The Amazon Search team creates powerful customer focused search solutions and technologies. Whenever a customer visits an Amazon site worldwide and types in a query uploads an image or browses through product categories Amazon Search services go to work. We design develop and deploy highperformance fault tolerant distributed search systems used by millions of Amazon customers every day.
Were seeking a thought leader to drive science initiatives for our Multi Modal eCommerce Search initiatives. This role oversees the Search relevance and ranking across text and visual shopping. This person will also be a deep learning practitioner/thinker and guide the research in these three areas. Theyll also have the ability to drive cutting edge product oriented research and should have a notable publication record.
This intellectual thought leader will help direct and shape the science philosophy planning and strategy for the team as we push into new areas: Supporting conversational searches Computer Vision 3D and Deep Learning. This role will also influence partners across Amazon Stores to solve business specific objectives and improve the customer experience on specific shopping missions.
Joining this team youll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment while leveraging the resources of Amazon Earths most customercentric internet company. We provide a highly customercentric teamoriented environment in our offices located in Palo Alto California.
Education PhD in Computer science Years of Experience: 15 20 yrs (post PhD)
Deep expertise in Information Retrieval preferred.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
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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