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Applied Scientist, Alexa AI

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22 days ago
Turin, ItalySenior

Responsibilities

  • Analyze customer behavior at scale and develop metrics for personal digital assistants.
  • Build and implement machine learning, deep learning, and policy-based learning algorithms for customer-facing applications.
  • Develop and deploy automated model training and evaluation pipelines.
  • Conduct model and data analysis, including online A/B testing and error or deviation analysis.
  • Research and implement novel approaches for conversational AI and RAG systems.
  • Own production ML systems, participate in on-call coverage, deploy fixes, and resolve high-severity issues.
  • Collaborate with business, engineering, and science teams and communicate research findings to stakeholders.

Requirements

  • PhD, or a master’s degree plus experience, in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field.
  • Knowledge of statistics or other analytical techniques.
  • Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business applications.
  • Strong proficiency in Python or Java and deep expertise in machine learning frameworks.
  • Experience with algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, or high-performance computing.
  • Experience communicating with a wide range of stakeholders or managing teams.
  • Preferred qualifications include several years of machine learning or algorithm development experience, data-focused analytical work, top-tier publications, and error or deviation analysis experience.
  • Fluent English communication skills and strong organization and attention to detail are preferred.

Benefits

  • Minimum gross base salary of 68,000.00 EUR annually for full-time work in Turin, Italy, with part-time salary prorated.
  • Potential sign-on payment and eligibility for Amazon.com Inc. restricted stock units may apply.
  • Statutory, collective-bargaining-agreement, and supplementary company benefits may apply.
  • The role is classified at level 7 or above depending on skills, competencies, and experience.

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About Amazon

10,000+ employees

Amazon builds and operates a global e-commerce marketplace, logistics network, and consumer devices, and provides cloud computing via AWS for businesses and developers. The company earns revenue from online retail, third‑party seller services, subscriptions like Prime, advertising, and AWS usage. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Seattle, it is publicly traded on NASDAQ (AMZN) and serves customers in dozens of countries.

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