Student Veterans of America Jobs

Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

Here are a few things you should know:
  • This site is mobile friendly. You do not need a log-in or password to access information.
  • Jobs on this site are original and unduplicated and come from three sources: the Federal government, state workforce agency job banks, and corporate career websites. All jobs are vetted to ensure there are no scams, training schemes, or phishing.
  • The site is refreshed daily to remove out-of-date content.
  • The newest jobs are listed first, so use the search features to match your interests. You can look for jobs in a specific geographical location, by title or keyword, or you can use the military crosswalk. You may want to do something different from your military career, but you undoubtedly have skills from that occupation that match to a civilian job.
Home View All Jobs (2,284,545)

Job Information

Amazon Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon in Palo Alto, California

Description

Amazon is hiring a Principal Applied Scientist (PAS) for the Upper Funnel Search, focused on enhancing customer experiences where search intent is not well-defined. This role is part of the Search Experience Science team and serves as the tech lead responsible for the architectural design and technological innovations of the Search Upper Funnel feature set, such as Tiles.

Key job responsibilities

As a Principal Applied Scientist in Search, you will possess deep expertise in machine learning and data science, with specializations in information retrieval, recommendations, ranking, large language models, and generative AI across various modalities. The role involves solution alignment across multiple partners, such as front-end, relevance, ranking, and personalization teams. You will collaborate with teams of scientists and engineers to translate business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables, leading strategic efforts to enhance upper funnel search customer experiences. You will design integrated solutions efficiently delivered across all contributing stakeholder teams, driving alignment among these tech teams in the short term and influencing their future roadmaps in the long term to support our experimentation roadmap. Responsible for overall solution quality, this role will focus on improving experimentation velocity and, in the future, facilitating partner development on upper funnel customer experiences. This role ensures we are building scalable solutions with smart checks on data quality centrally, navigating the ambiguity inherent in this new area. You will make critical judgements to select the best technical solutions for both short and long-term experimentation objectives, bringing clarity from ambiguity, structuring tradeoff decisions, and effectively communicating on technically contentious topics. Finally, you will engage with academic partners to augment our in-house talent with access to the latest research and expert mentoring.

About the team

You will become part of a dynamic team comprising over 100 scientists and engineers focused on shaping the future of AI-driven shopping experiences at Amazon. This team works on every aspect of the shopping experience, from understanding user queries and planning retrievals to generating answers and delivering outstanding customer service. Additionally, the team works on enhancing Amazon Search by improving query comprehension, mission-aware search strategies, navigation, and more.

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

Palo Alto, CA, USA

Basic Qualifications

  1. Graduate degree in Computer Science, Math, or a related field.

  2. Experience in developing AI, ML, and NLP systems, with a proven ability to deliver projects successfully.

  3. Skilled in managing large, cross-functional projects with evolving requirements from start to finish.

  4. Strong foundations in data structures, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.

  5. Ability to strategize for ML platforms focusing on recommender systems, ranking, and customer interaction features.

  6. Exceptional ability to understand customer needs, propose alternative technical and business solutions, and deliver on tight deadlines.

  7. Record of peer-reviewed scientific publications in applied science.

Preferred Qualifications

  1. Over 10 years of post-PhD research experience in machine learning.

  2. Strong mathematical and statistical skills.

  3. Demonstrated success in algorithm design and product development.

  4. Publications in top-tier conferences or journals.

  5. Experienced in mentoring and managing senior technical staff.

  6. Proven business acumen, balancing multiple aspects of projects including technology and product strategies.

  7. Effective communicator with diverse audiences.

  8. Experience with large data sets and building scalable models.

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 $159,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $309,400/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.

DirectEmployers