Amazon Principal Applied Scientist Alexa International Tech 

India, Karnataka, Bengaluru 

606026499

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 help managers guide the career growth of other scientists by mentoring and play a significant role in hiring and developing scientists and leads.Key job responsibilities
- 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.- Participate in organizational planning, hiring, mentorship and leadership development.- You will serve as a key scientific resource in full-cycle development (conception, design, implementation, testing to documentation, delivery, and maintenance).

- 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