Description

The Amazon Photos team is looking for world-class colleagues to join us and use AI to help customers relive their memories. Our team of scientists have developed algorithms and models that power computer vision services which process millions of photos and videos daily. As part of the team, we expect that you will develop innovative solutions to hard problems at massive scale, and publish your findings in at peer reviewed conferences and workshops.

Amazon Photos helps customers preserve and relive their memories. The service comes with unlimited photo storage for Prime members and apps are available on iOS, Android, Web, Desktop, Fire Tablet & Fire TV. The service is also integrated into Alexa devices such as Echo Show. Amazon Photos is the one of the main digital products offered to Prime subscribers along with Amazon Music and Amazon Video. We solve real-world problems using AI while being a positive force for good.

Our research themes include, but are not limited to: foundational models, contrastive learning, diffusion models, few-shot and zero-shot learning, transfer learning, unsupervised and semi-supervised methods, active learning and semi-automated data annotation, deep learning, and large scale image and video detection and recognition.

Key job responsibilities

Experience training and tuning computer vision models is important to this role

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

Seattle, WA, USA | Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business application experience

• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience

• 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

• Knowledge of big data platforms like Amazon EMR and Apache Spark

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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $222,200/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.