Lead Applied Science Manager — LLM/VLM for Smart Shopping

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

Job summary

Amazon Science in Seattle is seeking a leader to manage a team working on Large Language Model and Vision-Language Model post-training and alignment for new shopping experiences. You will collaborate with scientists, engineers, and technical program managers to innovate on behalf of customers.

If you’re driven by technology, mentorship, and delivering impact at scale, join a fast‑moving, customer‑obsessed environment where research translates into practical shopping experiences.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of building ML models for business applications.
• Knowledge of machine learning approaches and algorithms.
• PhD preferred or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team focused on LLM/VLM post-training and alignment for new shopping experiences.
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and TPMs to drive practical impact.
• Define and supervise research-to-product integration for customer-facing features.

Skills

ML model building

ML algorithms knowledge

Management experience

Education

PhD

Job description

Amazon Science in Seattle is seeking a leader to manage a team working on Large Language Model and Vision-Language Model post-training and alignment for new shopping experiences. You will collaborate with scientists, engineers, and technical program managers to innovate on behalf of customers.

If you’re driven by technology, mentorship, and delivering impact at scale, join a fast‑moving, customer‑obsessed environment where research translates into practical shopping experiences.