Chief Innovation Strategist, Emerging Technologies

4 weeks ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Amazon Full time

Job Overview

The Futures Design team within Amazon's Device and Services Design Group (DDG) is seeking a highly skilled Senior Applied Scientist to join their growing team. This role offers an unparalleled opportunity to explore and define innovative opportunities globally and locally, shaping the future of customer experiences.

About the Role

As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will be responsible for defining key research directions, adopting or inventing new machine learning techniques, conducting rigorous experiments, publishing results, and ensuring that research is translated into practice. You will develop long-term strategies, persuade teams to adopt those strategies, propose goals and deliver on them. Additionally, you will participate in organizational planning, hiring, mentorship, and leadership development.

Your Key Responsibilities

  • Define key research directions and adopt or invent new machine learning techniques
  • Conduct rigorous experiments and publish results
  • Translate research into practice and ensure effective implementation
  • Develop long-term strategies and persuade teams to adopt them
  • Participate in organizational planning, hiring, mentorship, and leadership development

Requirements

To succeed in this role, you should have:

  • 3+ 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 languages
  • Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning

Preferred Qualifications

Candidates with experience working with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, TensorFlow, NumPy, SciPy, and large-scale distributed systems like Hadoop, Spark, will be highly valued.

About Amazon

Amazon is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Compensation and Benefits

This position offers a competitive base salary, ranging from $150,400 per year in our lowest geographic market up to $260,000 per year in our highest geographic market. Amazon also provides a range of benefits, including medical, financial, and other perks, which may include equity, sign-on payments, and more.



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