Applied Scientist II, Alexa AI

The Amazon Alexa AI team in India is seeking a talented, self-driven Applied Scientist to work on prototyping, optimizing, and deploying ML algorithms within the realm of Generative AI.

Key responsibilities include:

• Research, experiment and build Proof Of Concepts advancing the state of the art in AI & ML for GenAI.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to architect and execute technically rigorous AI projects.
• Thrive in dynamic environments, adapting quickly to evolving technical requirements and deadlines.
• Engage in effective technical communication (written & spoken) with coordination across teams.
• Conduct thorough documentation of algorithms, methodologies, and findings for transparency and reproducibility.
• Publish research papers in internal and external venues of repute
• Support on-call activities for critical issues

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 3+ years of building models for business application experience

• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
• Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience using Unix/Linux

• Experience in professional software development

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