Applied Scientist, Books Recommendations
Job Description
Passionate about books? The Amazon Books personalization team is looking for a talented Applied Scientist II to help develop and implement innovative science solutions to make it easier for millions of customers to find the next book they will love. In this role you will:- Collaborate within a dynamic team of scientists, economists, engineers, analysts, and business partners.- Utilize Amazon's large-scale computing and data resources to analyze customer behavior and product relationships.- Contribute to building and maintaining recommendation models, and assist in running A/B tests on the retail website.- Help develop and implement solutions to improve Amazon's recommendation systems.Key job responsibilitiesThe role involves working with recommender systems that combine Natural Language Processing (NLP), Reinforcement Learning (RL), graph networks, and deep learning to help customers discover their next great read. You will assist in developing recommendation model pipelines, analyze deep learning-based recommendation models, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to improve customer-facing recommendations.As part of the team, you will learn and contribute across these technical areas while developing your skills in the recommendation systems space.A day in the lifeIn your day-to-day role, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of recommendation models, support the implementation of A/B test experiments, and work alongside engineers, product teams, and other scientists to help deploy machine learning solutions to production. You will gain hands-on experience with our recommendation systems while working under the guidance of senior scientists.About the teamWe are Books Personalization a collaborative group of 5-7 scientists, 2 product leaders, and 2 engineering teams that aims to help find the right next read for customers through high quality personalized book recommendation experiences. Books Personalization is a part of the Books Content Demand organization, which focuses on surfacing the best books for customers wherever they are in their current book journey.
Locations
- United States, WA, Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Salary
Salary not disclosed
Estimated Salary Rangehigh confidence
180,000 - 250,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- - PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experienceintermediate
- - Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related languageintermediate
- - Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computingintermediate
Required Qualifications
- - PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience (experience, 4 years)
- - Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language (experience)
- - Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- - Experience using Unix/Linux (experience)
- - Experience in professional software development (experience)
- 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 $223,400/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. (experience)
Responsibilities
- The role involves working with recommender systems that combine Natural Language Processing (NLP), Reinforcement Learning (RL), graph networks, and deep learning to help customers discover their next great read. You will assist in developing recommendation model pipelines, analyze deep learning-based recommendation models, and collaborate with engineering and product teams to improve customer-facing recommendations.
- As part of the team, you will learn and contribute across these technical areas while developing your skills in the recommendation systems space.
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Application Instructions
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/3115205