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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, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 10468331
    (Updated 16 days ago)
    The Traffic and Network Modeling team builds the science and software that helps AWS decide how to grow and maintain one of the world's largest networks. We combine rigorous scientific modeling with modern ML and solid engineering to solve problems like: How much network capacity do we need, and where? What infrastructure should be built, and when? As an Applied Scientist on the team, you will: Build and validate ML models for network demand forecasting, topology planning, and capacity optimization Work alongside network engineers, software developers, and supply chain specialists to translate complex infrastructure problems into elegant, production-ready scientific solutions We're part of AWS Infrastructure Services - the team that keeps the cloud running. You'll join an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. Key job responsibilities Drive hypothesis-driven research - Propose and validate hypotheses to inform business and product roadmap decisions for network traffic modeling. Build production systems - Work with engineers to deliver low-latency network forecast predictions and scale system throughput. Own problems end-to-end - Understand the needs of networking teams, distill them into coherent projects, and implement solutions with long-term impact in mind. Raise the bar - Use your expertise to set high standards for scientific rigor, and contribute to the growth of teammates through code reviews, design discussions, and knowledge sharing. Tackle hard problems eagerly - Seek out ambiguous, high-impact challenges and drive them to resolution. Learn broadly - Collaborate with network engineers, applied scientists, and software engineers. Your impact will depend on learning from diverse perspectives and leveraging Amazon's vast technical resources effectively. Work backwards from customers - Start with customer problems, design elegant solutions, and implement them for speed and scalability. About the team Why AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating, which is why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive team culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers 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. 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. Mentorship and 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. Diverse experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all the preferred 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.
  • (Updated 53 days ago)
    Amazon's EU International Technology (EU INTech) organisation is creating new ways for customers to discover products through innovative customer experiences. We are a science-only team within EU INTech, responsible for designing and developing AI/ML science solutions that support business needs across Amazon's global search and discovery experiences. Our mission is to make Amazon navigation easier for customers worldwide. We achieve this through two strategic pillars: making Amazon navigation more visual and improving Amazon navigation with more inspiring discovery tools and narrowing navigation. To support this vision, we build and deploy AI/ML models that surface the most relevant content to hundreds of millions of Amazon customers worldwide. Our team comprises Applied Scientists and we partner with other teams, collaborating with ML Engineers, Software Developers, Product Managers, Technical Product Managers, and UX Designers. We are located in the Madrid Technical Hub. We are looking for Applied Scientists who are passionate about solving highly ambiguous and challenging problems at global scale. This is a hands-on, end-to-end applied science role where you will own the full lifecycle of science solutions — from business problem analysis and science plan design, through development and experimentation, to production deployment. We are looking for AI/ML experts with knowledge on ranking, computer vision, recommendation systems, search, and customer experience design. What makes this role unique: • End-to-end ownership – You will analyse business problems, map them to science plans, and design and develop solutions from ideation to production. We are owners of the full science lifecycle. • Applied science with a research edge – While our focus is on delivering applied science solutions that drive measurable business impact, our team actively pushes the state of the art in areas such as computer vision and Generative AI. • Hands-on execution – We need scientists who thrive in building, experimenting, and shipping. What are we looking for? • A scientist who can independently analyse any business problem and design a rigorous science approach to solve it • Strong hands-on engineering skills — you build and ship, not just theorise • Deep expertise in one or more of: computer vision, generative AI, recommendation systems, ranking, or NLP • Experience taking ML models from research to production at scale • Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to structure complex, undefined problems • A passion for customer-centric innovation and measurable impact • A strong communicator capable to adapt the message from a science audience, to engineering or leadership Key job responsibilities • Analyse complex business problems and translate them into well-defined science plans with clear milestones and success criteria • Design, develop, and deliver ML/AI models end-to-end — from research and prototyping through to production systems at Amazon scale and extending solutions going beyond the state of the art • Work with state-of-the-art models in computer vision, ranking and generative AI to power new customer experiences globally • Own major science challenges for the team, driving solutions from ideation through experimentation to production deployment • Collaborate with a variety of roles and partner teams around the world to deliver integrated solutions • Influence scientific direction and best practices across the team • Maintain high quality standards on team deliverables • Contribute to expanding the state of the art in computer vision, ranking and GenAI through publications and internal knowledge sharing
