Lead Applied Scientist, Core Search & Personalization

Amazon; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 142,800 - 193,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is looking for an Applied Scientist in San Francisco, California, to lead science innovation and develop LLM-based techniques that enhance personalized shopping experiences. You will solve a variety of challenges, from creating semantic representations to deploying large-scale AI systems. Required qualifications include a PhD or Master's degree with extensive relevant experience, proficiency in Java, C++, or Python, and familiarity with algorithms. The compensation package includes a base salary range of $142,800 - $193,200, along with benefits such as health insurance and 401(k) matching.

Qualifications

• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or a related language.
• Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing.

Responsibilities

• Lead science innovation across multiple teams.
• Develop state-of-the-art LLM-based techniques.
• Deploy large-scale real-time AI systems.

Skills

Algorithms and data structures

Programming in Java, C++, Python

Numerical optimization

Data mining

Education

PhD or Master's degree in CS, CE, ML or related field

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Amazon is looking for an Applied Scientist in San Francisco, California, to lead science innovation and develop LLM-based techniques that enhance personalized shopping experiences. You will solve a variety of challenges, from creating semantic representations to deploying large-scale AI systems. Required qualifications include a PhD or Master's degree with extensive relevant experience, proficiency in Java, C++, or Python, and familiarity with algorithms. The compensation package includes a base salary range of $142,800 - $193,200, along with benefits such as health insurance and 401(k) matching.