Applied Scientist, Alexa for Shopping (Rufus) Experience Science
About the role
Amazon Alexa for Shopping (Rufus) Experience Science team is seeking a highly motivated Scientist who is passionate about building next-generation agentic shopping experiences. In this role, you will be developing Agentic Language Models to unlock new shopping experiences. You will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver these experiences across multiple Rufus customer-facing features.
You will thrive in this role if you enjoy bringing the latest LLM post-training research into everyday life—both for customers and for yourself. You’ll work side by side with scientists and engineers in a fast-paced environment, driving rapid model development and experimentation. You’ll also have access to Amazon’s rich datasets, AWS’s massive computational resources, and a network of world-class science and engineering leaders across the company.
Responsibilities
- Develop Agentic Language Models to enable new shopping experiences
- Collaborate with scientists, engineers, product managers, and designers to deliver customer-facing features
- Drive rapid model development and experimentation in a fast-paced environment
Requirements
- PhD, or Master's degree and 3+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- 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
- Prior experience with LLM Post-training techniques and Reinforcement Learning Training
- Experience with business-specific RL gym creation
- Knowledge of architectural concepts and algorithms, schedule tradeoffs, and new opportunities with technical team members
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance, and optional supplemental life plans)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and Mental Health Support
- Medical Advice Line and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off and parental leave
- Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)
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Pay
USA, CA, Palo Alto - $171,600.00 - $222,200.00 USD annually