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Do you want to join an innovative team of scientists who leverage machine learning and statistical techniques to revolutionize how businesses discover and purchase products on Amazon? Are you passionate about building intelligent systems that understand and predict complex B2B customer needs? The Amazon Business team is looking for exceptional Applied Science to help shape the future of B2B commerce. Amazon Business is one of Amazon's fastest-growing initiatives focused on serving business customers, from individual professionals to large institutions, with unique and complex purchasing needs. Our customers require sophisticated solutions that go beyond traditional B2C experiences, including bulk purchasing, approval workflows, and business-grade service support. The AB-MSET Applied Science team focuses on building intelligent systems for delivering personalized, contextual service experiences throughout the customer lifecycle. We apply advanced machine learning techniques to develop sophisticated intent detection models for business customer service needs, create intelligent matching algorithms for optimal service routing based on multiple variables including customer value, maturity, effort, and issue complexity, build predictive models to enable proactive service interventions, design recommendation systems for self-service solutions, and develop ML models for automated service resolution. As an Applied Scientist on the team, you will design and develop state-of-the-art ML models for service intent classification, routing optimization, and customer experience personalization. You will analyze large-scale business customer interaction data to identify patterns and opportunities for automation, create scalable solutions for complex B2B service scenarios using advanced ML techniques, and work closely with engineering teams to implement and deploy models in production. You will collaborate with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for ML applications, establish automated processes for model development, validation, and maintenance, lead research initiatives to advance the state-of-the-art in B2B service science, and mentor other scientists and engineers in applying ML techniques to business problems.

MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC Offered Position: Data Scientist III Job Location: Austin, Texas Job Number: AMZ9442227 Position Responsibilities: Own the data science elements of various products to help with data-based decision making, product performance optimization, and product performance tracking. Work directly with product managers to help drive the design of the product. Work with Technical Product Managers to help drive the build planning. Translate business problems and products into data requirements and metrics. Initiate the design, development, and implementation of scientific analysis projects or deliverables. Own the analysis, modelling, system design, and development of data science solutions for products. Write documents and make presentations that explain model/analysis results to the business. Bridge the degree of uncertainty in both problem definition and data scientific solution approaches. Build consensus on data, metrics, and analysis to drive business and system strategy. Position Requirements: Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science or a related field and two years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation. Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation as equivalent to the Master's degree and two years of experience. Must have one year of experience in the following skills: (1) building statistical models and machine learning models using large datasets from multiple resources; (2) building complex data analyses by leveraging scripting languages including Python, Java, or related scripting language; and (3) communicating with users, technical teams, and management to collect requirements, evaluate alternatives, and develop processes and tools to support the organization. Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. 40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $159,200/year to $215,300/year. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, visit: https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits.#0000

