Key job responsibilities Innovation & Technical Execution Define the research roadmap and advance core science primitives for vision and language understanding, visual content generation and editing, virtual try-on, and automated quality assurance via state-of-the-art computer vision, machine learning, and generative AI Architect visual agentic systems, making high-judgment trade-offs across visual quality, relevance, latency, cost, and long-term extensibility Establish evaluation frameworks, metrics, and success criteria for the team's scientific initiatives, institutionalizing rigorous validation across customer touch points Own end-to-end delivery of complex, ambiguous research initiatives from problem formulation through experimentation to production deployment, with minimal guidance Identify whitespace opportunities by staying at the forefront of AI/ML advances and translating them into actionable research directions with clear customer and business impact Drive development and deployment of scalable agentic systems for visual content understanding and generation, ensuring architectural decisions support long-term platform evolution Set and continuously raise the scientific and engineering bar across the team Tackle the team's most complex technical problems while maintaining practical focus on customer value and solution generalizability Advance the team's scientific reputation through high-impact publications and presentations at top-tier internal and external venues, and generate intellectual property through patents Cross-functional Influence & Leadership Influence product and engineering roadmaps by partnering with senior leadership to shape customer-facing features grounded in scientific insight Drive technical alignment across multiple teams and organizations within Amazon, resolving ambiguity and building consensus on approaches Communicate research vision, findings, and technical trade-offs persuasively to executive, technical, and non-technical stakeholders, shaping investment decisions Mentor and develop junior and mid-level scientists, accelerating their growth and impact Basic Qualifications - PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience - 4+ years of applied research experience - 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience - Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language Preferred Qualifications - Experience in building machine learning models for business application - Experience with conducting research in a corporate setting - Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning - Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices. Success requires defining and institutionalizing robust evaluation frameworks and metrics, influencing and aligning cross-functional partners across organizations, validating asset effectiveness across diverse customer touch points, identifying whitespace opportunities, and staying at the forefront of rapid advances in AI technology.