Applied Scientist II – ML, LLMs & Shopping Experience

Amazon; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle, WA is seeking an Applied Scientist for the WPPO Science team in Search. You will work on large-scale machine learning systems spanning ranking, reinforcement learning, and LLMs to power the next generation of the Amazon shopping experience and reach millions of customers.

You will develop models, refine ranking/optimization, and drive features from idea to production. The role offers opportunities to collaborate with ML leaders and advance your expertise in a

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree with 4+ years in CS/CE/ML or related field.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related languages.
• 1+ years building ML models or developing algorithms for business applications.
• Experience in algorithms, data structures, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing.

Responsibilities

• Build systems that shape the future of Amazon shopping using LLMs and whole page experiences.
• Improve ranking and optimization algorithms.
• Drive features from idea to deployment impacting millions of customers.
• Collaborate with leaders in ML to advance research and production MVPs.

Skills

ML model development

Java/C++

Python

Education

PhD or Masters + 4+ years CS/CE/ML

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC in Seattle, WA is seeking an Applied Scientist for the WPPO Science team in Search. You will work on large-scale machine learning systems spanning ranking, reinforcement learning, and LLMs to power the next generation of the Amazon shopping experience and reach millions of customers.

You will develop models, refine ranking/optimization, and drive features from idea to production. The role offers opportunities to collaborate with ML leaders and advance your expertise in a