Applied Scientist, Amazon Music AI Personalization (AI)

TL;DR

Applied Scientist (AI): Researching, developing, and deploying novel machine learning approaches for music and spoken word multimodal content generation with an accent on training LLMs, reasoning models, and diffusion models. Focus on shipping production-quality AI/ML solutions, improving existing methods, and analyzing large, complex datasets for customer behavior.

Location: Must be based in the USA, specifically in San Francisco or Los Angeles County, California.

Salary: $157,300–$212,800 USD annually

Company

Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service by hirify.global, leveraging machine learning and visual/audio technologies to deepen connections between fans, artists, and creators.

What you will do

• Research and develop novel machine learning approaches for music and spoken word multimodal content generation.
• Design, develop, evaluate, and deploy scalable AI and ML solutions including LLMs, reasoning models, and diffusion models.
• Ship production quality code for models and collaborate with software engineering teams.
• Improve upon existing methods by developing new data sources and fine-tuning model parameters.
• Analyze and extract relevant information from large, complex, and interrelated datasets.
• Communicate results, insights, and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

• Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python, or a related language.
• Work authorization for the United States.

Nice to have

• Experience implementing algorithms using both toolkits and self-developed code.
• Publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals.
• PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operations Research, Statistics, or related fields.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, Supplemental life, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage).
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale.
• Inclusive culture empowering Amazonians to deliver the best results for customers.