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US, NY, New York
We are looking for a motivated and experienced Data Scientist with experience in Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, and Service Oriented Architecture with deep understanding in advertising businesses, to be part of a team of talented scientists and engineers to innovate, iterate, and solve real world problem with cutting-edge AWS technologies. In this role, you will take a leading role in defining the problem, innovating the ML/AI solutions, and information the tech roadmap. You will join a cross-functional, fun-loving team, working closely with scientists and engineers on a daily basis. You will innovate on behalf of our customers by prototyping, delivering functional proofs of concept (POCs), and partnering with our engineers to productize and scale successful POCs. If you are passionate about creating the future, come join us as we have fun, and make history. Key job responsibilities - Define and execute a research & development roadmap that drives data-informed decision making for marketers and advertisers - Establish and drive data hygiene best practices to ensure coherence and integrity of data feeding into production ML/AI solutions - Collaborate with colleagues across science and engineering disciplines for fast turnaround proof-of-concept prototyping at scale - Partner with product managers and stakeholders to define forward-looking product visions and prospective business use cases - Drive and lead of culture of data-driven innovations within and outside across Amazon Ads Marketing orgs About the team Marketing Decision Science provides science products to enable Amazon Ads Marketing to deliver relevant and compelling guidance across marketing channels to prospective and active advertisers for success on Amazon. We own the product, technology and deployment roadmap for AI- and analytics-powered products across Amazon Ads Marketing. We analyze the needs, experiences, and behaviors of Amazon advertisers at petabytes scale, to deliver the right marketing communications to the right advertiser at the right team to help them make the data-informed advertising decisions. Our science-based products enable applications and synergies across Ads organization, spanning marketing, product, and sales use cases.
US, WA, Seattle
Join us at the cutting edge of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements to support Amazon's long term worldwide sustainability strategy. At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization capitalizes on Amazon’s scale and speed to build a more resilient and sustainable company. We manage our social and environmental impacts globally, and drive solutions that enable our customers, businesses, and the world to become more sustainable. Amazon co-founded The Climate Pledge, our commitment to reach net-zero carbon across our global operations by 2040. As part of the Worldwide Environment team, Amazon's Worldwide Carbon team is dedicated to working across the company with our business units to make operational changes to accelerate solutions and decarbonize our businesses in service of The Climate Pledge. The Carbon Neutralization team is seeking a research scientist that will dive deep to drive strategy and create methodological approaches for impact evaluation in novel carbon dioxide removal and reduction segments. The Carbon Neutralization team is responsible for the science, strategy, and procurement of outside-value-chain greenhouse gas reduction and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) efforts to help reach net zero. To date, Amazon has made foundational investments in jurisdictional avoided deforestation, nature-based carbon removal via restoration, and technological carbon dioxide removal. Your work will help Amazon expand its portfolio of catalytic investment in high quality carbon reduction and removal to meet net zero. The ideal candidate will be able to take a first principles approach to review and design scientific quantification methodologies that allow Amazon to confidently quantify the impact of outside-value-chain greenhouse gas reduction and carbon dioxide removal interventions. The candidate should have a deep systems understandings of the carbon cycle, and a working familiarity with various quantitative approaches to impact and uncertainty evaluation for project-based interventions. Key job responsibilities * Own science-based strategy and quality bar setting in a number of scalable carbon reduction and/or removal ‘segments,’ including but not limited to: enhanced weathering, biomass carbon removal and storage (BiCRS), direct air capture (DAC), ocean CDR, household fuel-switching, and/or avoided short-lived climate pollutants (CH4 and N2O reductions via rice, landfill, fertilizer, etc.) * Review and identify weaknesses in existing quantification approaches within voluntary and compliance carbon markets. * Develop novel methodological approaches to quantify the climate impact of, and monitor the ongoing performance of, specific segments and/or projects. * Build trust with external academics, civil society, and suppliers working in carbon reduction and removal. * Publish internal- and external-facing scientific publications demonstrating Amazon’s approach to quantification and credit quality. * Work closely with portfolio and project managers and a broader Amazon sustainability science and technology community to instill best scientific practices into Amazon’s neutralization investments. * Periodically travel to project sites and facilities around the US and world. About the team Diverse Experiences: World Wide Sustainability (WWS) values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Inclusive Team Culture: It is in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship and Career Growth: We have a career path for you no matter what stage you’re in when you start here. We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance: We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.
