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At Amazon, we believe that scientific innovation is essential to being the most customer-centric company in the world. Our scientists' ability to have an impact at scale allows us to attract some of the brightest minds across diverse fields including artificial intelligence, robotics, computer vision, economics, and sustainability. Join us in pioneering solutions to complex challenges that not only delight our customers but also help define the future of technology.
  • The program is designed for academics from universities around the globe who want to work on large-scale technical challenges while continuing to teach and conduct research at their universities.
  • The program offers recent PhD graduates an opportunity to advance research while working alongside experienced scientists with backgrounds in industry and academia.
  • Our internship roles span research areas to provide hands-on experience working alongside world-class scientists and engineers to advance the state of the art in your field.
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  • US, NY, New York
    Job ID: 3198502
    (Updated 21 days ago)
    We are looking for detail-oriented, organized, and responsible individuals who are eager to learn how to apply their structural econometrics skillsets to solve real world problems. The intern will work in the area of Amazon Private Brands and develop models to improve our product selection. 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. About the team The Amazon Private Brands science advance team applies Machine Learning, Statistics and Econometrics/economics to solve high-impact business problems, develop prototypes for Amazon-scale science solutions, and optimize key business functions of Amazon Private Brands and other Amazon orgs. We are an interdisciplinary team, using science and technology and leveraging the strengths of engineers and scientists to build solutions for some of the toughest business problems at Amazon, covering areas such as pricing, discovery, negotiation, forecasting, supply chain and product selection/development.
  • US, TX, Austin
    Job ID: 3205700
    (Updated 11 days ago)
    Are You Ready to Redefine How the World Receives Its Packages? What if your algorithms defined the most efficient path for millions of deliveries — every single day? At Amazon, we're building the science that makes that possible, and we're looking for exceptional scientists to help lead the way. The Last Mile Routing & Planning organization develops the software, algorithms, and tools that power the "magic" of home delivery. Our planning and routing intelligence systems drive billions of daily decisions — enabling safe, efficient, and frustration-free routes for drivers across the globe. What You'll Do In this role, you'll sit at the intersection of state-of-the-art research and real-world impact. You will: - Design and build algorithms that solve large-scale, complex logistics problems - Synthesize data from diverse sources to identify high-value business opportunities - Provide research direction and data-driven insights to guide strategic decisions - Translate complex technical approaches into clear communication for scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders - Partner closely with scientists and engineers in a collaborative, high-impact environment What You'll Work On We have an exciting and growing portfolio of research areas, including: - Routing for same-day and grocery deliveries - Planning for electric and autonomous vehicles - District-level and stop-level planning - Forecasting solutions for diverse delivery programs All of this is powered by the latest methods in Operations Research (OR), Machine Learning (ML), and Generative AI — at a truly global scale. Successful candidates will lead one or more of these problem spaces. What We're Looking For - Deep expertise in Operations Research and/or Machine Learning methods - Proven experience applying these methods to large-scale, real-world business problems - Ability to translate models into production-ready code in Python or Java - Strong communication skills — you can explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences - A bias for action and an iterative mindset when tackling ambitious research challenges Why Amazon We're passionate about your growth. Whether you want to explore emerging technologies, take on broader scope, or accelerate your career trajectory, we'll invest in helping you get there. Our business is scaling fast — and so are the opportunities for the people who build it. If you're driven by the challenge of optimizing one of the world's most complex logistics systems and excited to see your work impact millions of customers daily, we'd love to hear from you. Key job responsibilities - Invent and design novel solutions for scientifically complex problem areas, and identify opportunities for invention within existing and new business initiatives - Deliver large-scale, high-impact solutions to complex problems in support of medium-to-large business goals - Shape the design of scientifically complex software systems, personally contributing significant portions of the critical scientific novelty - Apply mathematical optimization, machine learning, and Generative AI techniques to develop solution methodologies for in-house decision support tools and software - Research, prototype, simulate, and experiment with models — and actively participate in their production-level deployment in Python or Java - Engage with the broader scientific community by publishing research articles and participating in leading research conferences
  • (Updated 14 days ago)
