Amazon
Applied Science Manager, Translation Services
$184K–$249K
Seattle, WA · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience.
About the job
Leads the science team and roadmap for machine translation and related localization technologies, turning research into production systems serving Amazon customers worldwide.
What you'll do
- Manage scientists and machine learning engineers, including team development and career planning.
- Set science and engineering strategy, guide research, and drive product features and system architecture.
- Oversee the software lifecycle and deliver scalable translation and quality-evaluation systems.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience.
- Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics.
Nice to have
- Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application.
- Experience building complex software systems, especially involving deep learning, machine learning and computer vision, that have been successfully delivered to customers.
Pay
USD 183,800.00 - 248,700.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
machine translation, NLP, LLM, Information Retrieval, Analytics, deep learning, computer vision
AI focus
Leads research and development in machine translation, image translation, video subtitle localization, long-form text, and automated quality evaluation.
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