Jetzt bewerben als Manager Applied Science, AGI Foundations bei Amazon Development Center Germany GmbH in Aachen

Stellenausschreibung

• Master's Degree in applied research (machine learning, speech processing or other highly relevant field).
• 5+ years of experience applying ML to solve complex problems for large-scale applications and 2+ years of experience managing Machine Learning Scientists.
• Ability to translate informal customer requirements into problem definitions, dealing with ambiguity and competing objectives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences.

The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Manager Applied Science with a strong deep learning and LLM background, to build industry-leading foundation models.

As an Applied Science Manager at Amazon, you will lead a team of scientists in the invention, design, development, and deployment of services that impact millions of users each day.

In this role, you will use your management, research and production experience to develop the team, communicate direction and achieve the results in a fast-paced environment.

You will have significant influence on our overall LLM strategy by helping define product features, drive the system architecture, and spearhead the best practices that enable a quality product.

About the team
The AGI team has a mission to push the envelope in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Natural Language Understanding (NLU), and Audio Signal Processing, in order to provide the best-possible experience for our customers.

Key job responsibilities

• Conducting and coordinating research leading to improved Alexa AI systems.
• Owning the strategic planning and project management for technical initiatives.
• Providing technical and scientific guidance to your team members.
• Communicating effectively with senior management as well as with colleagues from science, engineering and business backgrounds.
• Supporting the career development of your team members.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Aachen, DEU | Berlin, DEU

• PhD with specialization in AI, speech, natural language processing, or machine learning.
• Project management experience working on cross-functional projects.
• Research experience on LLMs and foundation models
• Proven achievements of developing and managing a long-term research vision and portfolio of research initiatives, with algorithms and models that have been successfully integrated in production systems.

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