  • (Updated 53 days ago)
    Amazon's EU International Technology (EU INTech) organisation is creating new ways for customers to discover products through innovative customer experiences. We are a science-only team within EU INTech, responsible for designing and developing AI/ML science solutions that support business needs across Amazon's global search and discovery experiences. Our mission is to make Amazon navigation easier for customers worldwide. We achieve this through two strategic pillars: making Amazon navigation more visual and improving Amazon navigation with more inspiring discovery tools and narrowing navigation. To support this vision, we build and deploy AI/ML models that surface the most relevant content to hundreds of millions of Amazon customers worldwide. Our team comprises Applied Scientists and we partner with other teams, collaborating with ML Engineers, Software Developers, Product Managers, Technical Product Managers, and UX Designers. We are located in the Madrid Technical Hub. We are looking for Applied Scientists who are passionate about solving highly ambiguous and challenging problems at global scale. This is a hands-on, end-to-end applied science role where you will own the full lifecycle of science solutions — from business problem analysis and science plan design, through development and experimentation, to production deployment. We are looking for AI/ML experts with knowledge on ranking, computer vision, recommendation systems, search, and customer experience design. What makes this role unique: • End-to-end ownership – You will analyse business problems, map them to science plans, and design and develop solutions from ideation to production. We are owners of the full science lifecycle. • Applied science with a research edge – While our focus is on delivering applied science solutions that drive measurable business impact, our team actively pushes the state of the art in areas such as computer vision and Generative AI. • Hands-on execution – We need scientists who thrive in building, experimenting, and shipping. What are we looking for? • A scientist who can independently analyse any business problem and design a rigorous science approach to solve it • Strong hands-on engineering skills — you build and ship, not just theorise • Deep expertise in one or more of: computer vision, generative AI, recommendation systems, ranking, or NLP • Experience taking ML models from research to production at scale • Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to structure complex, undefined problems • A passion for customer-centric innovation and measurable impact • A strong communicator capable to adapt the message from a science audience, to engineering or leadership Key job responsibilities • Analyse complex business problems and translate them into well-defined science plans with clear milestones and success criteria • Design, develop, and deliver ML/AI models end-to-end — from research and prototyping through to production systems at Amazon scale and extending solutions going beyond the state of the art • Work with state-of-the-art models in computer vision, ranking and generative AI to power new customer experiences globally • Own major science challenges for the team, driving solutions from ideation through experimentation to production deployment • Collaborate with a variety of roles and partner teams around the world to deliver integrated solutions • Influence scientific direction and best practices across the team • Maintain high quality standards on team deliverables • Contribute to expanding the state of the art in computer vision, ranking and GenAI through publications and internal knowledge sharing
  • US, CA, San Jose
    Job ID: 10449741
    (Updated 54 days ago)
    Are you excited about making business decisions using science and data? Are you interested in supporting consumer device concepts from idea inception to launch? Do you want to work on a Science Product team focused on scaling statistics and econometrics with custom tools? If so, this may be the role for you! Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company. The Amazon Devices and Services team focuses on delighting customer by enabling seamless functionality in supplying, entertaining, and managing the home -- and beyond. We seek and hire the world's brightest minds, offering them a fast-paced, technologically-sophisticated, and friendly work environment, where economic theory meets real-world industry. The Decision Science team in Devices owns demand estimates and pricing recommendations of concept devices before customers know they exist. We support devices and services ranging from Echo Frames to Kindle Paperwhite to Blink Video Camera …all prior to launch. We are a cross-functional Product team working to scale Econometrics through Amazon and beyond by incorporating Science into internal facing tools and making it easier for others to do so as well. In this role, you will have input in decision meetings with Amazon senior leadership, which include go/no-go decisions for brand new devices and services and build volume decisions for manufacture prior to receiving any customer signal. You will have direct input to pricing decisions. You will leverage Science and Tools produced by the Decision Science team such as conjoint demand models to produce these recommendations. You will work with Scientists, Economists, Product Managers, and Software Developers to provide meaningful feedback about stakeholder problems to inform business solutions and increase the velocity, quality, and scope behind our recommendations. You will also have the opportunity to work on special projects to both guide the business and advance your own knowledge and understanding of specific topics. Key job responsibilities Applies expertise to develop econometric/machine learning models to measure the demand of devices and the business; Reviews models and results for other scientists, mentors junior scientists; Generates economic insights for the Devices and Services business and work with stakeholders to run the business for effectively; Describes strategic importance of vision inside and outside of team; and, Identifies business opportunities, defines the problem and how to solve it; Engages with senior scientists, business leadership outside Devices and Services to understand interplay between different business units.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 10464003
