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At Amazon, we believe that scientific innovation is essential to being the most customer-centric company in the world. Our scientists' ability to have an impact at scale allows us to attract some of the brightest minds across diverse fields including artificial intelligence, robotics, computer vision, economics, and sustainability. Join us in pioneering solutions to complex challenges that not only delight our customers but also help define the future of technology.
  • The program is designed for academics from universities around the globe who want to work on large-scale technical challenges while continuing to teach and conduct research at their universities.
  • The program offers recent PhD graduates an opportunity to advance research while working alongside experienced scientists with backgrounds in industry and academia.
  • Our internship roles span research areas to provide hands-on experience working alongside world-class scientists and engineers to advance the state of the art in your field.
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  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 10392986
    (Updated 22 days ago)
    Join us at the 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. Sustainability Science and Innovation (SSI) is a multi-disciplinary team within WW Sustainability combining science, analytics, economics, statistics, machine learning, product development, and engineering expertise. We use data across the sustainability imperatives (carbon, water, waste, biodiversity, environmental risk and more) and these skills and capabilities to identify, develop, experiment, and scale the scientific solutions and innovations necessary for Amazon, customers and partners to help them solve their hardest unmet and evolving sustainability needs and goals. The Sustainability Science and Innovation team is looking for an Applied Scientist II to collaborate closely with Economists and Environmental Scientists to build the AI/ML foundation of the future. You will define modeling strategies and implement tooling to identify, ingest, harmonize, store, and maintain strategic models and data from both internal and external sources. These models and datasets must cover a wide range of topics in emerging areas and applications of AI for sustainability. This AI solutions development will support Amazon-wide sustainability initiatives like carbon footprint, climate risk monitoring, and social responsibility through the supply chain. These datasets must cover a wide range of topics such as geographic regions and data formats to unlock foundational AI research in emerging areas and applications. These solutions development will support Amazon-wide sustainability initiatives like carbon footprinting, climate risk monitoring, and social responsibility through the supply chain. If you see yourself as a go-getter and innovator at the intersection of AI, data, and sustainability, we'd like to connect with you. You don't necessarily have to be an expert in sustainability and climate domains. Key job responsibilities - Implementing, and maintaining data and AI/ML infrastructure to support a wide variety of large and complex data sets, ensuring high performance, availability, and integrity. - Identifying and solving data needs for Gen AI and benchmarking for tasks across the sustainability domain. - Developing and optimizing robust data pipelines for internal data from sources such as Product Lifecycle Management tools, Product Details (images, text, and structured data), Inventory Management Platforms, and financial systems. - Implement web-scale data collection for images, text, structured data across locations and sustainability domains. - Develop comprehensive monitoring, alarming, and data quality controls for all of the above. - Partnering with Scientists and Software Engineers to create our data collection strategy and ML Ops best practices. About the team Diverse Experiences: World Wide Sustainability 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’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 (inclusive 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 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.
  • (Updated 26 days ago)
    The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through novel generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace ecosystem. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising. Key job responsibilities As a Senior Applied Scientist on our team, you will * Develop AI solutions for Sponsored Brands advertiser and shopper experiences. Build recommendation systems that leverage generative models to develop and improve campaigns. * You invent and design new solutions for scientifically-complex problem areas and/or opportunities in new business initiatives. * You drive or heavily influence the design of scientifically-complex software solutions or systems, for which you personally write significant parts of the critical scientific novelty. You take ownership of these components, providing a system-wide view and design guidance. These systems or solutions can be brand new or evolve from existing ones. * Define a long-term science vision and roadmap for our Sponsored Brands advertising business, driven from our customers' needs, translating that direction into specific plans for applied scientists and engineering teams. This role combines science leadership, organizational ability, technical strength, product focus, and business understanding. * Work closely with engineers and product managers to design, implement and launch AI solutions end-to-end; * Design and conduct A/B experiments to evaluate proposed solutions based on in-depth data analyses; * Think big about the arc of development of Gen AI over a multi-year horizon, and identify new opportunities to apply these technologies to solve real-world problems * Effectively communicate technical and non-technical ideas with teammates and stakeholders; * Translate complex scientific challenges into clear and impactful solutions for business stakeholders. * Mentor and guide junior scientists, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture. * Stay up-to-date with advancements and the latest modeling techniques in the field About the team We are on a mission to make Amazon the best in class destination for shoppers to discover, engage, and purchase relevant products, from brands that are relevant to them. In this role, you will design and implement Gen AI solutions that help millions of advertisers create more effective ad campaigns with intelligent recommendations, while improving the overall experience at Amazon's global scale.
