Applied Scientist I, ALX SIERRA

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an experienced ML/AI scientist to join their innovative GTM Science team. This role offers the opportunity to work on groundbreaking talent science products using advanced techniques like machine learning and generative AI. You will tackle complex organizational challenges and collaborate with various teams to integrate models into production systems. With high visibility to senior leaders, your contributions will have a significant impact on the company's growth and employee experience. If you're passionate about applying science to solve real-world problems, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Equity options

Comprehensive medical benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a quantitative field and programming experience required.
• Experience with SQL and RDBMS is essential.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement models and science-based product ideas.
• Develop fair predictive models for business outcomes.
• Productionize ML models at Amazon's scale.

Skills

Machine Learning

Generative AI

Natural Language Processing

Supervised Learning

Unsupervised Learning

Recommendation Systems

Reinforcement Learning

Algorithmic Fairness

Programming (Java, C++, Python)

SQL

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Mathematics

Master's degree in Statistics

Master's degree in Machine Learning

Tools

Oracle

Data Warehouse

Job description

Job ID: 2958554 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Amazon’s global talent is incredibly complex with unique problems to be solved for each line of business. Global Talent Management (GTM) is centrally responsible for managing and evolving Amazon’s human capital through intelligent talent products and processes. GTM Science is a growing interdisciplinary science team within GTM that develops science products and services to facilitate Amazon’s growth and development of talent across all of our businesses and locations around the world.

Our vision in GTM Science is to use machine learning and Generative AI to scalably solve organizational challenges focused on talent movement, talent differentiation, employee-role matching, promotion processes, organizational design and succession planning, diversity and inclusion, and new areas that address the evolving needs of our diverse employee base.

We are looking for an experienced ML/AI scientist to work on talent science products that draw from a range of fields such as algorithmic fairness, natural language processing, supervised and unsupervised learning, recommendation systems, machine learning on graphs, reinforcement learning and others on rich and novel datasets. The role has high visibility to senior Amazon business leaders and involves working with other scientists, and partnering with engineering and product teams to integrate these models into production systems.

As an applied scientist in GTM Science, you will have the opportunity to work on exciting problems in one of the most innovative applications of science in the People Experience and Technology space. You will help to solve high impact business problems, and be encouraged to patent and publish your contributions. If this kind of work excites you, reach out to us to find out more!

Key Responsibilities

1. Design and implement models, science-based product ideas and features, project plans and communicate with stakeholders.
2. Develop fair predictive models to understand important business and people-centered outcomes.
3. Productionize ML and science models at the scale of Amazon.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience with SQL and an RDBMS (e.g., Oracle) or Data Warehouse.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience implementing algorithms using both toolkits and self-developed code.
• Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals.

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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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit this link.

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.