Data Scientist II, GENIE, Alexa, Devices and Services

A data scientist focused on conversational AI will be a highly autonomous contributor driving initiatives on the leading edge of Databases and Logs, Machine Learning (ML), Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Information Retrieval (IR). Leveraging expertise across techniques you will architect scalable solutions that extract insights from multimodal data and incorporate those to deliver engaging conversational experiences impacting Alexa's customer experience, design, architecture, and implementation. You will thrive in this fast-paced research environment, working with a smart and passionate team of scientists and engineers.

About the team
We are a part of Amazon Devices and Services organization, focusing on building Alexa. Our mission is “delight customers through contextual and personalized proactive experiences that keep customers informed, engaged, and productive without cognitive burden”.

We are developing advanced systems to deliver engaging, intuitive, and adaptive content recommendations across all Amazon surfaces. We aim to facilitate seamless reasoning and customer experiences, surpassing the capabilities of previous machine learning models. We are looking for a passionate, talented, and resourceful Data Scientist to invent and build scalable solutions for a state-of-the-art context-aware personal assistant. The ideal candidate would also enjoy operating in dynamic environments, be self-motivated to take on challenging problems to deliver big customer impact, shipping solutions via rapid experimentation and then iterating on user feedback and interactions.

Basic Qualifications

- 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
- 2+ years of data scientist experience
- 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience in Python, Perl, or another scripting language
- Experience in a ML or data scientist role with a large technology company

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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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $125,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.