Sr. Science Recruiter

Job Description

Job Title: Sr. Science Recruiter, Amazon University Talent Acquisition, AUTA Science Recruiting Team. Location: Seattle, WA, USA

Responsibilities:

• Partner with Amazon business and recruiting teams to understand student hiring needs.
• Build strategies to attract, source, assess, and hire students for specialized scientific roles.
• Develop early-career talent strategies in collaboration with full-lifecycle recruiters, industry hiring teams, and other stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to improve candidate experience and recruiting scheduling efficiency.
• Manage and track candidate and campus information;
• Consolidate and analyze recruiting results and make recommendations for improvement.
• Use metrics to manage customer expectations, business goals, and recruiting performance.
• Conduct bi-weekly business reviews, providing metrics and status updates to customers and stakeholders.
• Develop scalable recruiting plans with clear deliverables, timelines, and formal tracking processes.
• Develop recruitment strategies that support Amazon's long-term growth.
• Implement new recruiting processes and standard operating procedures;
• Participate in special projects, recruiting initiatives, pilot programs, and process improvement projects.
• Build relationships with business leaders, cross-functional partners, and Amazon University Talent Acquisition teams.
• Support sourcing and hiring for Applied Science, Research Science, and Data Science roles across Amazon, including internships, postdoctoral positions, and campus full-time roles.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Knowledge and experience working with candidates associated with top scientific publications and conferences.
• Broad scientific domain knowledge across disciplines including Large Language Models (LLMs), Computer Vision (CV), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Augmented Reality (AR), Quantum, and related fields;
• Ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and work autonomously.
• Strong planning, prioritization, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively in high-volume and ambiguous environments.
• Experience using metrics to evaluate and demonstrate recruiting results.

Preferred:

• Experience attending or recruiting at in-person trade shows and career fairs associated with leading scientific conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and CVPR.
• Experience recruiting specialized scientific or technical talent.
• Experience developing scalable recruiting processes and programs.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Base salary: $137,900 to $186,500 per year for Seattle, Washington.
• Sign-on payments and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) may be included in the total compensation package.
• Health insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and prescription coverage.
• Basic Life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life insurance options;
• Employee Assistance Program and mental health support.
• Medical Advice Line and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off.
• Parental leave.

Other Information:

• The AUTA Science team specializes in sourcing and hiring Applied Science, Research Science, and Data Science talent for internships, postdoctoral positions, and campus full-time roles across Amazon.
• The team was originally established in 2012 as the Graduate Research Team to support innovation and research through specialized scientific hiring.
• Amazon is an equal opportunity employer;
• Workplace accommodations are available for qualified candidates with disabilities.
• This position is based in Seattle, Washington.