    Amazon's Modeling and Optimization (MOP) team seeks motivated individual with strong analytical and algorithmic skills to optimize the global logistics network and its operations. Key job responsibilities - Enhance global logistics network efficiency through data-driven simulation and optimization - Reduce variable costs by improving network design, inventory placement, process and operational planning, and resource allocation - Optimize capital investment through strategic fixed asset deployment planning - Develop metrics to quantify business impact of implemented solutions A day in the life - Lead development of production-ready algorithms and scientific tools for under-the-roof (UTR) and network process analysis and optimization - Drive planning and execution decisions on operation timing and resource allocation to improve capacity, cost, and speed. - Manage customer interactions, promote science-based processes, and incorporate customer needs into tool improvements. - Partner with team members and customers to exercise judgment on appropriate analysis methods for various business requests. - Interact with and influence adjacent systems and tools, including those for long-term operating policies and daily capacity planning. - Blend scientific expertise with business acumen to deliver impactful solutions across the organization.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3198216
    (Updated 14 days ago)
    Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur? A builder? A dreamer? This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the company’s Think Big leadership principle to the next-level. We focus on creating entirely new products and services with a goal of positively impacting the lives of our customers. No industries or subject areas are out of bounds. If you’re interested in innovating at scale to address big challenges in the world, this is the team for you. Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have thirteen employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We are constantly learning through programs that are local, regional, and global. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust. Key job responsibilities * Develop, deploy, and operate scalable bioinformatics analysis workflows on AWS * Evaluate and incorporate novel bioinformatic approaches to solve critical business problems * Originate and lead the development of new data collection workflows with cross-functional partners * Partner with laboratory science teams on design and analysis of experiments About the team Our team highly values work-life balance, mentorship and career growth. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects and offer training that will challenge you to become your best.
  • (Updated 21 days ago)
    The Amazon Center for Quantum Computing (CQC) is a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and technicians, on a mission to develop a fault-tolerant quantum computer. We are looking to hire an Instrument Control Engineer to join our growing software team. You will work closely with our experimental physics and control hardware development teams to enable their work characterizing, calibrating, and operating novel quantum devices. The ideal candidate should be able to translate high-level science requirements into software implementations (e.g. Python APIs/frameworks, compiler passes, embedded SW, instrument drivers) that are performant, scalable, and intuitive. This requires someone who (1) has a strong desire to work within a team of scientists and engineers, and (2) demonstrates ownership in initiating and driving projects to completion. This role has a particular emphasis on working directly with our control hardware designers and vendors to develop instrument software for test and measurement. Inclusive Team Culture Here at Amazon, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. Export Control Requirement Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be either 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, or be able to obtain a US export license. If you are unsure if you meet these requirements, please apply and Amazon will review your application for eligibility. Key job responsibilities - Work with control hardware developers, as a “subject matter expert” on the software interfaces around our control hardware - Collaborate with external control hardware vendors to understand and refine integration strategies - Implement instrument drivers and control logic in Python and/or a low-level languages, including C++ or Rust - Contribute to our compiler backend to enable the efficient execution of OpenQASM-based experiments on our next-generation control hardware - Benchmark system performance and help define key performance metrics - Ensure new features are successfully integrated into our Python-based experimental software stack - Partner with scientists to actively contribute to the codebase through mentorship and documentation We are looking for candidates with strong engineering principles, a bias for action, superior problem-solving, and excellent communication skills. Working effectively within a team environment is essential. As an Instrument Control Engineer embedded in a broader science organization, you will have the opportunity to work on new ideas and stay abreast of the field of experimental quantum computation. A day in the life Your time will be spent on projects that extend functional capabilities or performance of our internal research software stack. This requires working backwards from the needs of science staff in the context of our larger experimental roadmap. You will translate science and software requirements into design proposals balancing implementation complexity against time-to-delivery. Once a design proposal has been reviewed and accepted, you’ll drive implementation and coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure a smooth roll out. Because many high-level experimental goals have cross-cutting requirements, you’ll often work closely with other engineers or scientists or on the team. About the team You will be joining the Software group within the Amazon Center of Quantum Computing. Our team is comprised of scientists and software engineers who are building scalable software that enables quantum computing technologies.
