Applied Scientist, Ranking & Recommendation Systems, Amazon Personalization

Amazon • Seattle, WA • 2d ago

Description

Are you passionate about AI for recommendation systems? Do you want to influence the content that customers see at Amazon.com? Our recommendation services team designs and implements scalable machine learning solutions to personalize and optimize customer experience across Amazon retail pages. We are currently expanding in New York, and are looking for an applied scientist to join us in this exciting journey.

As an Applied Scientist, you will:

Push the boundaries of real-world ranking, recommendation, and optimization systems

Support science, engineering and product development on a scale only seen at Amazon.

Champion and define best practices to maximize learnings while mentoring more junior scientists and engineers.

Obsess over customer needs and satisfaction.

Create intellectual property, influence others while demonstrating significant creativity and being vocally self-critical.

Shape product definitions and objective and surface signals on how these objectives meet long term customer needs.

Translate metrics & signals into actionable plans to calibrate individual components.

Operate hands-on and as an implementor of algorithms and models delivered to production systems.

Help define customer focused research initiatives.

Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information.

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 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

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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