Amazon Echo and Alexa are magical: you can ask for any music and it plays instantly. But it's still Day 1 for the voice-enabled music experiences, and we're looking for some Research Scientists to help us make it even better. As a member of the Amazon Music Natural Language Understanding (NLU) team, you will be responsible for leading the effort to invent and improve the ways that customers can ask for what they want to hear in Amazon Music Unlimited, Prime Music or in their Amazon Music library. You will create new Amazon Music voice features that will allow customers to discover new music and get to the music they would like to hear. The ideal candidate is interested in being part of a nimble team, passionate about innovating for customers, and has a demonstrable track record of success in delivering new features and products. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. The person has an attention
· Master’s or PhD in a relevant field · 2+ years of hands-on experience in modeling and analysis, and in deploying machine learning / deep learning models in production. · 2+ years of hands-on experience in programming languages such as Python· Experience applying various machine learning techniques and understanding the key parameters that affect their performance · Experience developing experimental and analytic plans for data modeling processes, use of strong baselines, and the ability to accurately determine cause and effect relationship · Understanding of relevant statistical measures such