Offers “Amazon”

Expires soon Amazon

Machine Learning Scientist

  • Internship
  • City of Edinburgh (City of Edinburgh)
  • IT development

Job description



DESCRIPTION

Amazon is looking for a Machine Learning Scientist to join the Advertisement Security team in Edinburgh. This team builds scalable solutions that monitor the technical security across Amazon’s advertisement portfolio. Our work is characterized by advanced Machine Learning techniques, high scale, complexity and a constant need for innovation.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience employing cutting-edge machine learning to real-world problems to deliver results. Strong computer science and algorithmic skills, knowledge on web security, exposure to internet-scale businesses, working in cross-functional teams, and a track record of peer-reviewed publication in a relevant area are desirable.

As an scientist working at Amazon, you will play a key role in identifying business opportunities, measuring opportunity, inventing and prototyping solutions. You will use a wide range of technologies, programming languages and systems, and work alongside an experienced engineering team. You will have the freedom and encouragement to explore your own ideas and the reward of seeing your contributions benefit millions of customers worldwide.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

· Strong computer science grounding in a broad range of algorithms and data-structures.
· Experience and a passion for recruiting machine learning talent, including interviewing and resume reviewing.

Personal qualities:
· Results oriented with a strong customer and business focus.
· The ability to take raw product requirements and bring them to life.
· Highly innovative, flexible and self-directed, but also a cooperative team player.
· Ability to communicate and discuss topics with technical, design and business audiences.
· Ability to deal well with ambiguous and undefined problems.
· Able to thrive in a challenging and dynamic environment.
· Strong sense of ownership and a passion to deliver a world-class user experience.

In return, we offer a highly competitive salary, and other excellent benefits including healthcare. This is your opportunity to develop a rewarding career in a unique, passionate and international environment, work hard, have fun and make history!

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills.

All offers are conditional on references, verification of the right to work in the UK, and a successful background screening check. This check will include previous employment verification, qualification verification (if relevant) and a basic criminal check. Further details of this policy and procedure will be sent to you along with your conditional offer.

Desired profile



BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

You will have significant experience in machine learning research and engineering. You will hold a Machine Learning PhD, or have undertaken postgraduate study (applicants with a degree in a related discipline who have demonstrated a strong grounding in Machine Learning will also be considered).

Essential skills:
· Experience applying statistical techniques to solve real business problems.
· Proficiency in a programming language (C++, Java, C#, C, Python etc.)
· Proficiency with mathematical programming environments/machine learning ecosystem (R, Matlab, Numpy/SciPy, SAS, MXNet, SageMaker, etc.)
· Programming skills sufficient to extract, transform, and clean large data sets in a Unix/Linux environment, including basic data manipulation and analysis using command-line tools and scripting.
· Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, combined with the ability to present your ideas clearly and compellingly in both verbal and written English form.

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