  • US, MA, N.reading
    Job ID: 3196016
    (Updated 17 days ago)
    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. This role presents an opportunity to shape the future of robotics through innovative applications of deep learning and large language models. At Amazon Industrial Robotics we leverage advanced robotics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to solve complex operational challenges at an unprecedented scale. Our fleet of robots operates across hundreds of facilities worldwide, working in sophisticated coordination to fulfill our mission of customer excellence. Join us in building the next generation of intelligent robotics systems that will transform the future of automation and human-robot collaboration. Key job responsibilities Design and deploy end-to-end teleoperation pipelines integrating VR/AR headsets and haptics interfaces with robotic hardware Implement force-feedback and tactile sensing algorithms to provide operators with a "sense of touch," improving performance in contact-rich manipulation tasks Collaborate with ML teams to ensure teleoperation interfaces capture high-fidelity state-action pairs, including proprioception, visual, and force/torque data for model training Develop custom networking and streaming protocols to minimize operator-to-robot latency. Conduct user studies to evaluate ergonomics, cognitive load, and "telepresence" effectiveness to iterate on UI/UX designs.
  • (Updated 11 days ago)
    As a member of a growing PNT team within Amazon Leo, the Time Transfer and Synchronization Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, optimizing and monitoring high-precision synchronization architectures across terrestrial and space-based networks. You will use various time transfer protocols to achieve nanosecond-level accuracy over RF and optical links. 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. Key job responsibilities - Design, implement, and validate time transfer systems using multiple methodologies including PTP/NTP, TWSTFT, GNSS Common View, GNSS All in View or other protocols - Implement time transfer over RF and optical links - Evaluate and integrate emerging time transfer technologies to achieve nanosecond level timing accuracy - Design and build an operational system to monitor the performance of clock synchronization architecture - Collaborate with cross-functional teams on satellite timing systems, ground gateway operations, and network time synchronization - Conduct performance analysis and troubleshooting of timing systems across distributed infrastructure
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 10375258
    (Updated 2 days ago)
    Amazon Science gives you insight into the company’s approach to customer focused scientific innovation. Amazon fundamentally believes that scientific innovation is essential to being the most customer-centric company in the world. It’s the company’s ability to have an impact at scale that allows us to attract some of the brightest minds in artificial intelligence and related fields. Our scientists continue to publish, teach, and engage with the academic community, in addition to utilizing our working backwards method to enrich the way we live and work. Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information. Are you an expert in Natural Language Processing (NLP), computer vision, Large Language Models (LLM) and multi-modality? Are you interested in building Generative AI solutions on complex business problems that have significant global benefit. The Brand Protection Science team designs and builds high performance AI systems using machine learning and deep learning that identify and prevent infringement and counterfeit on behalf of brand owners worldwide. We are looking for a highly talented scientist to help build of our AI vision for Brand Protection. As a applied scientist on the team, you will use STOA AI and ML techniques to understand and extract key information from product detail page, built automated AI solutions that thinks like human to make autonomous decisions. You will work backwards from data insights and customer feedback to build the right machine learning solutions, and resourceful in finding innovative solutions to unsolved problems. You will work closely will product team and engineering partners to launch the solution into production and own the end-to-end solution. An ideal candidate should be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, strong attention to detail, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. As an Applied scientist, you will own the design and development of end-to-end AI solutions, from conception to launch in a rapidly evolving environment. You’ll have the opportunity to create science roadmaps, and drive production level projects that will support Amazon Science. extensive experience driving Machine Learning initiatives, specially in NLP and LLM applications, from conception to launch in a rapidly evolving environment. You will work closely with other scientists and enigneers to develop solutions and deploy them into production. The ideal scientist must have the ability to work with diverse groups of people and cross-functional teams to solve complex business problems. Major responsibilities: - Understand business challenges by analyzing data and customer feedback - Collaborate with tech and product teams on building ML strategies, experimentation, implementation and continuous improvement - Analyze and extract relevant information from large amounts of both structured and unstructured data to design strategies to solve business problems. - Use deep learning and machine learning techniques to create scalable solutions for business problems - Create business and analytics reports and present to the senior management teams - Research and implement novel AI solutions and publish research papers Key job responsibilities Amazon Science gives insight into the company’s approach to customer-obsessed scientific innovation. Amazon fundamentally believes that scientific innovation is essential to being the most customer-centric company in the world. It’s the company’s ability to have an impact at scale that allows us to attract some of the brightest minds in artificial intelligence and related fields. Our scientists use our working backwards method to enrich the way we live and work. For more information on the Amazon Science community please visit https://www.amazon.science.
