Senior Applied Scientist - GenAI, Trust and Store Integrity Science

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Amazon has built a reputation for excellence with recent examples of being named
the #1 most trusted company for customers. To deliver on this reputation for
trust, Selling Partner Abuse Prevention team is tasked with identifying and
preventing abuse for our customers and brand owners worldwide.
Selling Partner Fraud and Abuse Prevention is hiring an Applied Scientist who
will research and develop innovative machine learning based approaches to
predict the near-term future. We are working on advanced research and we support
Patent and publishing papers. The Scientist must understand deeply about Machine
Learning methods and love extracting, nurturing and transforming high volume of
data into actionable business information and making it readily accessible to
stakeholders.

About the team
Trust and Store Integrity Science is a new org established in 2024. We are
missioned to leverage the fast evolving AI advancements to transform how we
prevent bad actors in our stores, across science, engineering, product and
program management, and operations.

Requirements

• 4+ years of applied research experience
• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
• Deep expertise in computer vision, natural language processing and generative AI technologies

Nice To Haves

• Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
• Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.
• Track record of leading large-scale AI transformation projects, and strong publication record in top-tier conferences/journals such as CVPR, NeuIPS, ICML, ACL, EMNLP

Responsibilities

• Lead the research, design, and implementation of innovative AI solutions for selling partner risk assessment and management
• Drive the technical vision for applying AI to transform workforce operations in Trust and Store Integrity organization
• Develop novel approaches to automate and enhance risk analysis processes using state-of-the-art language models
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify high-impact opportunities for AI-driven transformation
• Mentor and guide junior scientists while fostering a culture of innovation
• Design and implement evaluation frameworks to measure the impact of AI solutions
• Ensure responsible AI development with focus on fairness, transparency, and ethical considerations

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree