Applied Scientist, Alexa Smart Home

Amazon
Sunnyvale, CA, USA / Seattle, WA, USA2026-01-29ONSITE

About the job

The Smart Home team is focused on making Alexa+ the user interface for the future home. From the simplest voice commands (turn on the lights, turn down the heat) to use cases spanning home security, home entertainment, and the home environment, we are evolving Alexa+ into intelligent, indispensable companion that automates daily routines, simplifies interaction with appliances and electronics, and alerts when something unusual is detected. You will be part of a team delivering features that are highly anticipated by media and well received by our customers.

Responsibilities

As an Applied Scientist, you will work with other scientists and software developers to design and build the next generation of Smart Home voice and ambient controls using the latest Large Language Models and ML methods. And, you will have the satisfaction of working on a product your friends and family can relate to, and want to use every day.

Qualifications

Minimum

3+ years of building models for business application experience; PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience; Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language; Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

Preferred

Experience using Unix/Linux; Experience in professional software development