What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at Amazon?
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Job summary
Amazon AI is looking for a Data Scientist with a
background in the intersection of linguistics, phonetics, or NLP and
statistics/machine learning to help build industry-leading speech and
language processing services.
As part of our AI team in Amazon Web Services, you will work alongside
applied scientists, software engineers, and language engineers to
define data requirements for training AI services, ensure data
quality, develop suitable evaluation metrics for novel AI features and
services, and analyze systems’ input/output behavior. You will be responsible
for implementing and maintaining data analysis tools and pipelines, creating
insightful analyses of complex production systems, and communicating results
to scientists, product managers, and customers.
Your work will directly impact millions of our customers in the form
of products and services that make use of speech and language
technology. You will gain hands on experience with Amazon’s
heterogeneous speech, text, and structured data sources, and
large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in spoken
language processing.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
· MS in Computer Science, (Computational) Linguistics, or Statistics; alternatively, BS degree and 4 years of work experience
· Knowledge of fundamental concepts in linguistics, phonetics, natural language processing, statistics, basic machine learning
· Software development experience (Python) and strong quantitative analysis skills
· Strong sense of ownership and a detail-oriented approach to problem-solving
· Ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders of diverse technical backgrounds
· Excellent written and spoken communication skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
· Experience in building data analysis pipelines
· Familiarity with cloud-based machine learning products
· Familiarity with production-grade speech recognition or NLP systems
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