The Alexa AI Domains is seeking a passionate, talented, and resourceful Senior Applied Scientist to invent and build scalable solutions for sate-of-the-art conversational AI. You will be working on advancing technologies in the fields of LLM, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and/or Information Retrieval. As part of this role, you will collaborate with talented peers, have significant influence on our overall strategy as you guide and mentor Applied Scientists to create innovative and scalable solutions that touch millions of Alexa customers. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of AI, and practical experience building large-scale machine learning systems. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can dive into a project with limited guidance and is able to design and implement inventive, simple solutions to complex problems. They will be passionate about new technologies and have a track record of delivering valuable software features and products in a fast-paced, highly iterative environment. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Join us in our mission to shape the space of Generative AI and provide unparalleled experiences for our customers. Key job responsibilities • Define the science roadmap and advance core science primitives for conversation modelling, content generation, and automated quality assurance via state-of-the-art computer vision, machine learning, and generative AI • Architect agentic systems, making high-judgment trade-offs across audio/text/visual quality, relevance, latency, cost, and long-term extensibility • Establish evaluation frameworks, metrics, and success criteria for the team's scientific initiatives, institutionalizing rigorous validation across customer touch points • Own end-to-end delivery of complex, ambiguous research initiatives from problem formulation through experimentation to production deployment, with minimal guidance • Identify whitespace opportunities by staying at the forefront of AI/ML advances and translating them into actionable research directions with clear customer and business impact • Drive development and deployment of scalable agentic systems for conversation understanding and generation, ensuring architectural decisions support long-term platform evolution • Set and continuously raise the scientific and engineering bar across the team • Tackle the team's most complex technical problems while maintaining practical focus on customer value and solution generalizability • Advance the team's scientific reputation through high-impact publications and presentations at top-tier internal and external venues, and generate intellectual property through patents About the team The AIDo (AI Domains) org is part of Alexa AI VP and Devices and Services SVP organizations. Our vision is to build an ecosystem of AI systems and services that elevate the core LLM model performance across endpoints, modalities, and locales. We are the horizontal Science and Engineering team that empowers Domains and Horizontal CX owners with transformative solutions that enable rapid, efficient scaling. AIDo represents a sophisticated global organization that spans multiple international locations including the US (Boston, Seattle), Germany, Italy, and India. The team's core mission is to develop and maintain AI systems and services that enhance the performance of core LLM models across various endpoints, modalities, and locales.

The Stores Economics and Science (SEAS) team uses Economics, Statistics, and Machine Learning to understand and design the complex economy of Amazon’s network of buyers and sellers. We are an interdisciplinary team, committed to use of cutting edge technology and leveraging the strengths of engineers and scientists to build solutions for some of the toughest business problems at Amazon. We are looking for an outstanding science manager who is able to provide structure around complex business problems, work with machine learning scientists to estimate and validate their models on large scale data, and who can help business and tech partners turn the results of their analysis into policies, programs, and actions that have a major impact on Amazon’s business. We are looking for creative thinkers who can combine a strong economic toolbox with a desire to learn from others, and who know how to execute and deliver on big ideas. Experience in applied economic analysis is essential, and you should be familiar with modern tools for data science and business analysis.

We are looking for detail-oriented, organized, and responsible individuals who are eager to learn how to apply their causal inference skillsets to solve real world problems. The intern will work in the area of stores selection and develop models to improve our selection decisions. Our PhD Economist Internship Program offers hands-on experience in applied economics, supported by mentorship, structured feedback, and professional development. Interns work on real business and research problems, building skills that prepare them for full-time economist roles at Amazon and beyond. You will learn how to build data sets and perform applied econometric analysis collaborating with economists, scientists, and product managers. These skills will translate well into writing applied chapters in your dissertation and provide you with work experience that may help you with placement. These are full-time positions at 40 hours per week, with compensation being awarded on an hourly basis.

Amazon Leo is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Amazon Leo will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity. Do you get excited by aerospace, space exploration, and/or satellites? Do you want to help build solutions at Amazon Leo to transform the space industry? If so, then we would love to talk! Key job responsibilities Work cross-functionally with product, business development, and various technical teams (engineering, science, simulations, etc.) to execute on the long-term vision, strategy, and architecture for the science-based global demand forecast. Design and deliver modern, flexible, scalable solutions to integrate data from a variety of sources and systems (both internal and external) and develop Bandwidth Usage models at granular temporal and geographic grains, deployable to Leo traffic management systems. Work closely with the capacity planning science team to ensure that demand forecasts feed seamlessly into their systems to deliver continuous optimization of resources. Lead short and long terms technical roadmap definition efforts to deliver solutions that meet business needs in pre-launch, early-launch, and mature business phases. Synthesize and communicate insights and recommendations to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication to drive change across Amazon Leo. Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. About the team The Amazon Leo Global Demand Planning team's mission is to map customer demand across space and time. We enable Amazon Leo's long-term success by delivering actionable insights and scientific forecasts across geographies and customer segments to empower long range planning, capacity simulations, business strategy, and hardware manufacturing recommendations through scalable tools and durable mechanisms.

