Applied Scientist, Alexa Sensitive Content Intelligence

DESCRIPTION Alexa is Amazon s next-generation AI-powered virtual assistant Building on the original Alexa it uses generative AI to deliver a more conversational personalized and effective experience Alexa Sensitive Content Intelligence ASCI team is developing responsible AI RAI solutions for Alexa empowering it to provide useful information responsibly The team is currently looking for Applied Scientists with a strong background in NLP and or CV to design and develop ML solutions in the RAI space using generative AI An Applied Scientist will be in a team of exceptional scientists to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state of the art in Natural Language Processing NLP or Computer Vision CV related tasks They will work in a hybrid fast-paced organization where scientists engineers and product managers work together to build customer facing experiences They will collaborate with and mentor other scientists to raise the bar of scientific research in Amazon Their work will directly impact our customers in the form of products and services that make use of speech language and computer vision technologies We are looking for candidate with strong technical experiences and a passion for building scientific driven solutions in a fast-paced environment This Senior Applied Scientist should have good understanding of NLP models e g transformer based LLM or CV models e g CNN VLM and where to apply them in different business cases They should leverage exceptional technical expertise a sound understanding of the fundamentals of Computer Science and practical experience of building large-scale distributed systems to creating reliable scalable and high-performance products In addition to technical depth they must possess exceptional communication skills and understand how to influence key stakeholders This Applied Scientist will be joining a select group of people making history producing one of the most highly rated products in Amazon s history so if you are looking for a challenging and innovative role where you can solve important problems while growing as a leader this may be the place for you Key job responsibilities This Applied Scientist will lead the science solution design run experiments research new algorithms and find new ways of optimizing customer experience They will set examples for the team on good science practice and standards Besides theoretical analysis and innovation they will work closely with talented engineers and ML scientists to put algorithms and models into practice This Applied Scientist s work will also directly impact the trust customers place in Alexa globally They will contribute directly to our growth by hiring smart and motivated scientists to establish teams that can deliver swiftly and predictably adjusting in an agile fashion to deliver what our customers need A day in the life You will be working with a group of talented scientists on researching algorithm and running experiments to test scientific proposal solutions to improve our sensitive contents detection and mitigation This will involve collaboration with partner teams including engineering PMs data annotators and other scientists to discuss data quality policy and model development You will mentor other scientists review and guide their work help develop roadmaps for the team You work closely with partner teams across Alexa to deliver platform features that require cross-team leadership About the team The mission of the Alexa Sensitive Content Intelligence ASCI team is to 1 minimize negative surprises to customers caused by sensitive content 2 detect and prevent potential brand-damaging interactions and 3 build customer trust through appropriate interactions on sensitive topics The term sensitive content includes within its scope a wide range of categories of content such as offensive content e g hate speech racist speech profanity content that is suitable only for certain age groups politically polarizing content and religiously polarizing content The term content refers to any material that is exposed to customers by Alexa including both 1P and 3P experiences and includes text speech audio and video BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Experience programming in Java C Python or related language - Experience with SQL and an RDBMS e g Oracle or Data Warehouse PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience implementing algorithms using both toolkits and self-developed code - Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information If the country region you re applying in isn t listed please contact your Recruiting Partner