Senior Applied Scientist, Alexa International
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Job Location:
Bellevue, WA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Applied Scientist with the Alexa International team you will work with talented peers to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state of the art with LLMs particularly delivering industry-leading scientific research and applied AI for multi-lingual applications a challenging area for the industry globally. Your work will directly impact our global customers in the form of products and services that support Alexa. You will leverage Amazons heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in text speech and vision domains. The ideal candidate possesses a solid understanding of machine learning speech and/or natural language processing modern LLM architectures LLM evaluation & tooling and a passion for pushing boundaries in this vast and quickly evolving field. They thrive in fast-paced environment like to tackle complex challenges excel at swiftly delivering impactful solutions while iterating based on user feedback and are able to influence and align multiple teams around a shared scientific vision.
- PhD or Masters degree
- 4 years of applied research experience
- Experience working across teams and influencing teams that are not your own
- Experience with any programming language such as Python Java C
- 6 years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience
- Knowledge of standard speech and machine learning techniques
- PhD in CS CE ML or related field with 4 years of relevant post-PhD research experience; or Masters degree with 7 years of equivalent experience
- Deep expertise in state-of-the-art LLM architectures training evaluation and post-training techniques (SFT DPO RLHF RLAIF)
- Proven track record of delivering scientifically complex solutions into production
- Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in building speech recognition machine translation and natural language processing systems
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
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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 WA Bellevue - 167100.00 - 226100.00 USD annually
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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