Amazon · 8 hours ago
Applied Scientist, Delivery Foundation Model
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$172K/yr - $222K/yr
4+ years expAmazon is seeking an exceptional Applied Scientist to join their Delivery Foundation Model team, where you'll work on pioneering logistics through advanced AI. The role involves developing innovative foundation models to enable the delivery of billions of packages worldwide, combining technical work with scientific leadership.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Design and implement novel deep learning architectures combining a multitude of modalities, including image, video, and geospatial data
Solve computational problems to train foundation models on vast amounts of Amazon data and infer at Amazon scale, taking advantage of latest developments in hardware and deep learning libraries
As a foundation model developer, collaborate with multiple science and engineering teams to help build adaptations that power use cases across Amazon Last Mile deliveries, improving experience and safety of a delivery driver, an Amazon customer, and improving efficiency of Amazon delivery network
Drive technical direction for specific research initiatives, ensuring robust performance in production environments
Develop and implement novel foundation model architectures, working hands-on with data and our extensive training and evaluation infrastructure
Collaborate with fellow scientists in solving complex technical challenges, from trajectory planning to efficient multi-task learning
Collaborate with fellow engineers in building scalable and reusable infra to support model training, evaluation, and inference
Contribute to focused technical initiatives from conception through deployment, ensuring successful integration with production systems
Drive technical discussions within the team and and key stakeholders
Conduct experiments and prototype new ideas
Make significant hands-on contribution to technical solutions
Qualification
Required
PhD, or Master's degree and 1+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
4+ years of programming in Java, C++, Python or related language experience
Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application
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
Experience using Unix/Linux
Experience in professional software development
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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