Home
/
Comprehensive
/
Principal Applied Scientist, Personalization Team
Principal Applied Scientist, Personalization Team-February 2024
Edinburgh
Feb 10, 2026
ABOUT AMAZON
Our mission is to be the world’s most customer-centric company.
10,000+ employees
Technology
VIEW COMPANY PROFILE >>
About Principal Applied Scientist, Personalization Team

  Description

  We’re looking for a Machine Learning Scientist in the Personalization team for our Edinburgh office experienced in generative AI and large models. You will be responsible for developing and disseminating customer-facing personalized recommendation models. This is a hands-on role with global impact working with a team of world-class engineers and scientists across the Edinburgh offices and wider organization.

  You will lead the design of machine learning models that scale to very large quantities of data, and serve high-scale low-latency recommendations to all customers worldwide. You will embody scientific rigor, designing and executing experiments to demonstrate the technical efficacy and business value of your methods. You will work alongside a science team to delight customers by aiding in recommendations relevancy, and raise the profile of Amazon as a global leader in machine learning and personalization.

  Successful candidates will have strong technical ability, focus on customers by applying a customer-first approach, excellent teamwork and communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. Our position offers exceptional opportunities for every candidate to grow their technical and non-technical skills. If you are selected, you have the opportunity to make a difference to our business by designing and building state of the art machine learning systems on big data, leveraging Amazon’s vast computing resources (AWS), working on exciting and challenging projects, and delivering meaningful results to customers world-wide.

  Key job responsibilities

  Develop machine learning algorithms for high-scale recommendations problem

  Rapidly design, prototype and test many possible hypotheses in a high-ambiguity environment, making use of both quantitative analysis and business judgement.

  Collaborate with software engineers to integrate successful experimental results into large-scale, highly complex Amazon production systems capable of handling 100,000s of transactions per second at low latency.

  Report results in a manner which is both statistically rigorous and compellingly relevant, exemplifying good scientific practice in a business environment.

  We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

  Edinburgh, MLN, GBR

  Basic Qualifications

  PhD in machine learning related field or equivalent years of experience and fundamental knowledge of machine learning

  Proven track record of leadership in generative AI, NLP and/or large models

  Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

  Experience in building machine learning models for business application

  Experience in applied research

  Preferred Qualifications

  Experience with modeling tools such as PyTorch, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.

  Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.

  Experience in building speech recognition, machine translation and natural language processing systems (e.g., commercial speech products or government speech projects)

  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. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

  Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please contact the Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Team (ACAT), Monday through Friday from 7:00 am GMT - 4:00 pm GMT. If calling directly from the United Kingdom, please dial +44 800 086 9884 (tel:+448000869884). If calling from Ireland, please dial +353 1800 851 489 (tel:+3531800851489).

Comments
Welcome to zdrecruit comments! Please keep conversations courteous and on-topic. To fosterproductive and respectful conversations, you may see comments from our Community Managers.
Sign up to post
Sort by
Show More Comments
SIMILAR JOBS
Customer Service Associate
Job Description: Models and delivers a distinctive and delightful customer experience. Registers sales on assigned cash register, provides customers with courteous, fair, friendly, and efficient chec
School Bus Driver
School Bus Driver Location352 Concord Rd Sudbury, Massachusetts 01776 USPhone NumberCategoriesDriversReq IDJR367 School Bus Driver (Open) First for a reasonFirst Student is the largest school transpo
Cleaner
Overview Position Summary Details The Cleaner position provides the cleaning and upkeep of an assigned area. Essential Functions Cleans and maintains buildings/facilities. Performs heavy cleaning dut
Security Officer
Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, provides rewarding careers that give you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, diverse and inclusive workp
Special Education Teacher - Fortville, IN $45 Hourly
Special Education Teacher –Fortville, IN $45 Hourly Hours: 35 Location:Fortville, IN Start Date: asap $45 Hourly 23/24 school year, 6thgrade Requirements:IN SPED License The Special Education Teacher
Store Associate
Bring your heart to CVS Health. Every one of us at CVS Health shares a single, clear purpose: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This purpose guides our commitment to deliver enhanced
TSSCI Cyber Network Defense Analyst
Job Description An employer is looking for a TSSCI Cyber Countermeasures Analyst to sit at Fort Meade. This person is going to be responsible for being the subject matter expert of a specific system
Retail Cashier Part Time
Req ID: 431465 Address: 7791 NW 47th Ave Ocala, FL, 34482 Benefits: * Paid Time Off * Flexible Scheduling * 401(k) – 100% Match up to 5% * Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance after 30 days * Competitive
Merchandiser Stocker
Job Overview Merchandiser for Greater Moon Township, PA The Merchandiser is responsible for providing high-quality merchandising support for Keurig Dr Pepper brands like 7UP, Snapple, Core, Bai and o
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Job Description Cloud Engineering Infrastructure Development - Virtual Machine Control Plane At Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), we build the future of the cloud for Enterprises as a diverse team o
Copyright 2023-2026 - www.zdrecruit.com All Rights Reserved