Applied Scientist, Rufus Experience Science

Amazon • Palo Alto, CA

12d

About The Position

Amazon Rufus Experience Science is seeking a highly motivated Scientist who is
passionate about building next-generation shopping experiences. In this role,
you will help create conversational shopping journeys where customers can
express any shopping need—discovering products, comparing options, finding
inspiration, or resolving post-purchase issues. You will collaborate closely
with a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, product managers, and
designers to deliver these experiences across multiple Rufus customer-facing
features.
You will thrive in this role if you enjoy bringing latest research
into everyday life—both for customers and for yourself. There’s nothing quite
like realizing that a model you deployed yesterday is already improving your own
shopping experience today. You will work side by side with scientists and
engineers in a fast-paced environment, driving rapid model development and
experimentation. You’ll also have access to Amazon’s rich datasets, AWS’s
massive computational resources, and a network of world-class science and
engineering leaders across the company.

Requirements

• 3+ years of building models for business application experience
• PhD, or Master's 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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Translate the science roadmap into technical milestones, ensuring research efforts align with long-term business goals.
• Develop end-to-end data-driven solutions for the real-world, large scale problems.
• Deliver and maintain software and models in the production environment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally between product, design, and engineering.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level