Applied Scientist II, Digital Acceleration

Amazon; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Applied Scientist II for their Digital Acceleration team in London. The role involves developing and optimizing ML algorithms to solve business challenges. Candidates should hold a PhD or Master's in a related field and possess significant experience in the machine learning domain. Join a dynamic environment where you'll collaborate across teams and contribute to researching and developing innovative AI solutions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building ML models for business applications.
• Open to experience in patents or publications at conferences.
• Excellent documentation and collaboration skills required.

Responsibilities

• Research, experiment, and build Proof Of Concepts for AI & ML.
• Work cross-functionally with engineering, product, and business teams.
• Publish research in peer-reviewed venues.

Skills

Machine Learning

Algorithms

Data Mining

Programming

Communication

Education

PhD or Master's degree in CS, CE, ML or related field

Tools

Python

C++

Java

Unix/Linux

Job description

Applied Scientist II, Digital Acceleration

The Digital Acceleration (DA) team in India is seeking a talented, self-driven Applied Scientist to work on prototyping, optimizing, and deploying ML algorithms for solving Digital business problems.

Key job responsibilities:
- Research, experiment and build Proof Of Concepts advancing the state of the art in AI & ML.
- Work cross-functionally across engineering, product, and business teams to understand customer needs, scope science work, and drive science solutions from conception to customer delivery.
- Thrive in dynamic environments, adapting quickly to evolving technical requirements.
- Engage in effective technical communication (written & spoken) with coordination across teams.
- Conduct thorough documentation of algorithms, methodologies, and findings for transparency and reproducibility.
- Publish research papers in internal and external venues of repute
- Support on-call activities for critical issues

Basic Qualifications:
- Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application
- PhD, or a Master's degree and experience in CS, CE, ML or related field
- Rapidly prototype ML/LLM solutions, evaluate feasibility, and drive projects to production deployment
- Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl
- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing
- Proficiency in coding and software development, with a strong focus on machine learning frameworks.
- Understanding of relevant statistical measures such as confidence intervals, significance of error measurements, development and evaluation data sets, etc.
- Excellent communication skills (written & spoken) and ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed, cross-functional team setting.

Preferred Qualifications
- 3+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience
- Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Track record of diving into data to discover hidden patterns and conducting error/deviation analysis
- Ability to develop experimental and analytic plans for data modeling processes, use of strong baselines, ability to accurately determine cause and effect relations
- Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment

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 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.