US, CA, Pasadena
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and technicians, on a mission to develop a fault-tolerant quantum computer. We are looking to hire a Research Scientist with fabrication and data analysis experience working on Josephson Junction elements of a superconducting circuit. The position is on-site at our lab, located on the in Pasadena, CA. The ideal candidate will have had prior experience deep diving into fabrication details and electrical test data. We are looking for candidates with strong engineering principles, resourcefulness and data science experience. Organization and communication skills are essential. Key job responsibilities * Deep dive into the physics and related data associated with Josephson Junctions or metal-insulator-metal fabrication processes. * Develop and maintain data pipeline pertinent to superconducting device fabrication, in particular Josephson Junctions or general transmon elements. * Develop analytical tools to uncover new information about established and new junction processes. * Generate both custom and standardized reports summarizing inline and end of line electrical and process data from product material runs. * Devise experiments and provide recommendations for improvement of fabrication processes. * Communicate findings with colleagues by way of crisp documentation and presentations. A day in the life The role will be vital to the fabrication team and quantum computing device integration mechanism. The candidate will provide the most current information to project leads and fabrication area owners to drive data driven decision of production runs. Once the fabrication run starts the candidate will stay close to the details of fabrication providing data analysis and quick feedback to key stakeholders. At the end of fabrication runs custom and standardized reports will be generated by the candidate to provide insights into data generated from the run. This position may require occasional weekend work. AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Hybrid Work We value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus on a build. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face. Our team affords employees options to work in the office every day or in a flexible, hybrid work model near one of our U.S. Amazon offices.
US, WA, Bellevue
Does the idea of creating technology solutions for delivering 11 Billion+ packages across the globe excite you? If yes, come join a fun-loving, diverse, and creative team at Amazon Last Mile! The vision of the team is "To create Earth’s safest, most adaptive, and efficient plans for Last Mile logistics". The Last Mile Delivery Technology team is instrumental in impacting customer satisfaction directly, by devising innovative ways to deliver packages quickly and cost-effectively to the customers, and at scale using Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning and Operations Research solutions. Last Mile Delivery Technology organization supports the design, planning and execution of last mile transportation for Amazon’s various parcel and grocery delivery programs. All these programs require a large number of decision support systems to operate at scale and serve our customers, spanning demand planning, jurisdiction planning, delivery channel and network design, capacity planning for on the road and under the roof at delivery stations, routing inputs and route optimization. While these decision support systems have thus far been approached through the lens of traditional optimization and machine learning, we are looking to re-envision this space and pursue Foundational AI research, to innovate and advance the state of these decision support systems. Specifically, we are looking to develop foundational models (including Large Language Models, Multimodal Language Models, Multimodal Models), and adaptations to serve last mile use cases. Beyond Amazon the work developed will spur new fundamental knowledge and innovation in the logistics space. Job Location : Bellevue WA or Austin TX. Key job responsibilities You have deep expertise in ML/AI, staying current with the latest research and techniques. You also invent or adapt new scientific approaches based on customer needs, producing high-quality research reports and contributing to peer-reviewed publications when appropriate You are a highly skilled software engineer whose work is consistently of high quality, meets industry standards, and incorporates best practices. You work semi-autonomously, contribute to operational excellence. You have strong interpersonal and leadership skills, effectively collaborating with your team, championing scientific advancements, onboarding new teammates, setting a high standard for your scientific contributions, and actively participating in the wider scientific community
US, TX, Austin
The Automated Reasoning Group in AWS Utility Computing is looking for a Senior Applied Scientist with experience in building scalable automated reasoning solutions that delight customers. You will be part of a world-class team building the next generation of automated reasoning tools and services. You will apply your knowledge to propose solutions, create software prototypes, and develop prototypes into production systems using software development tools. In addition, you will support and scale your solutions to meet the ever-growing demand of customer use. You have demonstrated leadership in automated reasoning positions in industry or academia, strong verbal and written communication skills, are self-driven and deliver high quality results in a fast-paced environment. Each day, hundreds of thousands of developers make billions of transactions worldwide on AWS. They harness the power of the cloud to enable innovative applications, websites, and businesses. Using automated reasoning technology and mathematical proofs, AWS allows customers to answer questions about security, availability, durability, and functional correctness. We call this provable security, absolute assurance in security of the cloud and in the cloud. https://aws.amazon.com/security/provable-security/ Key job responsibilities As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will help shape the definition and vision for applied science across teams within AWS. We have a diverse portfolio of projects that target protocol, code, and hardware verification, and leadership opportunities exist for: - Advance automated code-level reasoning and invariant synthesis and proof repair for cloud-scale web services. - Build new engines and extending foundational proof engines that apply to distributed systems. - Researching the application of automated reasoning to novel software applications. - Building automated reasoning solutions for critical AWS DSLs for architectural configuration, migration, code generation, and other areas. - Improving integration and user experience of tools to support large-scale adoption and use of automated reasoning techniques. You will work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important things, and you will design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security. About the team About AWS Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. This team is part of AWS Utility Computing: Utility Computing (UC) AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
US, WA, Seattle
We’re working to improve shopping on Amazon using the conversational capabilities of large language models, and are searching for pioneers who are passionate about technology, innovation, and customer experience, and are ready to make a lasting impact on the industry. You'll be working with talented scientists and engineers to innovate on behalf of our customers. If you're fired up about being part of a dynamic, driven team, then this is your moment to join us on this exciting journey! Key job responsibilities We seek strong Applied Scientists with domain expertise in machine learning and deep learning, transformers, generative models, large language models, computer vision and multimodal models. You will devise innovative solutions at scale, pushing the technological and science boundaries. You will guide the design, modeling, and architectural choices of state-of-the-art large language models and multimodal models. You will devise and implement new algorithms and new learning strategies and paradigms. You will be technically hands-on and drive the execution from ideation to productionization. You will work in collaborative environment with other technical and business leaders, to innovate on behalf of the customer.
