Sr. Applied Scientist, JP Manga
Amazon · Tokyo, Japan · Applied Science
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Applied Scientist in the machine learning function based in Tokyo, Japan. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, C, NLP and roughly 5+ years of relevant work. Listed education preference: a master's degree or equivalent.
- Role
- Applied Scientist
- Function
- machine learning
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Tokyo, Japan
- Work mode
- On-site
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Education
- Master's degree
- Department
- Applied Science
- Posted
- Jul 23, 2025
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Job description
from Amazon careersThe JP Books - Manga team is looking for a Sr. Applied Scientist to lead in our AI related efforts to develop new prototypes and concepts that can then be translated into meaningful technologies impacting millions of customers. In this position, you will be expected to research, design and build/train/tune models and provide recommendations in areas including but not limited to natural language processing (automatic translation, summarization, extraction) and image processing (boundary detection, image understanding, image generation). The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge in the areas of Computer Vision, Translations and or Image understanding/generation. This is the ideal role if you are excited about leveraging science for tangible business impact to the Manga books business. Amazon encourages publications, and you will work within an international team of engineers, all based in Tokyo, Japan while collaborating with partner scientists in Tokyo and Seattle. Key job responsibilities As an Sr. Applied Scientist, your responsibilities will be: - Spot opportunities for innovation using AI for the JP Manga business, and publish to internal or external conferences. - Work closely with other Books scientists and engineers to build, review and improve your model design proposals. - Partner with product managers and other business…