Amazon · 2 days ago
Senior Applied Scientist, Alexa Smart Home
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$167K/yr - $226K/yr
6+ years expAmazon is focused on making Alexa the user interface for the home, evolving it into an intelligent companion that automates daily routines. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will design and build next-generation Smart Home voice control using Large Language Models, while mentoring junior scientists.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Developing new inference and training techniques to improve the performance of Large Language Models for Smart Home control and Automation
Developing robust techniques for synthetic data generation for training large models and maintaining model generalization
Mentoring junior scientists to improve their skills, knowledge, and their ability to get things done
Qualification
Required
3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Preferred
Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc
Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc
Benefits
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
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10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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VP & CTO
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