US, WA, Bellevue
We are seeking a passionate, talented, and inventive individual to join the Applied AI team and help build industry-leading technologies that customers will love. This team offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the customer experience and contribute to the design, architecture, and implementation of a cutting-edge product. The mission of the Applied AI team is to enable organizations within Worldwide Amazon.com Stores to accelerate the adoption of AI technologies across various parts of our business. We are looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to join our Applied AI team to work on LLM-based solutions. We are seeking an experienced Scientist who combines superb technical, research, analytical and leadership capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. This person must be comfortable working with a team of top-notch developers and collaborating with our research teams. We’re looking for someone who innovates, and loves solving hard problems. You will be expected to have an established background in building highly scalable systems and system design, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex problems, is customer-centric, and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals. Key job responsibilities You will be responsible for developing and maintaining the systems and tools that enable us to accelerate knowledge operations and work in the intersection of Science and Engineering. You will push the boundaries of ML and Generative AI techniques to scale the inputs for hundreds of billions of dollars of annual revenue for our eCommerce business. If you have a passion for AI technologies, a drive to innovate and a desire to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to become a valued member of our team. A day in the life On our team you will push the boundaries of ML and Generative AI techniques to scale the inputs for hundreds of billions of dollars of annual revenue for our eCommerce business. If you have a passion for AI technologies, a drive to innovate and a desire to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to become a valued member of our team.
US, WA, Seattle
The Worldwide Defect Elimination (WWDE) Science team in Amazon Customer Service builds state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) models to enable defect-free shopping experiences for Amazon customers. We develop technology and mechanisms to discover, root cause, measure, and escalate defects for resolution before they impact a broader range of customers. We are looking for a creative problem solver and technically-skilled Research Scientist able and interested in building AI solutions to address customer issues at scale. The ideal candidate will lead the development of innovative solutions that identify, root cause, attribute, and summarize problems embedded in large volumes of customer feedback in different modalities. They will also utilize the latest advances in GenAI technology to explore billions of customer contacts and automate defect resolution workflows. As a part of this role, this candidate will collaborate with a large team of experts in the field and move the state of defect elimination research forward. This candidate should have a knack for leveraging AI to translate complex data insights into actionable strategies and can communicate these effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences. Key job responsibilities * Apply science models to extract actionable information from large volumes and varying modalities of customer feedback * Leverage GenAI/Large Language Model (LLM) technology for scaling and automating defect elimination workflows * Design and implement metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of AI models * Present deep dives and analysis to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and understanding and influencing business partners * Perform statistical analysis and statistical tests including hypothesis testing and A/B testing * Recognize and adopt best practices in reporting and analysis: data integrity, test design, analysis, validation, and documentation A day in the life If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply! Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include: 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage 2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options 3. Paid Time Off (PTO) 4. 401(k) Plan About the team The Worldwide Defect Elimination (WWDE) team's mission is to understand and resolve all issues impacting customers at scale. The WWDE Science team is a force multiplier within this group, helping to to apply science solutions to eliminate defects and enhance customer experience.
