Key job responsibilities
Own team architecture of personalized recommendation system operating at Amazon scale
Lead the design and delivery of cross-teams projects end-to-end, with focus on maintainability, scalability, performance, and reliability
Collaborate with Product and Science to define technical roadmap and experiences based on data
Build AI-powered experiences including personalized recommendations, relevance explanations, and knowledge-driven features using LLMs and generative AI
Define and drive measurement strategies including analytics events and experiment configurations to track business and technical metrics
Create clarity from ambiguity and make sound technical decisions in a problem space where established patterns don't apply
Drive adoption of engineering best practices through exemplary personal coding practices
Proactively simplify existing systems and resolve endemic, root-cause problems
About the team
Our team is part of Amazon's Personalization organization, a high-performing group that leverages Amazon's expertise in machine learning, big data, distributed systems, and user experience design to deliver the best shopping experiences for our customers.
Our vision is to enhance customer shopping experience on Amazon by leveraging personalization techniques. We strive to save customers valuable time by tailoring their journey to their individual needs, interests, and preferences. Our goal involves identifying personalization opportunities to develop and optimize customer experiences, thereby improving the overall search and discovery process across Amazon.
Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team
Experience leading the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems
Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
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