Applied Science Manager, Translation Services
Core
Lead the technical vision and science roadmap for machine translation, multimodal content (image/video), and automated quality evaluation at Amazon scale.
Role type
Senior Applied Science Manager (ML/NLP)
Builds
Production-ready translation systems serving billions of words across 130+ locales
Domain
Machine Translation, NLP, Multimodal AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
ML management, NLP, LLM techniques, system architecture, data-driven strategy, team leadership
Preferred skills
Deep learning, computer vision, complex software system delivery
Technologies
NLP, LLM, Deep Learning, Computer Vision
Responsibilities
Define research direction for novel problem spaces, bridge science breakthroughs into production systems, manage scientists and MLEs, drive system architecture, build and develop engineering teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities