Manager, Applied Science, Minerva

We are looking for an Applied Science Manager to build and lead Minerva's first Risk Science team in Bengaluru. This is a hands-on role: you will collaborate with scientists in the US to set the scientific Basic qualifications: - 3+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience - PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience - Excellent communication skills, capable of discussing technical details with a variety of audiences and influencing decision-making processes. - Experience writing, reviewing, and testing production code in Python or a related language - Experience shipping machine learning, NLP, or computer vision models to production and maintaining their quality after launch Preferred: - Experience leading teams in the areas of fraud detection, abuse prevention, and content risk management within a digital or e-commerce environment. - Experience with model monitoring, data drift detection, calibration, or causal analysis of model behavior - Experience with graph-based ML, behavioral modeling, or real-time detection - Experience with LLMs, fine-tuning, embeddings, or multimodal models - Experience building a new team, including hiring across several levels - PhD in computer science, machine learning, statistics, or a related quantitative field, or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed venues (for example KDD, NeurIPS, ICML, ACL, CVPR) or patents - Experience leading teams that build with AI coding agents, with guardrails such as tests, automated review, and verifiable done criteria Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.