Software Development Engineer, Image Processing for Catalog Quality – 036194

Job Description

Amazon.com's Product Catalog and Merchandising group has an immediate opening for a Software Development Engineer in Content Based Image Retrieval.

The candidate must have a M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Vision, Image Processing or a related field. Experience in object recognition techniques, image similarity and retrieval algorithms and information retrieval is a plus. In this position, the candidate will be working with other engineers to develop and maintain product matching algorithms and systems that use both visual and textual information to find not just identical products but also visually similar products of interest to customers as they browse the Amazon.com website.

This is a great opportunity to get access to vast amounts of product image data and put your algorithmic prowess to the test as you develop production systems that greatly enhance the shopping experience on the Amazon.com website. We are a highly-motivated, co-operative and fun loving team who thrive on solving challenging problems with innovation. As part of this team you will be analyzing data (both image and text), developing new algorithms and building large-scale distributed software systems using various Amazon.com proprietary and open source technologies.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math or related field.
• Past research or work experience in at least one of the following areas — Computer Vision, Image Processing or Content Based Image Retrieval.
• Strong interest in Information Retrieval and Data Mining.
• Strong desire to build high-performance, highly-available and scalable distributed systems.
• Strong design and coding skills in Java/C++ on Unix Platforms.
• Be highly innovative, flexible and self-directed.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

To apply, visit Amazon.com and use job id 036194