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Amazon · 3 weeks ago

Senior Applied Scientist, Distributed SQL

positionSeattle, Washington, USA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
senioritySenior Level
money$150K/yr - $260K/yr
date6+ years exp

Amazon is a leading cloud platform provider, and they are seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to lead research and development in advanced query optimization techniques for distributed SQL services. The role involves innovating in the query planning and execution layer to enhance the performance of Aurora DSQL for complex workloads, while collaborating across teams to deliver impactful solutions.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
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Responsibilities

Solve challenging technical problems, often ones not solved before, at every layer of the stack
Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative software solutions to transform service performance, durability, cost, and security
Build high-quality, highly available, always-on products
Research implementations that deliver the best possible experiences for customers
Build high-impact solutions to deliver to our large customer base
Participate in design discussions, code review, and communicate with internal and external stakeholders
Work cross-functionally to help drive business decisions with your technical input
Work in a startup-like development environment, where you’re always working on the most important stuff

Qualification

Machine learning modelsDistributed systemsProgramming in JavaC++PythonNeural deep learning methodsModeling tools RModeling tools TensorflowModeling tools etc.

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

Equity
Sign-on payments
Medical
Financial
Other benefits

Company

Amazon

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Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
dateFounded in 1994
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Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$8.11B
Key Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO

Leadership Team

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Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
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Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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