    (Updated 16 days ago)
    Join Amazon's International Seller Services (ISS) Economics team and shape how millions of sellers succeed in the worldwide marketplace through causal inference, LLMs, and generative AI. You'll combine rigorous economic methods with real business impact, building the frameworks and measurement systems that define the future of Amazon's seller services. Key job responsibilities In this role, you will be a people manager and a technical leader in Econometric research with significant scope, impact, and high visibility. You will own developing the economics charter in ISS combining scientific methods with business needs. Your solution will deliver to business leaders accurate and actionable insights and recommendations to optimize and expand their business. As a successful Science Manager, you can navigate ambiguity, lead problem solving, guide development of new frameworks, and credibly interface between technical teams and business stakeholders. You are an innovator who can push the limits on what’s scientifically possible with a razor sharp focus on measurable business impact. You will coach and guide scientists in your team across different job families including Economists, Data Scientists and Applied Scientists to grow the team’s talent and scale the impact of your work. About the team The International Seller Services (ISS) Economics team shapes Amazon's global seller ecosystem through sophisticated economic analysis and data-driven insights. Our mission is to transform how Amazon empowers millions of sellers to succeed in the worldwide digital marketplace.
  • US, CA, San Francisco
    Job ID: 10451675
    (Updated 25 days ago)
    Amazon is on a mission to redefine the future of automation — and we're looking for exceptional talent to help lead the way. We are building the next generation of advanced robotic systems that seamlessly blend cutting-edge AI, sophisticated control systems, and novel mechanical design to create adaptable, intelligent automation solutions capable of operating safely alongside humans in dynamic, real-world environments. At Amazon, we leverage the power of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and advanced robotics to solve some of the most complex operational challenges at a scale unlike anywhere else in the world. Our fleet of robots spans hundreds of facilities globally, working in sophisticated coordination to deliver on our promise of customer excellence — and we're just getting started. As a Scientist in Robot Navigation, you will be at the forefront of this transformation — architecting and delivering navigation systems that are intelligent, safe, and scalable. You will bring deep expertise in learning-based planning and control, a strong understanding of foundation models and their application to embodied agents, and as well as have in-depth understanding of control-theoretic approaches such as model predictive control (MPC)-based trajectory planning. You will develop navigation solutions that seamlessly blend data-driven intelligence with principled control-theoretic guarantees. Our vision is bold: to build navigation systems that allow robots to move fluidly and safely through dynamic environments — understanding context, anticipating change, and adapting in real time. You will lead research that bridges the gap between cutting-edge academic advances and production grade deployment, collaborating with world-class teams pushing the boundaries of robotic autonomy, manipulation, and human-robot interaction. Join us in building the next generation of intelligent navigation systems that will define the future of autonomous robotics at scale. Key job responsibilities - Design, develop, and deploy perception algorithms for robotics systems, including object detection, segmentation, tracking, depth estimation, and scene understanding - Lead research initiatives in computer vision, sensor fusion and 3D perception - Collaborate with cross-functional teams including robotics engineers, software engineers, and product managers to define and deliver perception capabilities - Drive end-to-end ownership of ML models — from data collection and labeling strategy to training, evaluation, and deployment - Mentor junior scientists and engineers; contribute to a culture of technical excellence - Define and track key metrics to measure perception system performance in real-world environments - Publish research findings in top-tier venues (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICRA, NeurIPS, etc.) and contribute to patents A day in the life - Train ML models for deployment in simulation and real-world robots, identify and document their limitations post-deployment - Drive technical discussions within your team and with key stakeholders to develop innovative solutions to address identified limitations - Actively contribute to brainstorming sessions on adjacent topics, bringing fresh perspectives that help peers grow and succeed — and in doing so, build lasting trust across the team - Mentor team members while maintaining significant hands-on contribution to technical solutions About the team Our team is a group is a diverse group of scientists and engineers passionate about building intelligent machines. We value curiosity, rigor, and a bias for action. We believe in learning from failure and iterating quickly toward solutions that matter.
