Applied Science Leader, Multimodal Translation

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 249,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Translation Services is seeking an Applied Science Manager to own the long-term science roadmap for machine translation, multimodal content (image translation, video subtitling), and automated quality evaluation. You will lead scientists and MLEs, shape research direction, and bridge breakthroughs into production-scale systems across billions of translations.

You will collaborate with business partners, engineers, and product managers to accelerate translation capabilities and define

Qualifications

• 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience.
• Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with business partners, applied scientists, software engineers, and product managers to accelerate translation capability improvements.
• Influence science and engineering strategy, define product features, drive system architecture, and promote best practices for quality products.
• Influence development processes and develop leadership and project-management capabilities.
• Build a strong development team and create career plans for scientists and engineers reporting to you.
• Demonstrate creativity, curiosity, and sound judgment to thrive in ambiguity.

Skills

Team management

ML knowledge

NLP knowledge

Information Retrieval

Analytics

Job description

Amazon Translation Services is seeking an Applied Science Manager to own the long-term science roadmap for machine translation, multimodal content (image translation, video subtitling), and automated quality evaluation. You will lead scientists and MLEs, shape research direction, and bridge breakthroughs into production-scale systems across billions of translations.

You will collaborate with business partners, engineers, and product managers to accelerate translation capabilities and define