Principal Applied Scientist, AGI Foundations

Amazon; Asti; In loco; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A global technology leader in Italy seeks a Principal Applied Scientist to lead AI research and development. The role requires over 5 years of experience in predictive modeling, a PhD in a related field, and a strong background in algorithm design. You will mentor junior scientists and drive innovation in Generative AI technologies to enhance customer experiences.

Competenze

• 5+ years of hands-on work in predictive modeling and analysis.
• Experience with leading experienced scientists.
• Experience distilling informal customer requirements.

Mansioni

• Define key research directions and adopt new machine learning techniques.
• Develop long-term strategies and propose goals.
• Participate in organizational planning and mentorship.

Conoscenze

Predictive modeling

Algorithm design

Programming in Java, C++, Python

Mentorship

Formazione

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics

Descrizione del lavoro

Principal Applied Scientist, AGI Foundations

As a Principal Scientist within the Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) organization, you are a trusted part of the technical leadership. You bring business and industry context to science and technology decisions.

You set the standard for scientific excellence and make decisions that affect the way we build and integrate algorithms. You solicit differing views across the organization and are willing to change your mind as you learn more. Your artifacts are exemplary and often used as reference across organization.

You are a hands-on scientific leader. Your solutions are exemplary in terms of algorithm design, clarity, model structure, efficiency, and extensibility. You tackle intrinsically hard problems, acquiring expertise as needed. You decompose complex problems into straightforward solutions.

You amplify your impact by leading scientific reviews within your organization or at your location. You scrutinize and review experimental design, modeling, verification and other research procedures. You probe assumptions, illuminate pitfalls, and foster shared understanding. You align teams toward coherent strategies. You educate, keeping the scientific community up to date on advanced techniques, state of the art approaches, the latest technologies, and trends.

You help managers guide the career growth of other scientists by mentoring and play a significant role in hiring and developing scientists and leads.

You will play a critical role in driving the development of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies that can handle Amazon-scale use cases and have a significant impact on our customers' experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Define key research directions, adopting or inventing new machine learning techniques, conducting rigorous experiments, publishing results, and ensuring that research is translated into practice.
• Develop long-term strategies, persuade teams to adopt those strategies, propose goals and deliver on them.
• Participate in organizational planning, hiring, mentorship and leadership development.
• Serve as a key scientific resource in full-cycle development (conception, design, implementation, testing to documentation, delivery, and maintenance).

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on work in predictive modeling and analysis experience
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field
• Experience working in predictive modeling and analysis
• Experience distilling informal customer requirements into problem definitions, dealing with ambiguity and competing objectives
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience with leading experienced scientists as well as having a record of developing junior members from academia or industry to a career track in a business environment

Preferred Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant work in industry or academia experience
• Knowledge of problem solving, algorithm design and complexity analysis
• Experience creating novel algorithms and advancing the state of the art
• Have peer-reviewed scientific contributions in premier journals and conferences

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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