  • (Updated 29 days ago)
    Conversational AI ModEling and Learning (CAMEL) team is part of Amazon Devices organization where our mission is to build a best-in-class Conversational AI that is intuitive, intelligent, and responsive, by developing superior Large Language Models (LLM) solutions and services which increase the capabilities built into the model and which enable utilizing thousands of APIs and external knowledge sources to provide the best experience for each request across millions of customers and endpoints. We are looking for a passionate, talented, and resourceful Applied Scientist in the field of LLM, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Recommender Systems and/or Information Retrieval, to invent and build scalable solutions for a state-of-the-art context-aware conversational AI. A successful candidate will have strong machine learning background and a desire to push the envelope in one or more of the above areas. The ideal candidate would also have hands-on experiences in building Generative AI solutions with LLMs, enjoy operating in dynamic environments, be self-motivated to take on challenging problems to deliver big customer impact, moving fast to ship solutions and then iterating on user feedback and interactions. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist, you will leverage your technical expertise and experience to collaborate with other talented applied scientists and engineers to research and develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to reduce friction and enable natural and contextual conversations. You will analyze, understand and improve user experiences by leveraging Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in artificial intelligence. You will work on core LLM technologies, including Prompt Engineering and Optimization, Supervised Fine-Tuning, Learning from Human Feedback, Evaluation, Self-Learning, etc. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of novel products and services.
  • (Updated 39 days ago)
    The Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) Science team is seeking an exceptional Sr. Applied Scientist with strong operations research and optimization expertise to develop production solutions for one of the most complex systems in the world: Amazon's Fulfillment Network. At AFT Science, we design, build, and deploy optimization, statistics, machine learning, and GenAI/LLM solutions that power production systems running across Amazon Fulfillment Centers worldwide. We tackle a wide range of challenges throughout the network, including labor planning and staffing, pick scheduling, stow guidance, and capacity risk management. Our mission is to develop innovative, scalable, and reliable science-driven production solutions that exceed the published state of the art, enabling systems to run optimally and continuously (from every few minutes to every few hours) across our large-scale network. Key job responsibilities As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will collaborate with scientists, software engineers, product managers, and operations leaders to drive the end-to-end lifecycle of optimization-driven solutions that directly impact process efficiency and associate experience in the worldwide fulfillment network. Your key responsibilities include: * Develop deep understanding and domain knowledge of operational processes, system architecture, and business requirements * Dive deep into data and code to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and disruptive new approaches * Design and develop scalable mathematical models for production systems to derive optimal or near-optimal solutions for existing and emerging challenges * Create prototypes and simulations for agile experimentation of proposed solutions * Advocate for technical solutions with business stakeholders, engineering teams, and senior leadership * Partner with software engineers to integrate prototypes into production systems * Design and execute experiments to test new or incremental solutions launched in production * Build and monitor metrics to track solution performance and business impact About the team Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) designs, develops, and operates end-to-end fulfillment technology solutions that power Amazon Fulfillment Centers worldwide. AFT integrates software, science, and operational processes to optimize how inventory is received, stored, picked, packed, and shipped, enabling Amazon customers to receive the right products at the right time. AFT Science is the central science organization driving scientific solution empowering across all critical AFT charters including inbound, outbound, and labor planning. The Fulfillment Operations Research (FOR) team within AFT Science specializes in optimization, statistics, machine learning, and GenAI/LLM. The team partners closely with software engineering, product, and operations teams to deliver scalable and reliable production solutions while advancing the state of the art in optimization, machine learning, and decision science.
