Amazon · 2 weeks ago
Senior Applied Scientist, Artificial General Intelligence
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $260K/yr
5+ years expAmazon is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist for their Artificial General Intelligence team, focusing on pre-training methodologies for Generative Artificial Intelligence models. The role involves collaborating with customers and the research community to advance the capabilities of Large Language Models and multimodal systems.
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Responsibilities
Join Us To Work As An Integral Part Of a Team That Has Diverse Experience With GenAI Models In This Space. We Work On These Areas
Scaling laws
Hardware-informed efficient model architecture, low-precision training
Optimization methods, learning objectives, curriculum design
Deep learning theories on efficient hyperparameter search and self-supervised learning
Learning objectives and reinforcement learning methods
Distributed training methods and solutions
AI-assisted research
Qualification
Required
PhD, or Master's degree and 5+ years of applied research experience
3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Preferred
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or related field
Relevant Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) research experience with LLMs and multi-modalities
Experience with patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
For system researchers, familiarity with deep learning compilers, auto-parallelization, and XLA/MLIR ecosystems
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$8.11BKey Investors
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2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
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CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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VP & CTO
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