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Applied Scientist, Tablets

Amazon
Posted 15 days ago, valid for 4 days
Location

Seattle, WA, US

Salary

Competitive

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The job is for an Applied Scientist focused on enhancing the customer experience on Amazon Tablets.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of experience in building models for business applications or a PhD with 4+ years in a related field.
  • The role involves designing and deploying recommendation models using Amazon's computing resources and mentoring other engineers.
  • Programming experience in languages such as Java, C++, or Python is required, along with knowledge in algorithms, data structures, and data mining.
  • The position offers a competitive salary, reflecting the candidate's experience and qualifications.
Are you excited to play a strategic role in defining the customer experience on Tablets? Come join a dynamic, customer-obsessed, world-class science team to completely reshape the customer experience on our tablets.

Key job responsibilities
Using Amazon’s large-scale computing resources, you will design and deploy state-of-the-art recommendation models. You will ask research questions about customer behavior, design state-of-the-art models that help customers discover content, and deploy these models to production alongside other engineers. You will participate in the Amazon ML community and mentor other engineers with a strong interest in and knowledge of ML and generative AI. Your work will directly benefit customers!

A day in the life
We are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented Applied Scientist who has experience developing state-of-the-art models and deploying them to production. You will have an opportunity to make an enormous impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of products used everyday by real customers!

About the team
The Amazon Tablet team is a world-class team that delivers high-quality, innovative products that are loved by our customers. Our team focuses on spinning many of Amazon’s flywheels with bar-raising mobile experiences on our tablets. Over the last 12 years, we have built 4.0+ star rated products, and we continue to look for ways to scale our business. Join us as we continue our ambitious journey which will give you the opportunity to deliver disruptive products with global impact. Basic Qualifications: - 3+ years of building models for business application experience
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing Preferred Qualifications: - Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in professional software development

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

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.



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