Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon

• PhD with specialization in artificial intelligence, natural language processing, machine learning, or computational cognitive science
• 10+ years of combined academic and research experience
• Strong publication record in top-tier journals and conferences. Functional thought leader, sought after for key tech decisions
• Can successfully sell ideas to an executive level decision maker. Mentors and trains the research scientist community on complex technical issues
• Experience developing software in traditional programming languages (C++, Java, etc..)
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills

Desirable

• As a Principal Scientist within the Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) organization, you are a trusted part of the technical leadership. You bring business and industry context to science and technology decisions
• You set the standard for scientific excellence and make decisions that affect the way we build and integrate algorithms
• You solicit differing views across the organization and are willing to change your mind as you learn more
• Your artifacts are exemplary and often used as reference across organization
• You are a hands-on scientific leader
• Your solutions are exemplary in terms of algorithm design, clarity, model structure, efficiency, and extensibility
• You tackle intrinsically hard problems, acquiring expertise as needed
• You decompose complex problems into straightforward solutions
• You amplify your impact by leading scientific reviews within your organization or at your location
• You scrutinize and review experimental design, modeling, verification and other research procedures
• You probe assumptions, illuminate pitfalls, and foster shared understanding
• You align teams toward coherent strategies
• You educate, keeping the scientific community up to date on advanced techniques, state of the art approaches, the latest technologies, and trends
• You help managers guide the career growth of other scientists by mentoring and play a significant role in hiring and developing scientists and leads
• You will play a critical role in driving the development of Generative AI (GenAI) technologies that can handle Amazon-scale use cases and have a significant impact on our customers' experiences
• You will be responsible for defining key research directions, adopting or inventing new machine learning techniques, conducting rigorous experiments, publishing results, and ensuring that research is translated into practice
• You will develop long-term strategies, persuade teams to adopt those strategies, propose goals and deliver on them
• You will also participate in organizational planning, hiring, mentorship and leadership development
• You will be technically fearless and with a passion for building scalable science and engineering solutions
• You will serve as a key scientific resource in full-cycle development (conception, design, implementation, testing to documentation, delivery, and maintenance)

• Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
• Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
• Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
• Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
• Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
• Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer
• Amazon Care's virtual services are available in all 50 states, and in-person care is active in Seattle, Washington, D.C., Arlington, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Austin, and Los Angeles, with 20+ more markets coming online in 2022 alone
• 20 weeks of paid leave to birthing mothers and six weeks for parents who adopt

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.