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The Alexa Connections team is building the worlds most trusted AI assistant that helps get things done and creates moments of joy. We build LLMpowered, nextgeneration communication features that help customers connect within the household with features like announcements and dropIn, and with people they care about with features like calling, emailing and texting. Using GenAI we proactively personalize every single connection moment, whether its connecting with grandparents or communicating with kids teachers, and you can do it all handsfree with Alexa! We are hiring a mature Sr. Manager of Applied Science who is an entrepreneurial big thinker that invents and then biases toward action to solve the highest priority customer problems. Our portfolio initiative range from highly confidential innovations to data driven quality problems that need science solutions. You will be leading a team of scientists and partnering with product, engineering and design organizations to build on the latest AGI/LLM systems. Why you should join us Join a leadership group that moves fast toward big audacious goals Lead an organization that balances problem solving while working toward the longterm vision Be surrounded by super passionate missiondriven colleagues who challenge you to grow every day Solve difficult challenges using your expertise in science to invest practical solutions Create applications at a massive scale used by millions of people Work with AGI/LLM systems to deliver real experiences, not just research And you are experienced with: Driving applied science projects endtoend from ideation, analysis, prototyping, development, metrics, and monitoring Conducting deep analyses on massive user and contextual data sets Proposing viable modelling ideas to advance optimisation or efficiency, with supporting argument, data, or, preferably, preliminary results Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable ML models and LLMs with automated training, validation, monitoring and reporting Staying familiar with the field and applying stateoftheart ML techniques to NLP and related optimisation problems Publishing peerreviewed scientific papers in top journals and conferences And you constantly look for opportunities to: Innovate, simplify, reduce waste, and increase efficiency Use data to make decisions and validate assumptions Automate processes otherwise performed by humans Learn from others and help those around you grow Key job responsibilities As a senior leader, you will play a critical role in elevating the teams scientific and technical rigor, identifying and implementing bestinclass algorithms, methodologies, and infrastructure that enable rapid experimentation and scaling. You will establish a longterm vision for continued scientific innovation, setting strategic goals to futureproof the organizations technical stacks and ML/LLM frameworks to support new and emerging business objectives. Additionally, you will grow talents, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous learning to enhance the organizations ability to solve complex problems. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS Experience building largescale machine learning and AI solutions at Internet scale Experience distilling informal customer requirements into problem definitions, dealing with ambiguity and competing objectives Experience in people management PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Experience working with big data, machine learning and predictive modeling Experience in practical work applying ML to solve complex problems for large scale applications Experience in leading teams for developing natural language processing or dialog management systems (like commercial speech products or government speech projects) Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. #J-18808-Ljbffr