Sr. Applied Scientist, SSG Science

Job ID: 3116520 | Amazon Development Centre (India) Private Limited Amazon Devices is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high‑profile devices like the Kindle family of products, Fire Tablets, Fire TV, Health Wellness, Amazon Echo & Astro products. This is an exciting opportunity to join Amazon in developing state‑of‑the‑art techniques that bring Gen AI on edge for our consumer products. We are looking for exceptional scientists to join our Applied Science team and help develop the next generation of edge models, and optimize them while doing co‑designed with custom ML HW based on a revolutionary architecture. Work hard. Have Fun. Make History. Key Job Responsibilities What will you do? Quantize, prune, distill, finetune Gen AI models to optimize for edge platforms Fundamentally understand Amazon’s underlying Neural Edge Engine to invent optimization techniques Analyze deep learning workloads and provide guidance to map them to Amazon’s Neural Edge Engine Use first principles of Information Theory, Scientific Computing, Deep Learning Theory, Non Equilibrium Thermodynamics Train custom Gen AI models that beat SOTA and pave the way for developing production models Collaborate closely with compiler engineers, fellow Applied Scientists, Hardware Architects and product teams to build the best ML‑centric solutions for our devices Publish in open source and present on Amazon's behalf at key ML conferences – NeurIPS, ICLR, MLSys Basic Qualifications 3 years of building machine learning models for business application experience PhD, or Master’s degree and 6 years of applied research experience Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning Preferred Qualifications Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit‑learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, TensorFlow, NumPy, SciPy etc. Experience with large‑scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. J-18808-Ljbffr

Location: Asti, Piemonte, IT

Posted Date: 11/16/2025