Ross Powell

About Ross Powell

I’m a talent acquisition leader with over 12 years of experience with both in-house and agency recruitment. Over the course of my career I’ve been a sourcer, a full-life cycle recruiter, and a recruiting manager supporting large international tech companies. I’ve led teams as small as 4 and as large as 21 with a focus on supporting a wide variety of different job functions including; Applied Scientists, Research Scientists, Data Scientists, Economists, Software Engineers, Technical Program Managers, Systems Development Engineers and more. I love a good challenge and enjoy solving complex recruitment problems. I’d love to connect with you!

Experience

1. Senior Science Recruiter, Amazon University Talent Acquisition (Auta) Team

   Amazon

   May 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Our team specializes in hiring Applied Science, Research Science, and Data Science talent for internships and early career positions. Focus areas include Automated Reasoning, Computer Vision & Robotics, Natural Language Processing/Speech, LLM/Gen AI, Reinforcement Learning & Optimization, Information & Knowledge Management, Recommender Systems and Information Retrieval, and Operations Research/Optimization.

Education

• WSU - Edward R. Murrow College of Communication

  Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Advertising

Skills

• Contract Recruitment
• Screening Resumes
• Management
• Sourcing
• Account Management
• Phone Screens
• Interviewing
• Talent Acquisition
• Social Media
• Leadership
• Reference Checking
• Interviews
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Time Management
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Screening
• Social Networking
• Facebook
• Customer Service
• Marketing Strategy
• Technical Recruiting
• Networking
• Marketing
• Crm
• Recruiting