Alexa Connections is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist to help build industry-leading technology with Large Language Models (LLMs) and multimodal systems, requiring strong deep learning and generative models knowledge. You will contribute to developing novel solutions and deliver high-quality results that impact Connections products and services. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist with the Alexa Connections team, you will work with talented peers to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state of the art with LLMs. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of products and services that make use of digital assistant technology. You will leverage Amazon's heterogeneous data sources, unique and diverse international customer nuances and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in text, voice, and vision domains in a multimodal setup. The ideal candidate possesses a solid understanding of machine learning, natural language understanding, modern LLM architectures, LLM evaluation & tooling, and a passion for pushing boundaries in this vast and quickly evolving field. They thrive in fast-paced environments to tackle complex challenges, excel at swiftly delivering impactful solutions while iterating based on user feedback, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams. A day in the life * Analyze, understand, and model customer behavior and the customer experience based on large-scale data. * Build novel online & offline evaluation metrics and methodologies for multimodal personal digital assistants. * Fine-tune/post-train LLMs using techniques like SFT, DPO, RLHF, and RLAIF. * Set up experimentation frameworks for agile model analysis and A/B testing. * Collaborate with partner teams on LLM evaluation frameworks and post-training methodologies. * Contribute to end-to-end delivery of solutions from research to production, including reusable science components. * Communicate solutions clearly to partners and stakeholders. * Contribute to the scientific community through publications and community engagement.

As a Data Scientist in Alexa Connections, you will lead the end-to-end development of machine learning and data science solutions that power intelligent communication experiences across channels such as calling, messaging and email. You will partner closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to translate ambiguous problems into scalable ML models, experimentation frameworks, and data-driven product decisions. In this role, you will design and deploy advanced ML and statistical models for capabilities such as prioritization, intent detection, and proactive action recommendations. You will analyze large-scale datasets and run rigorous experiments, including A/B testing and causal analysis, to measure impact and continuously improve customer engagement and product performance. Additionally, you will shape the applied science roadmap and collaborate with global cross-functional teams to deliver AI-driven solutions that scale to millions of Alexa customers. Key job responsibilities - Partner with product, engineering, operations, and security teams to translate complex business problems into scalable, production-ready data science and ML solutions. - Own the full lifecycle of model development, including exploratory analysis, model design, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement. - Define and track success metrics, conduct rigorous analyses, and provide insights that guide product launches, feature improvements, and data-driven decision-making. - Build data-driven business cases to prioritize science initiatives and demonstrate measurable impact of ML solutions. - Develop ML-powered systems supporting key business areas. - Lead research and analysis to understand customer interactions with Alexa, and enhance overall customer experience. - Contribute to the broader science community by mentoring analysts, improving data workflows and tooling, and publishing technical work in internal and external forums. A day in the life • Deep dive into our business metrics, analyze data, trends, and reviewing dashboards • Writing code: building packages in Python, writing SQL queries, deploying solutions for Connections experience teams to consume. • Leading or joining working sessions with Product Managers to refine problem statements new initiatives. • Exploring new features and model architectures, leveraging AWS services, documentation, and upskilling yourself to the latest technologies. • Leverage pre-trained LLMs to build applications that solve business problems for Connections experiences. • Meet with Sr. Engineers/Principal Engineers to align on solution designs. • Own or co-own MBR, WBR documents that are reviewed with Connections leadership team.

