The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to work on pre-training methodologies for Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) models. You will interact closely with our customers and with the academic and research communities. You will be at the heart of a growing and exciting focus area for Amazon, working with other acclaimed engineers and world-famous scientists.
Key job responsibilities
Join us to work as an integral part of a team that has diverse experience with GenAI models in this space. We work on these areas:
- Scaling laws
- Hardware-informed efficient model architecture, low-precision training
- Optimization methods, learning objectives, curriculum design
- Deep learning theories on efficient hyperparameter search and self-supervised learning
- Reasoning, self-reflection, interactive learning, data synthesis
- Distributed training methods and solutions
About the team
The AGI team has a mission to push the envelope in LLMs and multimodal systems, in order to provide the best-possible experience for our customers.
- PhD, or Master's degree and 5+ years of applied research experience
- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience with deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch and JAX.
- PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field, or Master's degree and 6+ years of industry or academic research experience
- Experience with patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Relevant Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) research experience with LLMs and multimodalities
- For system researchers, familiarity with deep learning compilers, auto-parallelization, and XLA/MLIR ecosystems
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $150,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Senior Applied Scientist, Artificial General Intelligence
Posted: | 19 Dec 2024 |
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Company: | Amazon |
Category: | Applied Science |
Country: | US - United States |
State: | None - None |
City: | New York |
Zip code: | None |