Knowledge Engineer - Alexa - Spanish
Santa Barbara, CA 
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Posted 57 months ago
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Job Description
At the intersection of AI and natural language understanding, voice-assistant technology is one of the most exciting industries to work in today. Creating advanced personal assistants means understanding how to address the many ways a user can ask a single question and appropriately inferring intent from metadata such as a customer's location. Deploying this technology worldwide only adds to these challenges.

That's where you come in. As an International Knowledge Engineer, you will manage and expand Alexa's knowledge base so that Alexa can comprehensively understand and answer questions from more users around the world. You will be responsible for holistically improving Alexa's performance in Mexico and Spain, whether by localizing existing content, obtaining and structuring new data, or by influencing the product roadmap generally.

The International Knowledge Engineer role is unique in that a given day involves work typical of both individual contributors and product managers. You will have the opportunity to drive knowledge engineering projects from end to end, embed with other teams to optimize their work for your area of responsibility, and stay abreast of global developments. International KEs have a high degree of flexibility in how they deliver customer impact; no two days in our sunny Santa Barbara office are ever the same.

In this role, you will:
* Expand and maintain Alexa's ability to understand and answer questions for customers in Mexico and Spain
* Identify new content opportunities and fill gaps in Alexa's capabilities by localizing existing content or finding and ingesting new data sources
* Develop and manage complex data pipelines
* Leverage your cultural knowledge to innovate on behalf of your customers
* Partner with software developers, product managers, other knowledge engineering teams, and business leaders to enhance Alexa's key functions worldwide
* Closely monitor specific KPIs, drive improvements in query success.
* Constantly solicit input from users and colleagues to improve our products
* Help drive the development of the world's smartest personal assistantBasic Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree
* Fluent in Spanish
* Experience working on simultaneous projects with cross-functional teams
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

 

Position No Longer Available
Job Summary
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
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