Amazon Principal Applied Scientist AI Labs Computer Vision 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

765205067

Job summary
Our research themes include, but are not limited to: multimodal understanding of documents/video/audio, post-training of multimodal FMs including supervised fine tuning and RL, automated annotations, in-context learning and context compression, model distillation and optimization.
Work/Life Balance
Mentorship & Career Growth

Graduate degree (MS or PhD) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or Physics or related field. * 7+ years of experience in AI and Machine Learning in industry and/or academia. * 3+ years of experience recruiting and managing PhD level Scientists, Researchers and Engineers from industry and/or academia. * Proven research science publication background with a track record of thought leadership and contributions that have advanced the field * Strong skills in programming languages, such as C/C++ and Python. * Proven experience in commercializing computer vision, machine learning, or deep learning solutions * Strong record of delivery in industry and academic contexts, ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. * Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

* PhD or MSc in computer science or related fields * 10+ years of experience in AI, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing in industry and/or academia. * 5+ years of experience recruiting and managing PhD level Scientists, Researchers and Engineers. * Strong publication history in top peer reviewed conferences * Proven experience in designing and delivering computer vision or machine learning systems with multiple components * Professional traits that are not unique to this position, but necessary for Amazon leaders: * Exhibits excellent judgment * Hires and develops great people * Has relentlessly high standards (is never satisfied with the status quo) * Is able to dive deep and is never out of touch with the details of the business or the technology * Expects and requires innovation of her/his team * Has passion and convictions and the innate ability to inspire passion in others * Oriented towards delivering results * Thinks big.