  • IN, KA, Bengaluru
    Job ID: 10371573
    (Updated 8 days ago)
    Amazon’s third-party marketplace is a multibillion-dollar global ecosystem, connecting customers and sellers across the world through millions of transactions annually. The Seller Fee Science Team integrates economic modeling, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to guide business fee strategy, ensure fees are accurately computed for millions of products, and improves the seller experience with AI tools that support any fee related contact (understanding, audit, and dispute). We build the scientific foundation that empowers sellers to grow their businesses with clarity and confidence. Our team brings together world-class economists, physicists, mathematicians, and computer scientists to tackle diverse challenging problems that require theoretical rigor and deliver real-world impact. For example, precision measurement of difficult to measure products, large-scale simulation of sales, inventory, and policy changes, as well as leveraging natural language understanding and automated reasoning to interpret policy, generate code, resolve disputes, audit fees, and respond to sellers at meaninful scale. As an applied scientist on our team, this role will focus on the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence to predict and reconcile measurement of products globally. This blends together statistical modeling, application of NLP, image processing, classical machine learning, cost-benefit analysis, causal modeling, and optimization. Your work will shape not only how fees are implemented, but how they are interpreted, experienced, and trusted at scale. You will partner closely with engineers and product partners to take your solutions from research to production. We are seeking scientists who are motivated by first principles, disciplined experimentation, and the technical challenge of deploying ideas at global scale. This is an opportunity to work on consequential problems where mathematical rigor meets real-world complexity, and where your models, algorithms, and systems will directly influence the experience of millions of sellers. If you are driven to build elegant solutions to hard problems—and to see them operate in production at meaningful scale—we would welcome the opportunity to build with you. Key job responsibilities - Identify opportunities to improve Seller Experience and translate ambiguous business challenges into well-defined scientific problems with measurable impact. - Design, develop, and deploy AI/ML models that improve fee accuracy, automate policy-to-code translation, and enhance seller understanding of fee calculations. - Partner closely with engineering and product teams to productionize solutions, meeting latency, scalability, reliability, and other system constraints. - Apply rigorous experimentation, causal inference, and simulation methods to validate models and quantify business impact at scale. - Communicate scientific innovations and results clearly to cross-functional stakeholders and contribute to the broader internal and external scientific community through publications, talks, and technical artifacts.
  • IN, KA, Bengaluru
    Job ID: 3202511
    (Updated 16 days ago)
    Do you want to join an innovative team of scientists applying machine learning and advanced statistical techniques to protect Amazon customers and enable a trusted eCommerce experience? Are you excited about modeling terabytes of data and building state-of-the-art algorithms to solve complex, real-world fraud and risk challenges? Do you enjoy owning end-to-end machine learning problems, directly influencing customer experience and company profitability, while collaborating in a diverse, high-performing team? If so, the Amazon Buyer Risk Prevention (BRP) Machine Learning team may be the right fit for you. We are seeking an Applied Scientist to design, develop, and deploy advanced algorithmic systems that safeguard millions of transactions every day. In this role, you will independently drive model development from problem formulation to production deployment, build scalable ML solutions, and leverage emerging technologies—including Generative AI and LLMs—to enhance fraud detection and next-generation risk prevention systems. Key job responsibilities Own end-to-end development of machine learning models for large-scale risk management systems Analyze large volumes of historical and real-time data to identify fraud patterns and emerging risk trends Design, develop, validate, and deploy innovative models to production environments Apply GenAI/LLM technologies to automate risk evaluation and improve operational efficiency Collaborate closely with software engineering teams to implement scalable, real-time model solutions Partner with operations and business stakeholders to translate risk insights into measurable impact Establish scalable and automated processes for data analysis, model experimentation, validation, and monitoring Track model performance and business metrics; communicate insights clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders Research and implement novel machine learning and statistical methodologies

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