Description Amazon is looking for a passionate talented and inventive Scientist with a robust machine learning background to help build industry-leading Speech and Language technology Our mission is to push the envelope in Automatic Speech Recognition ASR Natural Language Understanding NLU and Audio Signal Processing in order to provide the best-possible experience for our customers As a Speech and Language Scientist you will work with talented peers to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state of the art in spoken language understanding Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of products and services that make use of speech and language technology You will leverage Amazon s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in spoken language understanding We are hiring in the area of speech and audio understanding technologies including ASR Basic Qualifications - 3 years of building machine learning models for business application experience - PhD or Master s degree and 6 years of applied research experience - Experience programming in Java C Python or related language - Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning Preferred Qualifications - Experience with modeling tools such as R scikit-learn Spark MLLib MxNet Tensorflow numpy scipy etc - Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop Spark etc Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information If the country region you re applying in isn t listed please contact your Recruiting Partner