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We do this through a combination of partnerships with other Amazon technical teams and innovative new projects. We make sure that each of our websites is a thoughtful combination of Amazon known best practices and unique last-mile engineering driven by each country's customers' needs. The work spans the technology stack from science to front-end customer experience to back-end core services. \nINTech Europe is a technology team focused on accelerating the EU business while deploying tech solutions WW wherever applicable. \nEU INTech operates at a unique intersection: worldwide-scale science constrained by EU-specific realities - 10+ languages, 10+ marketplaces. Our science problems - localization, customer understanding, multilingual catalogue intelligence or visual content - are core primitives to serve our WW customers. \nThis role is ideally located in Madrid or Luxembourg, but we will also consider London as an additional location. \nKey job responsibilities\nAs a Senior Principal Scientist, you will shape the definition and vision for science across INTech Europe and beyond. Leveraging your expertise in both theory and practice in Natural Language Processing / Understanding, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision, you will act as a strategic advisor to the EU Stores' leadership team and a scientific leader whose influence reaches across the worldwide International Stores Technology community. \nYou will: \nOwn the science vision and strategy for EU INTech, setting the bar for scientific excellence across a community of scientists spanning Applied Science, Research Science, and Economics, working on GenAI, NLP/NLU, ML, and computer vision applied to e-commerce at scale. \nSee around corners and identify business problems that will impact our customers' and selling partners' experience. You will explore problems that are unique and unsolved, proposing and delivering solutions that translate scientific research and business judgment into products that improve the customer and employee experience. \nDrive science as a pillar of EU INTech's biggest bets - where you will shape and prototype reusable science capabilities for multilingual evaluation and locale-specific model customization.\nSet and hold the bar for Responsible AI, ensuring scientific and ethical rigour is embedded as a prerequisite in how we build and launch AI across the organization. \nLead writing efforts of notable internal and external publications that validate originality, inspire new lines of research, and elevate internal and external science communities. \nMentor and develop senior scientists, building the next generation of science leadership across the organization.\nBasic qualifications\nBasic qualifications \nPhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field. \nDemonstrable of experience building machine learning models\nA track record of world-class publication in related disciplines. \nDemonstrated expertise in both theory and practice in Natural Language Processing / Understanding, Machine Learning, and Computer Vision. \nHands-on experience with a broad range of qualitative and quantitative research methods. \nExperience multi-tasking and taking input from various teams and sources to scope research work with effective prioritization. \nExcellent verbal and written communication skills with demonstrated experience effectively advising senior management and executives.\nPreferred qualifications\nPreferred qualifications \nExperience applying GenAI / LLMs to production systems at scale. \nExperience operating science in a regulated, privacy-constrained environment (e.g. GDPR, multi-market). \nExceptional ability to present complex technical information in a clear and concise manner to a variety of audiences, including large technical audiences, senior management, and customers. \nExceptional relationship skills, including the ability to discover true requirements, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet timelines with optimal solutions. \nTrack record of developing intellectual property. \nParticipation on academic program committees and open-source programs. \nHands-on programming experience including writing production-quality code, building prototypes, and reviewing code with applied scientists and engineers. 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 a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. 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