Software Engineer:Data Mining/Informational retrieval systems on S3 Job in Seattle, Washington US

Software Engineer:Data Mining/Informational retrieval systems on S3

Title: Software Engineer:Data Mining/Informational retrieval systems on S3 Company: Amazon Location: Seattle, WA Job Status / Type: Reference Code: 168537 Contact Information Company: Amazon URL: www.amazon.com Amazon hires people from all types of backgrounds, into positions based all over the world. We recruit the best and Brightest. Come Make History With Us! At Amazon, we strive to be Earth's most customer-centric company where people can find and discover anything they want to buy online. Amazon's evolution from Web site to e-commerce partner to development platform is driven by the spirit of innovation that is part of our DNA. We hire the world's brightest minds, offering them an environment in which they can relentlessly improve the experience for customers. We do this every day by solving complex technical and business problems with ingenuity and simplicity. We're making history and the good news is that we've only just begun. Software Engineer:Data Mining/Informational retrieval systems on S3 Job Description Semantic information extraction, information retrieval and data mining on large data using Amazon's cloud infrastructure A book has 5 main characters and we have Halloween costumes for all of them. There is a video game based on it. Its movie adaptation was a block buster. It is a seminal work and it has references in these books and movies. Awards it has won, its translations to other languages, controversies and religious debate it generated * We want to generate this information not just for books but all of the 100s of millions of items in the Amazon product catalog. The applications of this information to help customers find what they are looking for and delight them with information and products that they did not know were available, are numerous. And we are responsible for building those experiences in addition to generating the data which powers them. To get there, we are using semantic information extraction, data mining, information retrieval, machine learning and just plain good engineering to build systems that solve these problems at scale. Given the size of data we process, large parts of our systems run on the Amazon cloud infrastructure using Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) and Simple Storage Service (S3) offerings. If you are excited about solving these cutting edge technical problems, have the desire to see your work having a huge end user impact and are willing to do whatever it takes to get there, we want you. Basic Qualifications * PhD./MS/Bachelors in Computer Science * 4+ years of experience in software development and full product life-cycles * Strong coding skills in Java coupled with strong base in object-oriented design and development. * Results oriented person with a delivery focus. * Excellent verbal and written communication skills * Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. * Experience in information retrieval, knowledge representation and machine learning is a plus. Preferred Qualifications * 7+ years of experience in building software systems * Full product life cycle experience * Machine learning, information retrieval and/or semantic information extraction knowledge * Fluency in written Chinese/Japanese/German is a plus. Posted Date: 3/23/2012 Company: Amazon Corporate LLC E-mail Address: Forgot your password? Password: Login Not a member yet? Sign up now for your FREE Dice Account! Rate Job Positive Neutral Negative Misrepresented job Pays below market level Not a real job Position no longer available Other Please Provide an Explanation (400 character limit) Security Check: The question below helps prevent the use of automated programs. What number is 2nd in the series seventeen, 15 and 32? Refresh Question Follow Amazon Connect with Amazon