Principal Applied Scientist

Are you a scientist interested in pushing the state of the art in Generative AI, LLMs, LMMs? Are you interested in working on ground-breaking research projects that will lead to great products and scientific publications? Do you wish you had access to large datasets? Answer yes to any of these questions and you’ll fit right in here at Amazon.

We are looking for a hands-on researcher, who wants to derive, implement, and test the next generation of Generative AI algorithms in multiple projects ranging from Computer Vision, ML, and NLP. The research we do is innovative, multidisciplinary, and far-reaching. We aim to define, deploy, and publish cutting edge research. In order to achieve our vision, we think big and tackle technology problems that are cutting edge. Where technology does not exist, we will build it. Where it exists we will need to modify it to make it work at Amazon scale. We need members who are passionate and willing to learn.

Key job responsibilities
- Derive novel computer vision, machine learning, and NLP algorithms.
- Define scalable computer vision, machine learning and NLP models.
- Invent the next generation of Generative AI models.
- Work with large datasets.
- Work with software engineering teams to deploy your - Publish your work at top conferences/journals.
- Mentor team members.

A day in the life
We are a team of seasoned scientists. We work on science problems and publish our results at major scientific conferences. We work with multiple other science teams at Amazon.

About the team
We are a tight-knit group that shares our experiences and help each other succeed. We believe in team work. We love hard problems and like to move fast in a growing and changing environment. We use data to guide our decisions and we always push the technology and process boundaries of what is feasible on behalf of our customers. If that sounds like an environment you like, join us.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA