Amazon.com Services LLC
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Sr.AppliedScientist,AmazonMusic
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“Sr. Applied Scientist, Amazon Music at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: GenAI, Multimodal AI, Machine Learning, Recommendation Systems. Propose modeling approaches. Drive experimentation”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver measurable customer impact; Improve music discovery; Improve personalization; Improve customer experience; Grow engagement
Industry & Context.
Complex music intelligence problems; Personalization problems; Metadata quality problems; Content understanding problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience, 5+ years of building machine learning models, Experience programming in Java, C++, Python, Domain expertise in Recommender Systems, Search or Ranking
Nice to Have
PhD, Experience with Catalog Metadata, Experience with behavioral segmentation at scale, Experience with real-time ML systems, Experience working with large-scale customer data platforms, Experience with data lake architectures, Publication track record in top AI/ML Conferences
What You'll Do.
Propose modeling approaches
Drive experimentation
Balance scientific rigor with execution speed
Identify opportunities to transform music understanding
Identify opportunities to transform music curation
Identify opportunities to transform music engagement
Drive adoption of new techniques
Support long-term product goals
Support long-term CX goals
Mentor applied scientists
Contribute to science community
Contribute to ML community
Produce technical documentation
Outline methodologies
Outline design decisions
Outline experiment results
Outline customer impact
Invent AI/ML solutions
Scale AI/ML solutions
Drive design of ML systems
Drive design of ML platforms
Contribute core technical innovation
Provide organization-wide architectural guidance
Define science vision
Define science roadmap
Translate customer needs into plans
Build scalable AI solutions
Launch scalable AI solutions
Lead data-driven evaluation
Measure customer impact
Optimize customer impact
Communicate scientific concepts
Foster culture of innovation
Foster culture of technical excellence
Foster culture of customer focus
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Engineers across Music Intelligence; Personalization; Search; Partner teams; Engineering teams; Product teams; Technical stakeholders; Business stakeholders; Senior leadership
Communication Scope
Technical documentation; Communicate complex scientific concepts
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale. Key job responsibilities As a Sr. Applied Scientist, you will - Help shape the scientific direction of the organization by proposing state of the art modeling approaches, driving experimentation, and balancing scientific rigor with execution speed to deliver measurable customer impact. - Think strategically about the future of GenAI and multimodal AI, identifying opportunities to transform music understanding, curation, and engagement. - Stay at the forefront of advancements in GenAI, recommendation systems, and large-scale machine learning, driving adoption of new techniques where they create meaningful customer value. - Collaborate closely with engineers across Music Intelligence, Personalization, Search and other partner teams to support long-term product and CX goals. - Mentor applied scientists and engineers while actively contributing to the broader science and ML community across Amazon Music. - Produce clear and concise technical documentation outlining methodologies, design decisions, trade-offs, experiment results, and customer impact. - Invent and scale innovative AI/ML solutions for complex music in
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