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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: 3144233
    (Updated 13 days ago)
    Success in any organization begins with its people and having a comprehensive understanding of our workforce and how we best utilize their unique skills and experience is paramount to our future success. WISE (Workforce Intelligence powered by Scientific Engineering) delivers the scientific and engineering foundation that powers Amazon's enterprise-wide workforce planning ecosystem. Addressing the critical need for precise workforce planning, WISE enables a closed-loop mechanism essential for ensuring Amazon has the right workforce composition, organizational structure, and geographical footprint to support long-term business needs with a sustainable cost structure. We are looking for a Sr. Applied Scientist to join our ML/AI team to work on Advanced Optimization and LLM solutions. You will partner with Software Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, Data Engineers and other Scientists, TPMs, Product Managers and Senior Management to help create world-class solutions. We're looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, demonstrate a high degree of product ownership, and want to have fun while they make history. You will leverage your knowledge in machine learning, advanced analytics, metrics, reporting, and analytic tooling/languages to analyze and translate the data into meaningful insights. You will have end-to-end ownership of operational and technical aspects of the insights you are building for the business, and will play an integral role in strategic decision-making. Further, you will build solutions leveraging advanced analytics that enable stakeholders to manage the business and make effective decisions, partner with internal teams to identify process and system improvement opportunities. As a tech expert, you will be an advocate for compelling user experiences and will demonstrate the value of automation and data-driven planning tools in the People Experience and Technology space. Key job responsibilities * Engineering execution - drive crisp and timely execution of milestones, consider and advise on key design and technology trade-offs with engineering teams * Priority management - manage diverse requests and dependencies from teams * Process improvements – define, implement and continuously improve delivery and operational efficiency * Stakeholder management – interface with and influence your stakeholders, balancing business needs vs. technical constraints and driving clarity in ambiguous situations * Operational Excellence – monitor metrics and program health, anticipate and clear blockers, manage escalations To be successful on this journey, you love having high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and always look for opportunities to make our services better.
  • (Updated 2 days ago)
    Help shape the future of artificial intelligence by leading breakthrough innovations in web search and Retrieval Augmented Generation at Amazon AGI. We're seeking an exceptional Applied Science Manager to drive the development of next-generation search capabilities to improve agentic applications across Amazon. Your work will directly influence the next generation of Amazon's search and AI systems, improving how millions of users interact with our platforms through more intelligent and efficient information retrieval systems. What will you do?: You will lead a team of scientists to improve our web search capabilities and drive key improvements across multiple agentic systems across Amazon. You will be responsible for: (i) developing novel retrieval and ranking models to improve search, incorporating multiple objectives (e.g. relevance and trustworthiness), and partnering closely with engineering to improve model performance; (ii) improve content and query understanding models to deliver improved signal to retrieval and ranking models; (iii) partner closely with content acquisition and customer teams to ensure our dependencies are met and we’re delivering value to the end customers, enhancing information grounding for LLMs; (iv) develop a science roadmap, including publication opportunities and how we can accelerate delivery of customer impact; (v) coach and develop the team, hire, and hold the bar on scientific rigor throughout the team. Technical Focus Areas: An ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in Information Retrieval Systems (learned sparse and dense retrieval, efficient sparse and ANN indexing, learning-to-rank models, content understanding/information extraction, etc.) and Large Language Models (Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures, post-training techniques, inference optimization techniques, etc.).
  • (Updated 3 days ago)
    Calling all innovative tech enthusiasts! Join our cutting-edge team and dive into the world of distributed systems and high-performance computing. You'll have the opportunity to work on groundbreaking technologies that push the boundaries of computational science, solving complex challenges that have real-world impact. Are you passionate about creating scalable, sustainable computing systems that can power the world's most complex technological challenges? We're seeking innovative graduate researchers to push the boundaries of distributed systems and high-performance computing. We work across multiple Amazon businesses including Annapurna Labs, S3, EC2, and other critical infrastructure teams, though our research is not limited to these organizations. Our teams are committed to pushing the boundaries of distributed systems and high-performance computing, creating solutions that transform how we process and understand complex data Key job responsibilities • Collaborate with senior researchers to design and implement distributed computing solutions. • Design and prototype novel distributed computing architectures that enhance system performance and reliability • Conduct advanced research on scalable fault-tolerant systems for data center and serverless environments An ideal candidate for this role should possess a robust foundation in distributed systems, network architecture, or high-performance computing. The candidate should have hands-on experience with designing, implementing, and optimizing distributed algorithms, scalable network protocols, or parallel computing frameworks. Additionally, they must demonstrate the ability to work seamlessly within interdisciplinary teams, bringing together expertise from various domains such as software engineering, data science, and hardware architecture. This collaborative mindset is essential for developing innovative solutions that push the boundaries of cloud computing technology. A day in the life Your internship will be an immersive journey into advanced computational research. You'll collaborate with world-class scientists and engineers, exploring innovative approaches to solving complex computational problems. Expect to engage in hands-on projects that challenge your technical skills and spark your creativity.
