Senior Applied Scientist

Senior Applied Scientist , Books Content Experience Are you passionate about transforming the digital reading and publishing landscape? The Kindle Books Team is at the forefront of revolutionizing the publishing and reading experience for millions worldwide. We are seeking innovative Applied Scientists to join us at the forefront of the digital transformation in the publishing industry. Our team is dedicated to enhancing the book publishing and reading experience using edge AI technology. We strive to streamline the publishing lifecycle, improve digital reading, and empower book publishers through innovative AI tools and solutions to grow their business on Amazon. Key job responsibilities Inspect AI initiatives across Amazon to identify how these can be applied and scaled to book publishers or publishing workflows. Participate in team design, scoping and prioritization discussions. You must be able to map a business goal to a scientific problem, and map business metrics to technical metrics. Spearhead the design and implementation of new features and algorithms based on thorough research and collaboration with cross-functional teams. Have expertise in one of the applied science disciplines, such as machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, Deep learning. Use reasonable assumptions, data, and customer requirements to solve problems. Initiate the design, development, execution, and implementation of smaller components with input and guidance from team members. Work with SDEs to deliver solutions into production to benefit customers or an area of the business. Assume responsibility for the code in your components. Write secure, stable, testable, maintainable code with minimal defects. Understand basic data structures, algorithms, model evaluation techniques, performance, and optimality tradeoffs. Follow engineering and scientific method best practices, get your designs, models, and code reviewed, and test thoroughly. Map business goals to scientific problems and metrics. Invent, refine and develop your solutions to ensure they are meeting customer needs and team goals. Keep current with research trends and scrutinize your results. Experience in mentoring junior scientists. A day in the life You will be working with a group of talented scientists on researching algorithms and running experiments to test solutions to improve our experience. This will involve collaboration with partner teams including engineering, PMs, data annotators, and other scientists to discuss data quality, model development and productionizing the same. You will mentor other scientists, review and guide their work, help develop roadmaps for the team. Basic Qualifications 5+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience PhD, or Master's degree 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 Preferred Qualifications Experience using Unix/Linux Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. #J-18808-Ljbffr