Senior Applied Scientist Futures Design
Senior Applied Scientist Futures Design
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Futures Design is the advanced concept design and incubation team within Amazons Device and Services Design Group (DDG). We are responsible for exploring and defining think (very) big opportunities globally and locally so that we can better understand how new products and services might enrich the lives of our customers and so that product teams and leaders can align on where were going and why were going there. We focus on a 310 year time frame with the runway to invent and design categorydefining products and transformational customer experiences. Working with Amazon business and technology partners we use research design and prototyping to guide early product development bring greater clarity to engineering goals and develop a UXgrounded point of view.
Our team is dedicated to unlocking new foundational capabilities in generative AI guided by the thesis that embedding understanding through human factors cognitive science and socioeconomics is crucial to building AI systems that align with human needs. We place particular emphasis on the capabilities of simulacra through agentic systems and experiential/evolutionary learning which we believe are vital to accelerating the development of AI as an aligned partner. Joining our team will give you the chance to drive key decisions that will impact the lives of millions of Amazon customers.
Key job responsibilities
You will be responsible for defining key research directions adopting or inventing new machine learning techniques conducting rigorous experiments publishing results and ensuring that research is translated into practice. You will develop longterm strategies persuade teams to adopt those strategies propose goals and deliver on them. You will also participate in organizational planning hiring mentorship and leadership development. You will be technically fearless and with a passion for building scalable science and engineering solutions. You will serve as a key scientific resource in fullcycle development (conception design implementation testing to documentation delivery and maintenance).
A day in the life
Were looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to join the growing DDG Futures Design team.
You thrive in ambiguity and paradigm shifts remaking assumptions of how customers engage devices operate and builders create. You apply deep expertise that spans design technology and product grounding stateoftheart emerging technologies through storytelling and a makers mindset. You learn and adapt technology trends to enduring customer problems through customer empathy code and iterative experimentation.
You will wear multiple hats to quickly assimilate customer problems convert them to hypotheses and test them using efficient technologies and design methods to build stakeholder buyin. Youll help your peers unlock challenging scenarios and mature the design studios ability to deliver design at scale across a breadth of devices and interaction modalities. You will work around limitations and push capabilities through your work. Your curiosity will inspire those around you and facilitate team growth while your handson collaborative nature will build trust with your peers and studio partners.
3 years of building machine learning models for business application experience
PhD or Masters degree and 6 years of applied research experience
Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Experience with modeling tools such as R scikitlearn Spark MLLib MxNet Tensorflow numpy scipy etc.
Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop Spark etc.
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt 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 $150400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260000/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.
Our team is dedicated to unlocking new foundational capabilities in generative AI guided by the thesis that embedding understanding through human factors cognitive science and socioeconomics is crucial to building AI systems that align with human needs. We place particular emphasis on the capabilities of simulacra through agentic systems and experiential/evolutionary learning which we believe are vital to accelerating the development of AI as an aligned partner. Joining our team will give you the chance to drive key decisions that will impact the lives of millions of Amazon customers.
Key job responsibilities
You will be responsible for defining key research directions adopting or inventing new machine learning techniques conducting rigorous experiments publishing results and ensuring that research is translated into practice. You will develop longterm strategies persuade teams to adopt those strategies propose goals and deliver on them. You will also participate in organizational planning hiring mentorship and leadership development. You will be technically fearless and with a passion for building scalable science and engineering solutions. You will serve as a key scientific resource in fullcycle development (conception design implementation testing to documentation delivery and maintenance).
A day in the life
Were looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to join the growing DDG Futures Design team.
You thrive in ambiguity and paradigm shifts remaking assumptions of how customers engage devices operate and builders create. You apply deep expertise that spans design technology and product grounding stateoftheart emerging technologies through storytelling and a makers mindset. You learn and adapt technology trends to enduring customer problems through customer empathy code and iterative experimentation.
You will wear multiple hats to quickly assimilate customer problems convert them to hypotheses and test them using efficient technologies and design methods to build stakeholder buyin. Youll help your peers unlock challenging scenarios and mature the design studios ability to deliver design at scale across a breadth of devices and interaction modalities. You will work around limitations and push capabilities through your work. Your curiosity will inspire those around you and facilitate team growth while your handson collaborative nature will build trust with your peers and studio partners.
3 years of building machine learning models for business application experience
PhD or Masters degree and 6 years of applied research experience
Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Experience with modeling tools such as R scikitlearn Spark MLLib MxNet Tensorflow numpy scipy etc.
Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop Spark etc.
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt 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 $150400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260000/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.
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