Data Scientist, Alexa AI

Amazon; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,200,000 - 3,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a passionate Data Scientist with machine learning background to help build industry-leading speech and language technology in Bengaluru. You will work on ASR, NLU, ML and CV with the AI team at AWS, using large-scale data from speech, text, and structured sources to develop experiments and novel algorithms.

Join a global team that directly impacts millions of customers by advancing spoken language understanding and delivering state-of-the-art language solutions within Amazon's

Qualifications

• 1+ years of data querying languages (SQL), scripting languages (Python) or statistical/mathematical software (R, SAS, Matlab).
• 2+ years of data/research scientist, statistician or quantitative analyst experience in a big data internet company.
• 1+ years of creating or contributing to mathematical textbooks, research papers, or educational content.

Responsibilities

• Develop data experiments and novel algorithms for speech and language technology.
• Work with large-scale speech, text, and structured data sources and computing resources.
• Advance the state-of-the-art in human language technology within AWS AI team.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Matlab

Education

Master's degree in STEM

PhD (preferred)

Tools

SAS

SPSS

S-PLUS

Hadoop

Spark

MapReduce

Hive

Job description

Amazon is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Data Scientist with machine learning background to help build industry-leading Speech and Language technology.

Our mission is to provide a delightful experience to Amazon's customers by pushing the envelope in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Machine Learning (ML).

Key job responsibilities

Amazon is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Data Scientist with machine learning background to help build industry-leading Speech and Language technology.

Our mission is to provide a delightful experience to Amazon's customers by pushing the envelope in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Natural Language Understanding (NLU), Machine Learning (ML) and Computer Vision (CV).

As part of our AI team in Amazon AWS, you will work alongside internationally recognized experts to develop data experiments, novel algorithms and data techniques to advance the state-of-the-art in human language technology.

Your work will directly impact millions of our customers in the form of products and services that make use of speech and language technology.

You will gain hands on experience with Amazon's heterogeneous speech, text, and structured data sources, and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in spoken language understanding.

Basic Qualifications

• 1+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
• 2+ years of data/research scientist, statistician or quantitative analyst in an internet-based company with complex and big data sources experience
• 1+ years of creating or contributing to mathematical textbooks, research papers, or educational content experience
• Master's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), or experience working in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
• Knowledge of statistical packages and business intelligence tools such as SPSS, SAS, S-PLUS, or R
• Knowledge of machine learning concepts and their application to reasoning and problem-solving
• Experience with clustered data processing (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Map-reduce, and Hive)
• Experience working with or evaluating AI systems
• Experience applying quantitative analysis to solve business problems and making data-driven business decisions
• Experience effectively communicating complex concepts through written and verbal communication

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