Senior Applied Scientist, Healthcare ML - Special Projects

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 226,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Sign-on payments

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon specializes in building state-of-the-art ML models for healthcare within a Special Projects team. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will design and deploy AI/ML solutions that address major healthcare challenges, collaborating with scientists, engineers, and product managers across the organization to bring innovative products to market.

You will lead research-to-production efforts, translating complex findings into practical, scalable systems while navigating ambiguity in early-stage

Qualifications

• 5+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience.
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement novel AI/ML solutions for complex healthcare challenges.
• Drive advancements in machine learning and data science.
• Balance theoretical knowledge with practical implementation.
• Work closely with customers and partners to understand their requirements.
• Navigate ambiguity and create clarity in early-stage product development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams while fostering innovation to deliver impactful solutions.
• Establish best practices for ML experimentation, evaluation, development and deployment.
• Partner with leadership to define roadmap and strategic initiatives.

Skills

ML model development

Deep learning

Java/C++/Python

Research experience

Education

PhD or Master's with 6+ years applied R&D

Tools

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Amazon specializes in building state-of-the-art ML models for healthcare within a Special Projects team. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will design and deploy AI/ML solutions that address major healthcare challenges, collaborating with scientists, engineers, and product managers across the organization to bring innovative products to market.

You will lead research-to-production efforts, translating complex findings into practical, scalable systems while navigating ambiguity in early-stage