Applied Scientist , Amazon

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Palo Alto, CA - USA

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Were working to improve shopping on Amazon using the conversational capabilities of large language models and are searching for pioneers who are passionate about technology innovation and customer experience and are ready to make a lasting impact on the industry. Youll be working with talented scientists engineers and technical program managers (TPM) to innovate on behalf of our customers.

Were looking for scientists with deep LLM expertise to help us build the next generation of large language models. Our team focuses on post-training including instruction tuning reward modeling and reinforcement this role you will design and run large-scale experiments analyze model behavior and develop new training recipes that directly improve core capabilities like reasoning user experience and other frontier paradigms that redefine what LLMs can do.

If youre fired up about being part of a dynamic driven team then this is your moment to join us on this exciting journey!




- 3 years of building models for business application experience
- PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of CS CE ML or related field experience
- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
- Practical experience with LLM pre-training or post-training and experience working with organic synthetic agentic or reasoning data for LLMs
- Published research in top conferences (e.g. NeurIPS ICML ICLR ACL EMNLP NAACL) and/or demonstrated significant industry influence in the field of AI

- Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in professional software development
- Experience working on SOTA LLMs.
- Multiple first-author LLM-related publications in top-tier conferences (e.g. NeurIPS ICLR ACL EMNLP NAACL)

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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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 CA Palo Alto - 171600.00 - 222200.00 USD annually


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