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Amazon is looking for a highly-motivated Jr. Software Development Engineer (SDE)! Jr. SDEs write real software and collaborate with experienced software engineers who provide guidance and opportunities for ownership on projects that matter to our customers. As a year-round intern, Jr. SDEs become fully integrated into their teams and regularly contribute to impactful deliverables. Your design and code will contribute to solving some of Amazon's most complex technical challenges.The Jr. SDE role is part of Amazon's Jr Developer Program - a year-round internship opportunity that offers a symbiotic relationship between work and school. Jrs. receive 1:1 mentoring throughout their time in the program, receiving guidance and insight from a full-time Amazonian on their team. Because of the internship's extended tenure, our Jrs. become immersed in an Amazon team and gain real-life technical experience. Flexible part-time schedules during the school year and full-time employment over the summer creates an environment where students can succeed in both their work and their education. Santa Barbara has a growing population of Jrs, allowing for deep connections with fellow students engaged in similar roles.We are looking for students to start working with our cohort in June or September 2025.Upon successful completion of the Jr. Developer Program, the opportunity for full-time employment may be available at an Amazon corporate site.Role Highlights:• Part-time work during the school year (16 hours/week)• Full-time work during the summer (40 hours/week)• 1:1 mentoring with an experienced Software Engineer• Effective performance management and integrated opportunities for growthBASIC QUALIFICATIONS• Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university Bachelor's or Master's degree program.• Majoring in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related STEM field.• Graduating in June 2027 or beyond. • Ability to work year-round until graduation (part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer).• Living within commutable distance to Santa Barbara, CA and able to work in-person year-round.• Programming experience with at least one modern language such as Java, Python, or C++ including object-oriented design. ...

Amazon’s AGI Information is seeking an exceptional Senior Ontologist to drive ontology advancements. The team is innovating to optimize knowledge graph ontology for LLM understanding.We're looking for a Sr Ontologist to join us in sunny Santa Barbara and help us build this future. As a member of the team, you will have the opportunity to work on interesting cutting edge problems with immediate customer impact. Your initial focus will be on developing LLM friendly ontologies and you will have the opportunity to work with product managers, engineers, and scientists to develop tools to help on this endeavor. A successful candidate has a strong background with building knowledge systems to deliver world-class, intuitive, and comprehensive taxonomy and ontology models, a proven track record of innovation to adapt to the new work of LLM, and experience with leading a team of ontologists.As a Senior Ontologist, you will leverage your technical expertise and experience to demonstrate leadership in modeling large complex knowledge systems. Your first responsibility will be to structure a team of ontologists to deliver LLM friendly ontology for tens of verticals to feed the Amazon Knowledge Graph with trustworthy, live-updating, high-quality, and accurate structured information about all entities and data of interest to our customers. You will define roadmaps and goals to make progress incrementally and you will insist on delivering results leading by example.Key job responsibilities- Develop logical, semantically rich, and extensible data models for Amazon's extensive product catalog- Ensure our ontologies provide comprehensive domain coverage that are available for both human and machine ingestion and inference- Create new schema using Generative Artificial Intelligence (generative AI) models- Analyze website metrics and product discovery behaviors to make data-driven decisions on optimizing our knowledge graph data models globally- Expand and refine the expansion of data retrieval techniques to utilize our extensive knowledge graph- Contribute to team goal setting and future state vision- Drive and coordinate cross-functional projects with a broad range of merchandisers, engineers, designers, and other groups that may include architecting new data solutions- Develop team operational excellence programs, data quality initiatives and process simplifications- Evangelize ontology and semantic technologies within and across teams at Amazon- Mentor and influence peersBASIC QUALIFICATIONS* Degree in Library Science, Information Systems, Linguistics or equivalent professional experience* 5+ years of relevant work experience working in ontology and/or taxonomy roles* Proven skills in data retrieval and data research techniques* Ability to quickly understand complex processes and communicate them in simple language* Experience creating and communicating technical requirements to engineering teams* Ability to communicate to senior leadership * Experience with generative AI (e.g. creating prompts)* Knowledge of Semantic Web technologies (RDF/s, OWL), query languages (SPARQL) and validation/reasoning standards (SHACL, SPIN)* Knowledge of open-source and commercial ontology engineering editors (e.g. Protege, TopQuadrant products, PoolParty)* Detail-oriented problem solver who is able to work in fast-changing environment and manage ambiguity* Proven track record of strong communication and interpersonal skills* Proficient English language skills ...

Alexa is Amazon’s voice service designed for voice interactions. We believe voice is the most natural interface for interacting with technology across many domains. We are looking for a Sr. Machine Learning Data Associate to join our Information Data Operations (IDO) team.Key job responsibilitiesThis role focuses on language data, primarily in the areas of editing, writing, and general data analysis deliverables. The Sr. Machine Learning Data Associate must be capable of: - Editing high-quality and engaging copy- Understanding how people use language to convey meaning- Delivering high-quality work under tight deadlines- Translating established guidelines into daily work practices- Working autonomously with minimal direction- Handling unique data analysis requests from a range of customersThe ideal Sr. Machine Learning Data Associate:- Possesses strong copy-editing and writing skills- Is curious to know how Alexa can answer so many questions- Exhibits high attention to detail- Utilizes excellent communication and organizational skills- Demonstrates willingness to support several projects at one time- Adapts quickly to keep up with changing project conventions and new projectsA day in the lifeAs a Sr. Machine Learning Data Associate, you are responsible for editing, writing, researching, and delivering high-quality data for internal and external customers. You will learn and master workflow guidelines to hit deadlines in a fast-paced environment.About the teamInformation Data Operations (IDO) is a team of Machine Learning Data Associates and support staff who help make Alexa smarter and drive efficiencies for stakeholders. We do this by increasing the number of questions Alexa can answer, by improving the overall quality of the answers Alexa serves, and by providing stakeholders high-quality data to make informed, data-driven decisions.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree - 1 year of work experience------------------------------------------------------------------ ...