The Applied Scientist in NLP within Customer Engagement Tech SelfService and Automation team will work on the research design and implementation of solutions to key challenges in developing conversational AI systems based on large pretrained language models that can understand and communicate with customers in a natural and contextually appropriate manner.
This involves tackling complex problems in areas such as multiturn dialogue management knowledge grounding and openended generation and assessment of dialogue quality and style of the conversational model.
Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
1. Lead the research and development of LLMbased chatbots and conversational AI systems for customer service applications.
2. Design and implement stateoftheart NLP and ML models for tasks such as language understanding dialogue management and response generation and dialogue quality assessment.
3. Collaborate with crossfunctional teams including data scientists software engineers and product managers to integrate LLMbased solutions into Amazons customer service platforms.
4. Develop and implement strategies for data collection annotation and model training to ensure highquality and robust performance of the chatbots.
5. Conduct experiments and evaluations to measure the performance of the developed models and systems and identify areas for improvement.
6. Stay uptodate with the latest advancements in NLP LLMs and conversational AI and explore opportunities to incorporate new techniques and technologies into Amazons customer service solutions.
7. Collaborate with internal and external research communities participate in conferences and publications and contribute to the advancement of the field.
A day in the life
We thrive on solving challenging problems to innovate for our customers. By pushing the boundaries of technology we create unparalleled experiences that enable us to rapidly adapt in a dynamic environment. Our decisions are guided by data and we collaborate with engineering science and product teams to foster an innovative learning environment
If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly wed still love to hear from you! At Amazon we value people with unique backgrounds experiences and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale please apply!
Benefits Summary:
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular fulltime employees include:
1. Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan
About the team
About the team
Join our team of scientists and engineers who develop and deploy LLMbased Conversational AI systems to enhance Amazons customer service experience and effectiveness. We work on innovative solutions that help customers solve their issues and get their questions answered efficiently and associatefacing products that support our customer service associate workforce.
3 years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience
PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of CS CE ML or related field experience
Experience in patents or publications at toptier peerreviewed conferences or journals
Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
Experience in building speech recognition machine translation and natural language processing systems (e.g. commercial speech products or government speech projects)
PhD in engineering technology computer science machine learning robotics operations research statistics mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
Experience in professional software development
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon 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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.