product, and research, and publish results as appropriate while balancing speed, quality, and scale.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience.
• PhD or Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
• Experience programming in Java C++ Python or related language.
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning.
• Strong publication record at top conferences and journals.

Responsibilities

• Invent, implement and deploy state of the art machine learning algorithms and systems.
• Create experiments and prototype implementations of new learning algorithms and prediction techniques.
• Collaborate with applied scientists, engineers, product managers and stakeholders to design and implement software solutions for science problems.
• Use machine learning best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables.
• You will be at the heart of a growing and exciting area for MENA tech.
• You will shape the vision of MENA ML and drive innovative and impacting products.

Skills

ML model development

Publication track record

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Adaptability

Education

PhD or Master’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

Java

C++

Python

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Spark

MxNet

NumPy

SciPy

Hadoop

Job description

We are looking for an Applied scientist with the skills to solve complex problems using machine learning and data science. As an Applied scientist you will provide machine learning expertise that helps accelerate the business. You will build various data and machine learning models that help us innovate in different ways to enhance customer experience. You will need to be entrepreneurial wear many hats and work in a highly collaborative environment. We like to move fast experiment iterate and then scale quickly thoughtfully balancing speed and quality.

Responsibilities

• Invent implement and deploy state of the art machine learning algorithms and systems.
• Create experiments and prototype implementations of new learning algorithms and prediction techniques.
• Collaborate with applied scientists engineers product managers and stakeholders to design and implement software solutions for science problems.
• Use machine learning best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables.
• You will be at the heart of a growing and exciting area for MENA tech
• You will shape the vision of MENA ML and drive innovative and impacting products

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

Dubai ARE

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• PhD or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• Experience programming in Java C++ Python or related language
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
• Strong publication record at top conferences and journals

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with modeling tools such as R scikit-learn Spark MLLib MxNet Tensorflow numpy scipy etc.
• Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop Spark etc.
• Contribute to Amazon's Intellectual Property through patents and/or external publications