What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Manager, Applied Science, Just Walk Out position at Jobright.ai?
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Job Summary:
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. They are seeking a Sr. Manager, Applied Science to lead a team of Applied Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers in their Just Walk Out Technology organization, responsible for driving technical vision and strategy while fostering a culture of innovation.
Responsibilities:
• Building and mentoring a team of Applied Scientists and ML Engineers
• Setting technical direction and research strategy aligned with business goals
• Driving innovation in visual reasoning systems, AI agent design, and computer vision
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate research into production
• Managing project portfolios and resource allocation
Qualifications:
Required:
• PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field
• 7 years in applied research, with 3 years of people management experience
• Track record of leading successful research projects and delivering business impact
• Strong publication record in top-tier conferences/journals (CVPR, NeurIPS, ICML, etc.)
• Experience managing technical teams in computer vision, ML, or AI
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical concepts to various audiences
• Experience with research program management and setting technical strategy
Preferred:
• Experience in designing and implementing visual reasoning systems that can understand and interpret complex spatial relationships
• Demonstrated experience in AI agent architecture design, including decision-making frameworks and behavioral modeling
• Experience with advanced computer vision techniques including scene graph generation, visual relationship detection, and spatial reasoning
• Knowledge of modern visual-language models and multi-modal AI systems
• Experience implementing reinforcement learning for autonomous agent behavior
• Experience in professional software development
Company:
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. Founded in 1994, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a team of 10001 employees. The company is currently Public Company. Amazon has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
