Applied Research Director

2 days ago


Seattle, Washington, United States Amazon Inc Full time

About the Role: We are seeking an experienced Principal Applied Scientist to lead the development of state-of-the-art machine learning models that enhance the shopping experience on Amazon. This role will involve designing, deploying, and mentoring teams in the use of machine learning and generative AI.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include researching customer behavior, developing models to help customers shop effectively, mentoring Applied Scientists and software development engineers in machine learning and generative AI, participating in the Amazon ML community, and ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.

Qualifications: To be successful in this role, you will need 5+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience, a PhD, or Master's degree with 6+ years of applied research experience, and expertise in a wide breadth of modeling approaches and applications. Additionally, experience with neural deep learning methods and generative models (text and image) and mentoring a team of applied scientists is required.

Salary Range: The base pay for this position ranges from $179,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $309,400/year in our highest geographic market.



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