Amazon Development Center

Machine Learning Science, Applied Science, Retail

AppliedScienceManager,Personalization

$450–700k ~AI est. Haifa, Haifa, Israel FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Manager candidates.

The Brief

“Applied Science Manager, Personalization at Amazon Development Center. Skills: Large Language Models, Personalization, Applied Science. Lead a team of scientists. Set the technical vision”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver production-ready solutions; Customer-facing impact

Industry & Context.

Machine Learning Science, Applied Science, Retail

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Master's degree, 3+ years scientists or machine learning engineers management experience, 3+ years experience leading teams that build and deploy ML models, Experience leading applied research, Demonstrated ability to think strategically, Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively, Demonstrated ability to drive cross-team collaboration

Nice to Have

PhD or equivalent research experience, Experience with LLM training, fine-tuning, or adaptation, Experience with sequential recommendation, Experience with user intent/mission modeling, Experience with behavioral modeling

What You'll Do.

Lead a team of scientists

Set the technical vision

Drive the research agenda

Deliver production-ready solutions

Hire world-class scientists

Mentor world-class scientists

Develop world-class scientists

Foster a culture of innovation

Foster a culture of scientific rigor

Partner closely with engineering teams

Partner closely with product teams

Translate ambitious research into customer-facing impact

Represent your team's work to senior leadership

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-team collaboration; Engineering teams; Product teams; Senior leadership

Communication Scope

Written communication; Verbal communication

Full Job Description

Are you a scientist interested in pushing the state of the art in Information Retrieval, Large Language Models and Recommendation Systems? Are you interested in innovating on behalf of millions of customers, helping them accomplish their every day goals? Do you wish you had access to large datasets and tremendous computational resources? Do you want to join a team of capable scientist and engineers, building the future of e-commerce? Answer yes to any of these questions, and you will be a great fit for our team at Amazon. Our team is part of Amazon’s Personalization organization, a high-performing group that leverages Amazon’s expertise in machine learning, generative AI, large-scale data systems, and user experience design to deliver the best shopping experiences for our customers. Our team is building next-generation personalization systems powered by Large Language Models. We are tackling novel research challenges to help customers discover products they'll love - at Amazon scale and latency requirements. We are a team uniquely placed within Amazon, to have a direct window of opportunity to influence how customers will think about their shopping journey in the future. As an Applied Science Manager, you will lead a team of scientists working at the frontier of LLM-based personalization. You will set the technical vision, drive the research agenda, and ensure your team delivers production-ready solutions. You will hire, mentor, and develop world-class scientists while fostering a culture of innovation and scientific rigor. You will partner closely with engineering and product teams to translate ambitious research into customer-facing impact, and represent your team's work to senior leadership. Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information. Basic Qualifications: - PhD or equivalent research experience, or Master's degree - 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience - 3+ years of experience leading teams that build and d

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