Do you want a role with deep meaning and the ability to make a major impact? As part of Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA), you'll have the opportunity to reinvent the hiring process and deliver unprecedented scale, sophistication, and accuracy for Amazon Talent Acquisition operations. ITA is an industry-leading people science and technology organization made up of scientists, engineers, analysts, product professionals and more, all with the shared goal of connecting the right people to the right jobs in a way that is fair and precise. Last year we delivered over 6 million online candidate assessments, and helped Amazon deliver billions of packages around the world by making it possible to hire hundreds of thousands of workers in the right quantity, at the right location and at exactly the right time. You’ll work on state-of-the-art research, advanced software tools, new AI systems, and machine learning algorithms, leveraging Amazon's in-house tech stack to bring innovative solutions to life. Join ITA in using technologies to transform the hiring landscape and make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Together, we can solve the world's toughest hiring problems. Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA)is looking for an economist with expertise in applying causal inference, experimental design, and/or causal machine learning techniques to topics in labor or related applied economics. They will collaborate with business partners to define and deliver economic thinking that guide strategic decisions. They will work closely with data scientists, research scientists and engineers to estimate and validate their models on large scale data, and will help business partners turn the results of their analysis to business actions that have a major impact. Ideal candidates will own key inputs to all stages of research projects, including data requirements, model development, experimental design, and data analysis. They will be customer-centric, working closely with business partners to define key research questions, communicate scientific approaches and findings, listen to and incorporate partner feedback, and deliver successful solutions. Key job responsibilities The Economist will work with teammates (Data Scientists, Research Scientists (Industrial-Organizational Psychologists), Business Intelligence Engineers to apply economic methods to business problems. This might include identifying the appropriate research questions, writing code to implement a Difference-in-Differences (DiD) analysis, estimate a structural model, building a statistical / regression model or writing and presenting a document with findings to business leaders. Our economists also collaborate with partner teams throughout the process, from understanding their challenges, to developing a research agenda that will address those challenges, to help them implement solutions. A day in the life The Economist will work with teammates to apply economic methods to business problems. This might include identifying the appropriate research questions, writing code to implement the model, or writing and presenting a document with findings to business leaders. The economist will also conduct code and paper reviews, engage in science panel reviews and attend meetings to scope the work and/or present results. The economists will also manage and update their work through regular ASANA project updates.

Amazon Industrial Robotics is seeking exceptional talent to help develop the next generation of advanced robotics systems that will transform automation at Amazon's scale. We're building revolutionary robotic systems that combine cutting-edge AI, sophisticated control systems, and advanced mechanical design to create adaptable automation solutions capable of working safely alongside humans in dynamic environments. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of robotics and automation at an unprecedented scale, working with world-class teams pushing the boundaries of what's possible in robotic dexterous manipulation, locomotion, and human-robot interaction. We are seeking a talented Applied Scientist to join our advanced robotics team, focusing on developing and applying cutting-edge simulation methodologies for advanced robotics systems. This role centers on research and development of physics-based simulation techniques, sim-to-real transfer methods, and machine learning approaches that enable rapid development, testing, and validation of robotic systems operating in complex, real-world environments. Key job responsibilities - Advance physics-based simulation fidelity for contact-rich manipulation and locomotion - Design and build high-performance simulation tools integrated into a production robotics stack - Translate research ideas into robust, scalable software pipelines - Develop methods to quantify and reduce simulation-to-reality gaps across design, safety, and control - Architect scalable simulation solutions for rigid and deformable body dynamics - Build simulation pipelines optimized for large-scale reinforcement and policy learning - Establish frameworks for continuous simulation improvement using real-world deployment data - Collaborate with engineering, science, and safety teams on simulation requirements and validation About the team Our team is building a comprehensive simulation platform for advanced robotics development, combining locomotion and manipulation capabilities. We operate at the cutting edge of physics simulation, reinforcement learning, and sim-to-real transfer, collaborating with world-class robotics engineers, applied scientists, and mechanical designers in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment. This role uniquely combines fundamental research with real-world deployment. You will pursue core research questions in physics-based simulation while seeing your work translated into production systems, validated on real hardware, and informed by deployment data. Working alongside Simulation Software Engineers, you will help transform research ideas into scalable, production-grade simulation capabilities that directly impact how robots are designed, trained, and deployed.