Applied Science Manager, Personalization
Core
Lead a team building Amazon's next-generation customer memory and personalization systems that extract, curate, and reason over customer knowledge to power real-time personalization.
Role type
Senior Applied Science Manager (Personalization & LLMs)
Builds
Customer memory layer, LLM-powered memory systems, and personalization features for the shopping experience
Domain
E-commerce, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, Recommendation Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
PhD or Master's with 6+ years applied research in ML, 3+ years managing scientists/engineers, end-to-end ML solution delivery, scientific direction setting, LLM application, cross-team initiative leadership
Preferred skills
LLM training/fine-tuning/inference, Recommendation Systems, Information Retrieval, NLP, sequential recommendation, user intent modeling
Technologies
Large Language Models, Deep Learning, Distributed Systems
Responsibilities
Define scientific direction for customer knowledge extraction and validation, own end-to-end delivery of ML solutions from formulation to production deployment, hire and develop scientists, partner with engineering and product teams to translate research into customer impact
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities