Applied Scientist I, SPS Core Services

The CATALST NLP Services team within the Selling Partner Services (SPS) Core Services organization is responsible for simplifying multi-lingual experiences for our customers. We build and leverage various AI services to eliminate language barriers at scale through Machine Translation for Amazon Customers and Sellers WW across 30+ programs within SPS and customers outside of SPS. We leverage state-of-the-art NLP solutions including Large Language Models, Machine Translation, Language Detection, and OCR to provide a full suite of content analysis capabilities. Our customers include Selling Partners, Buyers, Amazon Associates, Amazon Investigators, and various Science teams.

In this role, you will be a key owner within our cross-disciplinary team that includes Product Managers, Software Engineers, and Applied Scientists and execute on our 3 Year Plan. You will pioneer new technologies in NLP, machine translation, and machine learning. You will have ownership of the end-to-end development of solutions to complex problems from design to implementation and you will play an integral role in strategic decision-making. You will also work closely with other stakeholders such as engineers, operations teams and product owners to build ML pipelines, platforms and solutions that solve business problems.


Key job responsibilities
* Participate in the design, development, evaluation, deployment and updating of automated and scalable machine learning models, with a focus on machine translation
* Develop and/or apply statistics, NLP and machine learning experiments and methodologies to different applications
* Work closely with Scientists and Software Engineers on experimentations, evaluation and implementation
* Work closely with business partners to understand the goals and develop solutions to achieve such goals

Basic Qualifications

- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience with SQL and an RDBMS (e.g., Oracle) or Data Warehouse

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience implementing algorithms using both toolkits and self-developed code
- Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,400/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.