  • (Updated 32 days ago)
    The Selling Partner Communities (SPC) organization is dedicated to ensuring every Selling Partner (SP) achieves satisfaction with their Amazon selling experience. SPC serves as a vital bridge between sellers/vendors and Amazon, creating and managing platforms where they can connect, share knowledge, and receive help. The team's mission encompasses listening to SP feedback, advocating for experience improvements, and empowering SPs through effective, relevant, and timely communications that demonstrate Amazon's commitment to building lasting partnerships. We are seeking a Sr. Applied Scientist to join our Communities team. The successful candidate is a skilled scientist capable of putting theory into practice through experimentation and invention, leveraging science techniques and implementing systems to work on massive datasets in an effort to tackle never-before-solved problems. A successful candidate will be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. Key job responsibilities The Senior Applied Scientist in the Selling Partner Communities (SPC) organization plays a crucial role in developing and implementing advanced AI and machine learning solutions to enhance the selling partner experience on Amazon. This role requires strong ownership of all technical aspects throughout the full project lifecycle, while partnering closely with the business to define requirements and exercise good judgment in balancing speed and complexity. As a senior AS on our team you will: - Handle challenging problems that directly impact millions of selling partners - Independently collect and analyze data - Design, develop and deliver scalable models, using any necessary programming, machine learning, and statistical analysis software - Collaborate with other scientists, engineers, product managers, and business teams to creatively solve problems, measure and estimate risks, and constructively critique peer research - Consult with engineering teams to design data and modeling pipelines which successfully interface with new and existing software - Participate in design and implementation across teams to contribute to initiatives and develop optimal solutions that benefit the SPC organization - Stay current with the latest research in LLMs, RL, and agent-based AI, and translate findings into practical applications. About the team The Selling Partner Communities (SPC) organization serves as a vital bridge between SPs and Amazon, creating and managing platforms where sellers can connect, share knowledge, and receive help. The team's mission encompasses listening to feedback, advocating for experience improvements, and empowering SPs through effective, relevant, and timely communications that demonstrate Amazon's commitment to building lasting partnerships. Within SPC, the Science team plays a critical role in leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to enhance seller experiences and drive data-driven decisions. The team serves as technical advisors helping shape the organization's scientific vision and strategy, identifying and tackling intrinsically hard, previously unsolved problems that require novel scientific approaches. The team focuses on developing comprehensive frameworks for measuring and monitoring seller sentiment, improving content discovery and engagement, enhancing operational efficiency for Community Assistance Managers (CAMs), bringing clarity to complex challenges through scientific expertise, and creating AI-powered tools for content generation and validation.
  • (Updated 35 days ago)
    The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through industry leading generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising. Key job responsibilities We are looking for an Applied Science Manager to lead the Insights & Prompt Generation vertical within the Conversational Discovery Experiences (CAX) team in Sponsored Products and Brands (SPB). This team owns prompt generation, quality, personalization, and coverage for Sponsored Prompts, a new conversational ad format powered by large language models (LLMs) that helps shoppers discover products across Amazon.com. As an Applied Science Manager, you will lead a team of applied scientists and engineers to build and scale the prompt generation pipeline, develop new prompt themes and quality frameworks, and drive coverage expansion across all surfaces. You will own the science roadmap for prompt generation and personalization. You will define the metrics that measure prompt effectiveness and drive experimentation to improve CTR, helpfulness, and advertiser outcomes. This role requires strong technical depth in NLP, LLMs, and information retrieval, combined with the ability to manage and grow a science team, set research direction, and influence product strategy. You will work across organizational boundaries with engineering, product, and business teams to translate science investments into measurable business impact.
