Alexa+ is Amazon’s next-generation, AI-powered virtual assistant. Building on the original Alexa, it uses generative AI to deliver a more conversational, personalized, and effective experience. Alexa Sensitive Content Intelligence (ASCI) team is developing responsible AI (RAI) solutions for Alexa+, empowering it to provide useful information responsibly. The team is currently looking for Applied Scientists with a strong background in NLP and/or CV to design and develop ML solutions in the RAI space using generative AI across all languages and countries.
Responsibilities
* Lead the science solution design, run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing customer experience.
* Set examples for the team on good science practice and standards, and work closely with engineers and ML scientists to implement algorithms and models in practice.
* Contribute to the trust customers place in Alexa by hiring and mentoring scientists to build capable teams that deliver swiftly and predictably in an agile environment.
* Collaborate with partner teams across Alexa to deliver platform features requiring cross-team leadership.
* Research algorithm proposals, test scientific ideas, and improve sensitive contents detection and mitigation through experiments.
This Applied Scientist will be joining a select group of people making history producing one of the most highly rated products in Amazon's history. If you are looking for a challenging and innovative role where you can solve important problems while growing as a leader, this may be the place for you.
About the team
The mission of the Alexa Sensitive Content Intelligence (ASCI) team is to (1) minimize negative surprises to customers caused by sensitive content, (2) detect and prevent potential brand-damaging interactions, and (3) build customer trust through appropriate interactions on sensitive topics. The term “sensitive content” includes a wide range of categories such as offensive content (e.g., hate speech, racist speech), profanity, content suitable only for certain age groups, politically polarizing content, and religiously polarizing content. The term “content” refers to any material exposed to customers by Alexa (including 1P and 3P experiences) and includes text, speech, audio, and video.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
* 3+ years of building models for business applications experience
* PhD, or Master’s degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
* Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
* Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
* Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience using Unix/Linux
* Experience in professional software development
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