  • (Updated 47 days ago)
    We are hiring a Senior Manager, Economics to the Sales Channels team within Amazon Web Services (AWS) Central Econ and Science team. The team partners with the business to optimize sales motions, partner programs, and incentives in multi-sided marketplaces. The problem space includes experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational research design, establishing telemetry for future measurement, and the development of recommendation systems and incentive plans. This role will support a strong team in both sourcing new workstreams and executing existing workstreams. We will consider Applied Scientists with experience working with economists for this role. Key job responsibilities This role interfaces directly with executives, product/program owners, science leadership, and science ICs to create multi-year research agendas that drive step-change growth for the business. As this role is responsible for setting and executing the priorities of a centralized team, stakeholder management, working backward and partnering to work across teams (earns trust) is vital. The team’s mandate includes disambiguating structural relationships, so a strong grounding in applied theory is key to success in this position. The role will also own both production recommendation systems and feature generation for external systems, so experience with production-level development is important. This role will shape the strategic direction of the AWS Central Economics and Science team and collaborate with other science teams at AWS, especially those working on developing policies so that AWS sellers and partners meet customers where they are and help them grow. A day in the life Our team takes big swings and works on hard cross-organizational problems where success is long term and not guaranteed. We expect team members to grow their skills in a supportive and collegial environment. We expect and measure impact, and we hold each other to high standards. We work hard during work hours, but we also don’t encourage working at nights or on weekends: burn out isn’t a successful long run strategy. Because we invest in the long run success of our group it’s important to have hobbies, relax and then come to work refreshed and excited. It makes for bigger impact, faster skill accrual and thus career advancement. About the team Our group is technically rigorous and encourages ongoing academic conference participation and publication. Our leaders are here for you and to enable you to be successful. We believe in being servant leaders focused on influence: good data work has little value if it doesn’t translate into actionable insights that are rolled out and impact the real economy. We emphasize clear, consistent communication since being able to explain what we do ensures high success rates and lowers administrative churn. Also: we laugh a lot. If it’s not fun, what’s the point?
  • IN, KA, Bengaluru
    Job ID: 10478047
    (Updated 22 days ago)
    We are embarking on a multi-year journey to improve the shopping experience for customers globally. Amazon Search team creates customer-focused search solutions and technologies that make shopping delightful and effortless for our customers. Our goal is to understand what customers are looking for in whatever language happens to be their choice at the moment and help them find what they need in Amazon's vast catalog of billions of products — starting from the very first keystroke. As Amazon expands to new interfaces, we are faced with the unique challenge of maintaining the bar on Search Assistance and Search Quality. We are looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to work on improving search on Amazon using NLP, ML, and DL technology. As an Applied Scientist, you will lead our efforts in search autocomplete — developing high-quality suggestions. You will build systems that anticipate search query intent and surface the right suggestions and results. As part of this role, you will develop high precision, high recall, and low latency solutions for search. Your solutions should work for all languages that Amazon supports and will be used in all Amazon locales world-wide. You will develop scalable science and engineering solutions that work successfully in production. You will work with leaders to develop a strategic vision and long term plans to improve search globally. We are growing our collaborative group of engineers and applied scientists by expanding into new areas. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist on the team, you will lead science innovation to improve the customer search experience through higher-quality autocomplete search results. You will: - Develop and deploy ML models to produce high-quality, diverse search autocomplete suggestions. - Design and train semantic matching models (bi-encoders, cross-encoders, and distillation from large foundation models) for suggestion ranking and relevance. - Develop reinforcement learning and reward-modeling approaches to continuously improve suggestion quality. - Train multi-objective ranking and scoring systems that balance suggestion diversity, specificity, and relevance. - Design and implement scalable model architectures optimized for strict latency constraints, including knowledge distillation, quantization, and efficient inference strategies for production deployment. - Lead end-to-end science projects from problem formulation through production launch, mentoring scientists and collaborating closely with engineers and scientists within and outside the team to deliver customer-facing impact.

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