Applied Scientist, Alexa Connected Devices

Do you want to shape the future of how Alexa enabled devices connect with Alexa Cloud Do you want to be part of a team that builds solutions used by millions of customers If you said yes to any or all of those come join the Alexa Connected Devices!

We are looking for a passionate talented and resourceful Applied Scientist in the field of LLM Artificial Intelligence (AI) Natural Language Processing (NLP) Recommender Systems and/or Information Retrieval to invent and build scalable solutions for a state-of-the-art context-aware conversational AI. A successful candidate will have strong machine learning background and a desire to push the envelope in one or more of the above areas. The ideal candidate would also have hands-on experiences in building Generative AI solutions with LLMs and Recommender Systems enjoy operating in dynamic environments be self-motivated to take on challenging problems to deliver big customer impact moving fast to ship solutions and then iterating on user feedback and interactions.

Key job responsibilities
As an Applied Scientist you will leverage your technical expertise and experience to collaborate with other talented applied scientists and engineers to research and develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to reduce friction and enable natural and contextual conversations. You will analyze understand and improve user experiences by leveraging Amazons heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in artificial intelligence. You will work on core LLM technologies including Prompt Engineering and Optimization Supervised Fine-Tuning Learning from Human Feedback Evaluation Self-Learning etc. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of novel products and services.

- 3 years of building models for business application experience
- PhD or Masters 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

- Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in professional software development

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 142800.00 - 193200.00 USD annually