Applied Scientist - Alexa Shopping Amazon
Seattle, WA

Job Description

You: Alexa, I am looking for a new career opportunity, where I could do innovative development in AI and impact millions of customers, what do you suggest?

Alexa: The Alexa Shopping team is looking for Research Engineers to help me become the best personal shopping assistant. Do you want to hear more?

You: Yes, please!

The Alexa Shopping team is looking for Applied Scientists to build the next generation of shopping assistants.

As an applied scientist in Alexa Shopping, you will be responsible for the research, design and development of new natural language, search, and machine learning technologies for voice shopping. You will be working with top scientists and engineers, as well as with product teams and other research partners, both locally and abroad. Your work will combine data mining, systems and software development, exploration of new technologies, as well as publications and presentations at top scientific conferences.

The ideal candidates have deep expertise in one or several of the following fields: Information Retrieval, Web search, Web data mining, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence. An ideal candidate shows a bias for action and has a strong understanding of empirical methods. The ability to write clearly and speak convincingly as evidenced through participation in academic conferences and service in the scientific community are a must.

Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer - Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation