Ring & Blink is looking for a Senior Applied Science Manager to lead the AI development. In this role, you will be the leader of our passionate, talented, and inventive scientists, to develop industry-leading Multimodal AI, Research Infra, and scaling them successfully to production for the benefit of millions of Amazon Devices users.
This is a unique, high visibility opportunity for a leader who wants to have business impact, and dive deep into computer vision problems. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience productizing edge-based computer vision systems.
Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Manager, Applied Science, you bring structure to ambiguous business problems and use science, logic, and practical experience to decompose them into straightforward, scalable solutions. You set the standard for scientific excellence and make decisions that affect the way we build and integrate algorithms. Your solutions are exemplary in terms of algorithm design, clarity, model structure, efficiency, and extensibility. You tackle intrinsically hard problems; you're interested in learning; and you acquire skills and expertise as needed.
The ideal candidate is a strong, creative and highly-motivated Scientist/Engineers with hands-on experience in leading multiple research and engineering initiatives. You balance technical leadership with strong business judgment to make the right decisions about technology, tools, and methodologies.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- MS/PhD degree in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or related areas.
- Proven track record of shipping computer vision systems
- 10+ years of working experience on AI systems in industry
- 3+ years of managing experience of scientists
- 5+ years of programming experience with, at least, one programming language such as C++, Python, Java
- Strong business writing, verbal communication, and cross discipline collaboration skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience in working with both cloud-based and edge-based computer vision algorithms
- Experience managing software development engineers
- Experience optimizing for short term execution while planning for long term technical capabilities.
- Ability and willingness to multi-task and learn new technologies quickly.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience as a senior-level scientist
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 251,600.00 - 340,300.00 USD annually