Full-Time
Senior Applied Scientist
Alexa Edge AI
Amazon
10,001+ employees
Global online marketplace and cloud services
No salary listed
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Master's, PhD
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- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
- 5+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Model Development & Technical Leadership: Architect and drive development of advanced deep learning models for computer vision, audio understanding, and multimodal semantic fusion — setting the technical bar and defining best practices for the team.
- End-to-End Ownership: Own complex ML programs end-to-end — from identifying high-impact problems, designing data strategies and evaluation frameworks, through experimentation, optimization, and deployment at production scale.
- Research & Innovation: Define the science roadmap for your area; drive novel research directions in multimodal learning and deliver results that advance both the product and the broader field.
- Publications & Thought Leadership: Maintain an active publication record at top-tier venues (e.g. CVPR, NeurIPS, ICASSP, ICCV, ACL) and represent the team externally in the research community.
- Mentorship & Culture Building: Mentor scientists and engineers, raise the technical bar through hiring, and play a foundational role in establishing the Bangalore site's culture, processes, and scientific identity.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience building and deploying ML/DL models in computer vision, audio/speech processing, or multimodal learning
- Proven track record of leading technical initiatives from conception to production impact
- Deep expertise in modern neural architectures (transformers, diffusion models, foundation models)
- Experience defining science roadmaps and influencing cross-functional priorities
- Familiarity with distributed training at scale, model compression, and low-latency inference
- strong publication record at top-tier ML/CV/Audio conferences
- Track record of mentoring junior scientists and building high-performing research teams
Amazon operates a global e-commerce platform with a large online marketplace that connects consumers to both direct sales and third-party sellers across many product categories. It earns money from product sales and marketplace fees, Amazon Prime subscriptions, and AWS cloud services, plus a large Amazon Associates affiliate network. The platform combines fast shipping, streaming, cloud computing, and digital services to reach customers across numerous countries. Its goal is to be the world’s most customer-centric company by offering convenient access to a wide range of products and services.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington
Founded
1994
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Q2 2026 revenue rose 20% to $201 billion, with AWS up 37%.
- Andy Jassy says AI demand extends into 2028, supporting sustained cloud bookings.
- Amazon's market cap topped $3 trillion in August 2026, easing capital access for expansion.
What critics are saying
- FTC's antitrust trial starts October 2026, targeting Amazon's marketplace pricing and seller practices.
- New Jersey sued Amazon on August 4, 2026, over DSP driver pay and conditions.
- Amazon's $220 billion 2026 capex and Texas gas plant expose existential execution and reputational risk.
What makes Amazon unique
- AWS backlog hit $496 billion in Q2 2026, revealing unmatched enterprise demand visibility.
- Amazon combines retail, logistics, Prime, ads, and AWS into one cash-generating ecosystem.
- Trainium chips and reserved 2027 capacity give Amazon custom AI infrastructure leverage.
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