Applied Scientist II, Alexa Devices, GENIE Science

Amazon; Asti; In loco; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A global technology firm is seeking an Applied Scientist specialized in Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. The ideal candidate will build scalable solutions and enhance customer experiences through advanced algorithms. Responsibilities include collaborating on innovative models and utilizing large data sets for impactful projects. Candidates should possess a PhD or Master's degree with a proven track record in machine learning applications, and programming skills in languages like Java, C++, or Python. This role is based in Piemonte, Italy.

Competenze

• PhD, or Master's degree and 3+ years of experience in building machine learning models.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Strong machine learning background and ability to work in dynamic environments.

Mansioni

• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to develop algorithms for recommendations.
• Impact customers through products utilizing machine learning technologies.
• Leverage data sources to enhance state-of-the-art capabilities.

Conoscenze

Natural Language Processing

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

Recommender Systems

Programming in Java, C++, or Python

Formazione

PhD or Master's degree

Strumenti

Large Language Models

Data Analysis Tools

Descrizione del lavoro

Overview

We are a part of Amazon Alexa Devices organization with the mission “delight customers through contextual and personalized proactive experiences that keep customers informed, engaged, and productive without cognitive burden”. We are developing an advanced system using Large Language Model (LLM) technologies to deliver engaging, intuitive, and adaptive content recommendations across all Amazon surfaces. We aim to facilitate seamless reasoning and customer experiences, surpassing the capabilities of previous machine learning models. We are looking for a passionate, talented, and resourceful Applied Scientist in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Recommender Systems and/or Information Retrieval, to invent and build scalable solutions for a state-of-the-art context-aware speech assistant. A successful candidate will have strong machine learning background and a desire to push the envelope in one or more of the above areas. The ideal candidate would also enjoy operating in dynamic environments, be self-motivated to take on challenging problems to deliver big customer impact, shipping solutions via rapid experimentation and then iterating on user feedback and interactions.

Responsibilities

• As an Applied Scientist on the team, you will collaborate with other applied scientists and engineers to develop novel algorithms to enable timely, relevant and delightful recommendations and conversations.
• Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of products and services that make use of various machine learning, deep learning and language model technologies.
• You will leverage Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in the state of art.

Basic Qualifications

• PhD, or Master\'s degree and 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• 3+ years of building models for business application experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Sciences, or Mathematics with specialties in natural language processing, recommendation system, information retrieval
• 2+ years experience in building machine learning or deep learning models for large scale customer facing product or features.
• Publications at peer-reviewed NLP/ML conferences (e.g. ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, AAAI)
• Solid software development experience
• Good written and verbal communication skills

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