Amazon Development Center
Machine Learning Science, Applied Science, Retail
AppliedScienceManager,Personalization
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“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.
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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