Data Scientist- Vision Language Model Researcher, Data & Machine Learning (DML)

Amazon • Arlington, VA • 4h ago

Description

This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance.

Join a sizeable team of data scientists, research scientists, and machine learning engineers that develop vision language models (VLMs) on overhead imagery for a high-impact government customer. We own the entire machine learning development life cycle, developing models on customer data:

Exploring the data and brainstorming and prioritizing ideas for model development

Implementing new features

Training models in support of experimental or performance goals

T&E-ing, packaging, and delivering models

We perform this work on both unclassified and classified networks, with portions of our team working on each network.

We seek a new team member to work on the classified networks. You would work collaboratively with teammates to develop and use a python codebase for fine-tuning VLMs.

You would have great opportunities to learn from team members and technical leads, while also having opportunities for ownership of important project workflows. You would work with Jupyter Notebooks, the Linux command line, GitLab, and Visual Studio Code.

Key job responsibilities

With support from technical leads, carry out tasking across the entire machine learning development lifecycle to fine-tune VLMs on overhead imagery:

Run data conversion pipelines to transform customer data into the structure needed by models for training

Perform EDA on the customer data

Train VLMs on overhead imagery

Develop and implement hyper-parameter optimization strategies

Test and Evaluate models and analyze results

Package and deliver models to the customer

Implement new features to the code base

Collaborate with the rest of the team on long term strategy and short-medium term implementation.

Contribute to presentations to the customer regarding the team's work.

Basic Qualifications

3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience

3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience

Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, machine learning, engineering, or related fields

Current, active US government Security Clearance of TS/SCI

Familiarity with internals of LLMs, VLMs, and traditional Computer Vision object detection models

Ability to implement and modify deep neural networks in PyTorch

Familiarity with techniques and libraries such as Deepspeed/ZeRO, LoRA/QLoRA, or SFT for LLMs

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree or above in computer science, machine learning, engineering, or related fields

Knowledge of machine learning concepts and their application to reasoning and problem-solving

Experience working on multi-team, cross-disciplinary projects

Experience with AWS services including S3, Redshift, Sagemaker, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda, and EC2

Experience in Linux, Git workflows, and use of satellite imagery for computer vision requirements

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.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, VA, Arlington - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually

USA, VA, Herndon - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually

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