About

Melanie Jean is a Senior Strategic Executive Recruiter with a focus on Machine Learning, AI, Applied Science, and Economics at Amazon. Her team is dedicated to connecting with experts in the scientific community and exploring their passions, research, and visions for the future. In her current role, Melanie supports Amazon's Kindle and Echo Organizations in Cambridge, MA, designing and engineering high-profile consumer electronics, including the best-selling Kindle family of products and groundbreaking devices like Amazon Echo. She is passionate about finding talented and inventive Engineers and Scientists to help build industry-leading Speech and Language technology. Prior to her work at Amazon, Melanie served as a Corporate Recruiter for Talent Acquisition at Liberty Mutual Insurance/Safeco, where she was responsible for recruiting top-quality talent for Home Office positions in areas such as Finance, Marketing, Actuary, Distributions, Life, Product, Claims, and Underwriting. She also worked as an Executive Recruiter at CyberCoders, managing the recruitment process, sourcing technical candidates, and providing metrics and reporting on recruitment practices to hiring managers and the VP of Human Resources. Melanie holds a degree in Communication from Bridgewater State University, where she focused on Communication and graduated in 2011. She has over 11 years of relevant experience and is well-versed in AI, ML, NLU, Computer Vision, Research Science, and Senior Software Engineering. Her passion for finding top talent and building industry-leading technology makes her an invaluable asset to any team.