  • US, WA, Bellevue
    Job ID: 10393439
    (Updated 20 days ago)
    Alexa International is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist to help build industry-leading technology with Large Language Models (LLMs) and multimodal systems, requiring strong deep learning and generative models knowledge. You will contribute to developing novel solutions and deliver high-quality results that impact Alexa's international products and services. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist with the Alexa International team, you will work with talented peers to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state of the art with LLMs. Your work will directly impact our international customers in the form of products and services that make use of digital assistant technology. You will leverage Amazon's heterogeneous data sources, unique and diverse international customer nuances and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in text, voice, and vision domains in a multimodal setup. The ideal candidate possesses a solid understanding of machine learning, natural language understanding, modern LLM architectures, LLM evaluation & tooling, and a passion for pushing boundaries in this vast and quickly evolving field. They thrive in fast-paced environments to tackle complex challenges, excel at swiftly delivering impactful solutions while iterating based on user feedback, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. A day in the life * Analyze, understand, and model customer behavior and the customer experience based on large-scale data. * Build novel online & offline evaluation metrics and methodologies for multimodal personal digital assistants. * Fine-tune/post-train LLMs using techniques like SFT, DPO, RLHF, and RLAIF. * Set up experimentation frameworks for agile model analysis and A/B testing. * Collaborate with partner teams on LLM evaluation frameworks and post-training methodologies. * Contribute to end-to-end delivery of solutions from research to production, including reusable science components. * Communicate solutions clearly to partners and stakeholders. * Contribute to the scientific community through publications and community engagement.
  • US, WA, Bellevue
    Job ID: 10393440
    (Updated 27 days ago)
    Alexa International is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist to help build industry-leading technology with Large Language Models (LLMs) and multimodal systems, requiring strong deep learning and generative models knowledge. You will contribute to developing novel solutions and deliver high-quality results that impact Alexa's international products and services. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist with the Alexa International team, you will work with talented peers to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state of the art with LLMs. Your work will directly impact our international customers in the form of products and services that make use of digital assistant technology. You will leverage Amazon's heterogeneous data sources, unique and diverse international customer nuances and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in text, voice, and vision domains in a multimodal setup. The ideal candidate possesses a solid understanding of machine learning, natural language understanding, modern LLM architectures, LLM evaluation & tooling, and a passion for pushing boundaries in this vast and quickly evolving field. They thrive in fast-paced environments to tackle complex challenges, excel at swiftly delivering impactful solutions while iterating based on user feedback, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. A day in the life * Analyze, understand, and model customer behavior and the customer experience based on large-scale data. * Build novel online & offline evaluation metrics and methodologies for multimodal personal digital assistants. * Fine-tune/post-train LLMs using techniques like SFT, DPO, RLHF, and RLAIF. * Set up experimentation frameworks for agile model analysis and A/B testing. * Collaborate with partner teams on LLM evaluation frameworks and post-training methodologies. * Contribute to end-to-end delivery of solutions from research to production, including reusable science components. * Communicate solutions clearly to partners and stakeholders. * Contribute to the scientific community through publications and community engagement.
  • (Updated 36 days ago)
    The Amazon Center for Quantum Computing in Pasadena, CA, is looking to hire an Applied Scientist specializing in Testing of Control Systems hardware. Working alongside other scientists and engineers, you will validate hardware and software systems performing the control and readout functions for Amazon quantum processors. Working effectively within a cross-functional team environment is critical. The ideal candidate will have an established background in test engineering applicable to large mixed-signal systems. Diverse Experiences Amazon 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. 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. 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 and 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. Key job responsibilities Our scientists and engineers collaborate across diverse teams and projects to offer state of the art, cost effective solutions for the control of Amazon quantum processor systems. You’ll bring a passion for innovation and collaboration to: Develop automated test scripts for mid-volume electronics manufacturing, utilizing high-speed test equipment such as Gsps oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and network analyzers. Design and implement test plans for high-speed, mixed-signal PCAs and instrument assemblies, covering analog/digital interfaces, ADCs/DACs, FPGAs, and power distribution systems. Develop test requirements and coverage matrices with hardware and software stakeholders, including optimization of test coverage vs test time. Analyze test data to identify failure root causes and trends, implement corrective actions, and drive design-for-testability (DFT) enhancements. Drive continuous test improvement to improve test accuracy, improve final product reliability, and adapt to new measurement requirements.
