Amazon.com Services LLC

Project/Program/Product Management--Technical, Applied Science, alexa and amazon devices

AppliedScientist,AmazonKidsPersonalization

$142–193k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Applied Scientist, Amazon Kids Personalization at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Recommendation systems, Machine Learning, Model deployment. Design recommendation models. Deploy recommendation models”

Industry & Context.

Project/Program/Product Management Technical, Applied Science, alexa and amazon devices

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years building models, Master's degree and 4+ years experience, PhD and 4+ years experience, Experience programming in Java, Experience programming in C++, Experience programming in Python, Experience in algorithms, Experience in data structures, Experience in parsing, Experience in numerical optimization, Experience in data mining, Experience in parallel computing, Experience in distributed computing, Experience in high-performance computing

Nice to Have

Experience using Unix/Linux

What You'll Do.

Design recommendation models

Deploy recommendation models

Ask research questions

Help customers discover content

Deploy models to production

Participate in Amazon ML community

Mentor other engineers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

With other engineers

Full Job Description

Are you interested in recommendation systems that deliver the most enjoyable content to millions of customers? Do you want to invent new ways to seamlessly connect Kids and Parents through books, videos, apps, and more across a growing number of devices? If that sounds like you, then come join the Amazon Kids+ Personalization team! Join a team on a mission to make Kids+ every child's favorite destination to independently create, explore, and learn — and give parents the confidence to let them. Learn more at http://www.amazon.com/kids. Key job responsibilities Using Amazon’s large-scale computing resources, you will design and deploy state-of-the-art recommendation models. You will ask research questions about customer behavior, design state-of-the-art models that help customers discover content, and deploy these models to production alongside other engineers (SDEs, DEs). You will participate in the Amazon ML community and mentor other engineers with a strong interest in and knowledge of ML and generative AI. Your work will directly benefit customers! A day in the life We are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented Applied Scientist who has experience developing state-of-the-art models and deploying them to production. You will have an opportunity to make an enormous impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of products used everyday by real customers! About the team We're a team of experienced engineers and builders who are genuinely passionate about what we make — and who we make it for. Many of us are parents ourselves, and all of us share a deep belief that kids deserve technology that's both safe and genuinely fun. That tension — between delight and trust, between independence and guardrails — is the creative challenge that gets us out of bed in the morning. Basic Qualifications: - 3+ years of building models for business application experience - PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience - Experience

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