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by ekarulf 3271 days ago
Just in the event someone out there is looking to work on these types of problems, Amazon's Personalization teams are absolutely hiring.

Homepage: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/teams/personalization-and-recomme...

Applied Science: https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/372996

Software Engineering: http://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/549950 http://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/402127 http://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/430623

Software Managers: http://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/385902 http://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/437405 http://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/489879

If one of those don't strike your fancy but you are passionate about working in this space, feel free to send me an email: ${HN_USERNAME}@amazon.com.

1 comments

Just think: all those things you can't stand the Amazon's recommendation engine does, here's your chance to fix it for everyone.
Given how long some of these problems have been going on, it may be a chance to learn why it's not possible to fix them within their current organizational structure.
"Oh wow, so you have discovered that after someone buys something, and you keep recommending the same thing, a large number of people go out of their way to buy other stuff to remove the recommendation. So we actually make more money recommending the last thing that they would want to buy?"
Are they hiring a product manager?