Sr. Applied Scientist, Amazon Customer Service

DESCRIPTION

We are seeking a senior Applied Scientist to join a science team within Amazon Customer Service that is reimagining how customers are connected with the right support experience.

This is a senior technical leadership role where you will drive scientific strategy, mentor junior scientists, and deliver foundational models that power real-time personalization at scale.

Key job responsibilities

Lead the science for understanding the demand side of customer service interactions

Characterize who is contacting us, what they need, and how complex their situation is

Invent novel representation learning approaches that encode customer interactions

Directly inform intelligent routing decisions across hundreds of millions of annual contacts

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience

PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience

Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.

Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually