Sr. Applied Scientist, Special Projects

Amazon • Boston, MA

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About The Position

Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur? A builder? A dreamer? This role is
part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the company’s Think Big
leadership principle to the limits. If you’re interested in innovating at scale
to address big challenges in the world, this is the team for you.

As a Sr. Applied Scientist on our team, you will focus on building
state-of-the-art ML models for biology. Our team rewards curiosity while
maintaining a laser-focus in bringing products to market. Competitive candidates
are responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open, collaborative,
entrepreneurial, startup-like environment. At the forefront of both academic and
applied research in this product area, you have the opportunity to work together
with a diverse and talented team of scientists, engineers, and product managers
and collaborate with other teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• PhD
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning

Nice To Haves

• Experience with ML for life sciences.

Responsibilities

• Build, adapt and evaluate ML models for life sciences applications
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of ML scientists, biologists, software engineers and product managers
• Mentor junior scientists

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
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree