Amazon’s Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) organization is developing a next-generation web-scale information retrieval system to support RAG applications across Amazon. We are looking for a Sr. Applied Scientist with expertise in information retrieval (IR) and ranking to join the team!
If you are looking for an opportunity to develop innovative solutions to deep technical problems in web-scale IR, having a massive customer impact, this might be the role for you! As a Sr. Applied Scientist, you will work with smart, passionate colleagues in a fast-paced environment. You will invent, develop, and help deploy novel, scalable algorithms to advance the state-of-the-art in our IR stack. You will keep up with relevant research in the field of IR and publish your work in top-tier conferences. You will develop and help lead the execution of multi-year research roadmaps, enabling the team to focus on the right technical challenges to delight our customers.
Key job responsibilities
You will lead a team of scientists to improve our RAG applications. You will be responsible for: (i) developing novel retrieval and ranking models and partnering closely with engineering to improve model performance; (ii) improve content and query understanding models to deliver improved signal to retrieval and ranking models; (iii) partner closely with content acquisition and client teams to ensure our dependencies are met and we’re delivering value to the end customers, enhancing information grounding for LLMs; (iv) develop science roadmaps for critical web search components; (v) publish your work and remain active in the academic communities; (vi) coach and develop junior scientists.
A day in the life
A mix of (i) technical deep dives: working with the team to develop the right models, setup good experiments, debug models, etc. (ii) coaching and development: providing feedback, setting up mechanisms to ensure the team’s success, and (iii) working with customers and dependency teams to ensure delivery.
