Overview In this role, you lead ambitious, end-to-end research projects from ideation to production, focusing on ML/AI innovations that positively impact customers. You will shape technical strategy and collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to turn research into scalable products. You publish findings and establish best practices for ML experimentation and deployment, contributing to a culture of learning and inclusion. This role offers the chance to innovate at scale within Amazon's Special Projects team and make a measurable, customer-centric impact.
Compensation / Benefits- work-life balance
- mentorship
- career growth
- training opportunities
Responsibilities- Lead and execute complex, ambiguous research projects from ideation to production deployment
- Drive technical strategy and roadmap decisions for ML/AI initiatives
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business teams to translate research into scalable products
- Publish research findings at top-tier conferences and contribute to the broader scientific community
- Establish best practices for ML experimentation, evaluation, and deployment
Key requirements- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Strong track record translating research into production systems at scale
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly
- Problem-solving in ambiguous environments
- ML/AI research and deployment
- Autonomous AI frameworks (Dreamer, PlaNet, JEPA, NVIDIA Cosmos)
- Optimization methods (multi-objective, constrained, discrete, model-based, stochastic)
