Job Oportunity | APPLIED SCIENTIST, CUSTOMER ENGAGMENT TECHNOLOGIES at Amazon (Wa)

DESCRIPTION

The Applied Scientist in Natural Language Processing (NLP) within the Customer Engagement Technologies (CET) team will work on the research, design, and implementation of solutions to key challenges in developing conversational AI systems based on large pre-trained language models, that can understand and communicate with customers in a natural and contextually appropriate manner.

This involves tackling complex problems in areas such as multi-turn dialogue management, knowledge grounding, and open-ended generation and assessment of dialogue quality and style of the conversational model.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead the research and development of Large Language Model (LLM) based chat bots and conversational AI systems for customer service applications.
- Design and implement state-of-the-art NLP and Machine Learning (ML) models for tasks such as language understanding, dialogue management, and response generation as well as dialogue quality assessment.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data scientists, software engineers, and product managers, to integrate LLM-based solutions into Amazon's customer service platforms.
- Develop and implement strategies for data collection, annotation, and model training to ensure high-quality and robust performance of the chat bots.
- Conduct experiments and evaluations to measure the performance of the developed models and systems, and identify areas for improvement.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in NLP, LLMs, and conversational AI, and explore opportunities to incorporate new techniques and technologies into Amazon's customer service solutions.
- Collaborate with internal and external research communities, participate in conferences and publications, and contribute to the advancement of the field.

A day in the life
We thrive on solving challenging problems to innovate for our customers. By pushing the boundaries of technology, we create unparalleled experiences that enable us to rapidly adapt in a dynamic environment. Our decisions are guided by data, and we collaborate with engineering, science, and product teams to foster an innovative learning environment

If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

Benefits Summary:
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include:
1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

About the team
The mission of the CET team within Customer Service is to create earth’s best customer service solutions through empowering our customers to utilize automation to resolve their issues quickly and efficiently. You will be a key component of our leadership team and will influence our science and engineering teams to deliver World-Wide Self-Service Automation (SSA) products based on generative AI.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
- 3+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application 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 building speech recognition, machine translation and natural language processing systems (e.g., commercial speech products or government speech projects)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
- Experience in professional software development

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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 $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $222,200/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.

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APPLIED SCIENTIST, CUSTOMER ENGAGMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Amazon (Wa)

Applied Scientist, Customer Engagment Technologies

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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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APPLIED SCIENTIST, CUSTOMER ENGAGMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Amazon (Wa)

Applied Scientist, Customer Engagment Technologies

DESCRIPTION

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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