Language Engineer, Artificial General Intelligence - Data Services

Amazon; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement

Job summary

Amazon’s AGI Data Services seeks Language Engineers to design and manage complex data collections spanning speech, text, and multimodal data. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and data scientists to generate high-quality datasets for training and evaluating AI models.

The role emphasizes building tools in Python, applying synthetic or model-based data generation, and ensuring robust annotation workflows.

Qualifications

• Experience owning language data collection projects with guidelines and annotation workflows.
• Master's degree in Computation/linguistics or equivalent required; PhD preferred.
• 2+ years in computational linguistics, language data processing, or AI data creation.
• Experience with language data annotation systems and scripting (Python).

Responsibilities

• Design complex data collections with human participants; manage planning and reporting.
• Create data using synthetic/model-based methods and assess quality targets.
• Analyze large data to extract insights and improve datasets.
• Build data analysis or creation tools using Python or similar scripting language.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and data creators to evaluate AI models.

Skills

Language data collection

Python scripting

Multilingual data handling

Communication

Project coordination

Education

Master's degree in Computational Linguistics or related field

PhD in Computational Linguistics (preferred)

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Description

The Amazon Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) Data Services organization is responsible for developing diverse datasets to train and evaluate the Amazon AI models. We are looking for Language Engineers to join our science and engineering team to support the development of complex, multimodal datasets, using a range of approaches including synthetic data generation, model-supported data generation, and human-in-the-loop data collections.

You will play a critical role in driving innovation and advancing the state-of-the-art in evaluating and training AI models. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and data scientists to ensure that our AI systems are best in class.

Key job responsibilities

• Design complex data collections with human participants in response to science needs: author instructions, define and implement quality targets and mechanisms, provide day-to-day coordination of data collection efforts (including planning, scheduling, and reporting), and be responsible for the final deliverables
• Design and conduct complex data creation tasks using synthetic and model-based data generation methods, following state-of-the-art approaches
• Analyze and extract insights from large amounts of data
• Build tools or tool prototypes for data analysis or data creation, using Python or another scripting language
• Use modeling tools to bootstrap or test new AI functionalities
• Collaborate with scientists, software engineers, and other data creators to evaluate performance of AI models

About The Team

Amazon strives to be the world’s most customer‑centric company, where customers can research and purchase anything they might want online or offline. We set big goals and are looking for people who can help us reach and exceed them. The AGI organization provides AI capabilities for a variety of Amazon products and searches. We provide secure, flexible, cost effective, and high‑quality data development services to our customers, that enables them to build advanced ML models.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience owning and executing language data collection projects, including guidelines, labelset and annotation workflow development
• Master's or higher degree in a relevant field (Computational Linguistics or equivalent field with computational analysis)
• 2+ years experience in computational linguistics or language data processing or AI data creation
• Experience with language data annotation systems and other forms of data markup
• Proficient with scripting languages, such as Python
• Experience working with speech, text, and multimodal data in multiple languages
• Excellent communication, strong organizational skills and very detailed oriented
• Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD in Computational Linguistics (or equivalent field with computational emphasis)
• Expertise in bootstrapping AI data collections for quickly evolving requirements
• Extensive experience working with speech, text, and multimodal data in multiple languages
• Experience in data creation for complex agentic workflows
• Practical experience with Machine Learning and technical concepts such as API
• Practical knowledge of version control and agile development; familiarity with database queries and data analysis processes (SQL, R, Matlab, etc.)

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

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Company

Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A3207312