Amazon Selection and Catalog Systems (ASCS) builds the systems that host and run the world’s largest e-Commerce products catalog. Within this organization the Product Knowledge and Browse Node Classification team is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to drive solutions for classifying all products into the Catalog. The problem space consists on developing systems capable of identifying what a product is, mining product information to determine how a product across its different functions should be classified for browsing and searching purposes at high precision, scaling across marketplaces and languages.
Key job responsibilities
You will help build systems that are partially or entirely powered by AI and ML. The systems are responsible for handling continuous incoming traffic of products entering the catalog, building applications for analyzing product composition, mining product signals such as images, text and unstructured data to drive true understanding of product knowledge. As a TPM you will work to build solutions to real world problems, partnering closely with Scientists. The ideal candidate has worked on systems productionizing ML-based systems in one or several of the following fields: Web search, Deep Neural Networks, Classification Systems, Clustering,
Natural Language Processing, Personalization, Artificial Intelligence. A successful candidate will have an established background in building innovative systems from inception to production, scaling systems with large data sets, developing customer-facing experiences, and making data-driven decisions.
About the team
The Product and Browse Node Classification team classifies products into the optimal Product Type, and Browse Node within Amazon’s Catalog and MP Taxonomy to ensure that they are discoverable when customers are searching or browsing. Owns Autoclassification systems, Misclassification detection, related services, interfaces and protections to reduce Seller contacts and friction.
- 7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience
- 3+ years of software development experience
- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
- 5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experience
- Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
- Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
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USA, WA, Seattle - 148,700.00 - 201,200.00 USD annually