  • US, NY, New York
    Job ID: 10387384
    (Updated 1 days ago)
    The Ads Measurement Science team in the Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS) team of Amazon Ads serves a centralized role developing solutions for a multitude of performance measurement products. We create solutions which measure the comprehensive impact of advertiser's ad spend, including sales impacts both online and offline and across timescales, and provide actionable insights that enable our advertisers to optimize their media portfolios. We also own the science solutions for AI tools that unlock new insights and automate high-effort customer workflows, such as custom query and report generation based on natural language user requests. We leverage a host of scientific technologies to accomplish this mission, including Generative AI, classical ML, Causal Inference, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision. As an Applied Scientist on the team, you will lead measurement solutions end-to-end from inception to production. You will propose, design, analyze, and productionize models to provide novel measurement insights to our customers. Key job responsibilities Leverage deep expertise in one or more scientific disciplines to invent solutions to ambiguous ads measurement problems Disambiguate problems to propose clear evaluation frameworks and success criteria Work autonomously and write high quality technical documents Implement a significant portion of critical-path code, and partner with engineers to directly carry solutions into production Partner closely with other scientists to deliver large, multi-faceted technical projects Share and publish works with the broader scientific community through meetings and conferences Communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences Contribute new ideas that shape the direction of the team's work Mentor more junior scientists and participate in the hiring process About the team We are a team of scientists across Applied, Research, Data Science and Economist disciplines. You will work with colleagues with deep expertise in ML, NLP, CV, Gen AI, and Causal Inference with a diverse range of backgrounds. We partner closely with top-notch engineers, product managers, sales leaders, and other scientists with expertise in the ads industry and on building scalable modeling and software solutions.
  • (Updated 5 days ago)
    Join us at the forefront of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements that 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. We are looking for a Senior Research Scientist to join our growing Sustainability team to drive the science behind value chain decarbonization. This role will establish Amazon's scientific methodologies for sector- and cross-sectoral decarbonization mechanisms, and establish benchmarks for automated validation and risk assessment. As a Senior Research Scientist, you will be responsible for independently leading assessments of environmental issues across the full spectrum of Amazon businesses and evaluating sustainability impacts across the value chain. You will independently develop quality frameworks and methodologies that enable Amazon to scale procurement of high-quality environmental interventions while maintaining scientific rigor and environmental integrity. Key job responsibilities - Develop quality assessment frameworks for complex environmental interventions, baseline-setting approaches, and measurement methodologies - Build quantitative benchmark and statistical models that enable scalable evaluation across heterogeneous data sources - Create attribution methodologies for supply chain interventions across Amazon's diverse footprint - Develop social and environmental safeguard criteria that integrate community impact assessments - Collaborate with cross-functional teams including procurement, sustainability operations, and business units to translate scientific methodologies into operational requirements - Work under the direction of senior business leaders while acting as lead Subject Matter Expert for value chain decarbonization science, including designing and leading research, data collection, modeling, documentation, interpretation, and validation About the team Diverse Experiences: World Wide Sustainability 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’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 (inclusive 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.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 10393995
    (Updated 1 days ago)
    We are building the next generation of personalized shopping experiences at Amazon through deep understanding of hundreds of millions of customers, billions of products and intricate context. We set out to create a personal shopping partner that is knowledgeable, understands your preferences, and helps you find the right solution for your needs. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist on the team, you will help lead science innovation across multiple teams. You will solve a breadth of problems, ranging from developing state of the art thinking-LLM-based techniques to reason about customers and products; creating semantic representations of products, customers, and context; developing cross-attentive LLM rankers ; training multi-objective ranking and optimization systems; deploying large scale real-time AI systems. You will build tech used by teams across Amazon, while also having a direct connection to hundreds of millions of customers using Amazon to shop. You will improves lives of customers through improvements on offline benchmarks as well as online experiments. About the team We build new experiences powered by Generative models and our new LLM-based AI stack, that provides personalized and multi-modal Natural Language interface to Amazon's billions of products for both hundreds of millions of retail customers as well as internal teams building AI experiences such as Rufus, Alexa+, Interests AI, and multiple confidential initiatives. Come join us on this journey!

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