US, WA, Bellevue
Are you passionate about solving complex problems using Artificial Intelligence? Do you enjoy finding patterns and pushing the boundaries of current possibilities? Are you interested in building high-performance, globally scalable systems that support Amazon's growth? If so, Amazon Finance Technology (FinTech) is the perfect place for you! At Fintech Fintelligence, our mission is to build AI and GenAI solutions for Amazon's Finance and Global Business Services, enhancing productivity, accelerating decision-making, and automating workflows that depend on specialized human intelligence and heuristics. Our focus is on rapid execution, advanced scaling, improved auditability, and delivering an exceptional customer experience. We develop thriving AI platforms that require expertise in traditional and generative ML techniques, computer science fundamentals, statistical methods, and coding skills. Continuously innovating, we add new services to address real-world problems through research and innovation, building state-of-the-art services using the latest deep learning techniques and highly scalable distributed systems that are both accurate and fast. Key job responsibilities We are looking for a hands-on researcher, who wants to derive, implement, and test the next generation of Generative AI algorithms (including Diffusion Models, auto-regressors, VAEs, or other generative models). The research we do is innovative, multidisciplinary, and far-reaching. We aim to define, deploy, and publish cutting edge research. In order to achieve our vision, we think big and tackle technology problems that are cutting edge. Where technology does not exist, we will build it. Where it exists we will need to modify it to make it work at Amazon scale. We need members who are passionate and willing to learn. * Derive novel ML or Computer Vision or LLMs and NLP algorithms. Demonstrate thorough technical knowledge on feature engineering of massive datasets, effective exploratory data analysis, and model building using industry standard time Series Forecasting techniques and formulate ensemble model. * Work with very large datasets. Proficiency in both Supervised(Linear/Logistic Regression) and UnSupervised algorithms(k means clustering, Principle Component Analysis, Market Basket analysis). * Work closely with software engineering teams and Product Managers to deploy your innovations. Understand the business reality behind large sets of data and develop meaningful solutions comprising of analytics as well as marketing management. * Design and develop scalable ML solutions. Exposure at implementing and operating stable, scalable data flow solutions from production systems into end-user facing applications/reports. These solutions will be fault tolerant, self-healing and adaptive. * Publish your work at major conferences/journals. Detail-oriented and must have an aptitude for solving unstructured problems. You should work in a self-directed environment, own tasks and drive them to completion. * Mentor team members in the use of your Generative AI and LLMs.. Excellent business and communication skills to be able to work with business owners to develop and define key business questions and to build data sets that answer those questions A day in the life In a typical day as a applied scientist at Amazon FinTech, you'll begin by delving into massive datasets, applying your technical expertise in feature engineering and exploratory data analysis to uncover valuable insights. You'll utilize both supervised and unsupervised machine learning algorithms, such as linear regression and k-means clustering, to build predictive models and solve complex optimization problems like inventory and network optimization. Collaboration with business, engineering, and partner teams is essential, as you'll translate data-driven findings into actionable insights that align with strategic goals. Throughout the day, you'll innovate by adapting new modeling techniques, ensuring data flow solutions are stable, scalable, and fault-tolerant. Your strong communication skills and attention to detail will help you manage and integrate large datasets, solving unstructured problems and driving projects to completion in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. About the team We are a tight-knit group that shares our experiences and help each other succeed. We believe in team work. We love hard problems and like to move fast in a growing and changing environment. We use data to guide our decisions and we always push the technology and process boundaries of what is feasible on behalf of our customers. Join us and be a part of our dynamic team, driving the future of financial technology at Amazon.
IL, Tel Aviv
Are you a MS or PhD student interested in a 2024 Research Science Internship, where you would be using your experience to initiate the design, development, execution and implementation of scientific research projects? If so, we want to hear from you! Is your research in machine learning, deep learning, automated reasoning, speech, robotics, computer vision, optimization, or quantum computing? If so, we want to hear from you! We are looking for motivated students with research interests in a variety of science domains to build state-of-the-art solutions for never before solved problems You can find more information about the Amazon Science community as well as our interview process via the links below; https://www.amazon.science/ https://amazon.jobs/content/en/career-programs/university/science Key job responsibilities As a Research Science Intern, you will have following key job responsibilities; • Work closely with scientists and engineering teams (position-dependent) • Work on an interdisciplinary team on customer-obsessed research • Design new algorithms, models, or other technical solutions • Experience Amazon's customer-focused culture A day in the life At Amazon, you will grow into the high impact, visionary person you know you’re ready to be. Every day will be filled with developing new skills and achieving personal growth. How often can you say that your work changes the world? At Amazon, you’ll say it often. Join us and define tomorrow. Some more benefits of an Amazon Science internship include; • All of our internships offer a competitive stipend/salary • Interns are paired with an experienced manager and mentor(s) • Interns receive invitations to different events such as intern program initiatives or site events • Interns can build their professional and personal network with other Amazon Scientists • Interns can potentially publish work at top tier conferences each year About the team Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis and are assigned to teams aligned with their research interests and experience prior to interviews. Start dates are available throughout the year and durations can vary in length from 3-6 months for full time internships and up to 12 months for part time internships. This role may available across multiple locations in the EMEA region (Austria, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, UAE, and UK). Please note these are not remote internships.