Applied Scientist, SSG Science

Amazon Devices is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineer high-profile devices like the Kindle family of products Fire Tablets Fire TV Health Wellness Amazon Echo & Astro products. This is an exciting opportunity to join Amazon in developing state-of-the-art techniques that bring Gen AI on edge for our consumer products. We are looking for exceptional scientists to join our Applied Science team and help develop the next generation of edge models and optimize them while doing co-designed with custom ML HW based on a revolutionary architecture. Work hard. Have Fun. Make History.

Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities
* Quantize prune distill finetune Gen AI models to optimize for edge platforms
* Fundamentally understand Amazons underlying Neural Edge Engine to invent optimization techniques
* Analyze deep learning workloads and provide guidance to map them to Amazons Neural Edge Engine
* Use first principles of Information Theory Scientific Computing Deep Learning Theory Non Equilibrium Thermodynamics
* Train custom Gen AI models that beat SOTA and paves path for developing production models
* Collaborate closely with compiler engineers fellow Applied Scientists Hardware Architects and product teams to build the best ML-centric solutions for our devices
* Publish in open source and present on Amazons behalf at key ML conferences - NeurIPS ICLR MLSys.

- 3 years of designing experiments and statistical analysis of results experience
- PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of CS CE ML or related field experience
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures parsing numerical optimization data mining parallel and distributed computing high-performance computing

- Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in professional software development

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.

Pursuant to the San Francisco 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 San Francisco - 171600.00 - 222200.00 USD annually
USA CA Sunnyvale - 171600.00 - 222200.00 USD annually