  • US, NY, New York
    Job ID: 3106321
    (Updated 12 days ago)
    The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through cutting-edge generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising. Key job responsibilities • Collaborate with business, engineering and science leaders to establish science optimization and monetization roadmap for Amazon Retail Ad Service • Drive alignment across organizations for science, engineering and product strategy to achieve business goals • Lead/guide scientists and engineers across teams to develop, test, launch and improve of science models designed to optimize the shopper experience and deliver long term value for Amazon advertisers and third party retailers • Develop state of the art experimental approaches and ML models to keep up with our growing needs and diverse set of customers. • Participate in the Science hiring process as well as mentor other scientists - improving their skills, their knowledge of your solutions, and their ability to get things done. About the team Amazon Retail Ad Service within Sponsored Products and Brands is an ad-tech solution that enables retailers to monetize their online web and app traffic by displaying contextually relevant sponsored products ads. Our mission is to provide retailers with ad-solution for every type of supply to meet their advertising goals. At the same time, enable advertisers to manage their demand across multiple supplies (Amazon, offsite, third-party retailers) leveraging tools they are already familiar with. Our problem space is challenging and exciting in terms of different traffic patterns, varying product catalogs based on retailer industry and their shopper behaviors.
  • IN, KA, Bengaluru
    Job ID: 3104972
    (Updated 44 days ago)
    Do you want to join an innovative team of scientists who use machine learning and statistical techniques to create state-of-the-art solutions for providing better value to Amazon’s customers? Do you want to build and deploy advanced algorithmic systems that help optimize millions of transactions every day? Are you excited by the prospect of analyzing and modeling terabytes of data to solve real world problems? Do you like to own end-to-end business problems/metrics and directly impact the profitability of the company? Do you like to innovate and simplify? If yes, then you may be a great fit to join the Machine Learning and Data Sciences team for India Consumer Businesses. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, know how to deliver, love to work with data, are deeply technical, highly innovative and long for the opportunity to build solutions to challenging problems that directly impact the company's bottom-line, we want to talk to you. Major responsibilities - Use machine learning and analytical techniques to create scalable solutions for business problems - Analyze and extract relevant information from large amounts of Amazon’s historical business data to help automate and optimize key processes - Design, development, evaluate and deploy innovative and highly scalable models for predictive learning - Research and implement novel machine learning and statistical approaches - Work closely with software engineering teams to drive real-time model implementations and new feature creations - Work closely with business owners and operations staff to optimize various business operations - Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development, model validation and model implementation - Mentor other scientists and engineers in the use of ML techniques A day in the life You will solve real-world problems by getting and analyzing large amounts of data, generate insights and opportunities, design simulations and experiments, and develop statistical and ML models. The team is driven by business needs, which requires collaboration with other Scientists, Engineers, and Product Managers across the International Emerging Stores organization. You will prepare written and verbal presentations to share insights to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication. About the team Central Machine Learning team works closely with the IES business and engineering teams in building ML solutions that create an impact for Emerging Marketplaces. This is a great opportunity to leverage your machine learning and data mining skills to create a direct impact on millions of consumers and end users.
  • (Updated 16 days ago)
    Want to work on frontier, world class, AI-powered experiences for health customers and health providers? The Health Science & Analytics group in Amazon's Health Store & Technology organization is looking for a Manager of Applied Science to lead a group of applied scientists to work hand in hand with physicians and technologists to build the future of AI-powered healthcare experiences. We have an ambitious roadmap which includes scaling recently launched products which are already delighting products and the opportunity to build disruptive, new experiences. This role will be responsible for leading key science initiatives in support of our ambitious goals. #everydaybetter Key job responsibilities Independently manage a team of scientists sustainably deliver science agenda for our products. Define the science roadmap for key products. Maintain and raise the science bar of the team’s deliverables and keep the broader Amazon Health Services organization apprised of the latest relevant technical developments in the field. Work across business, clinical, and technical leaders to disambiguate science needs and socialize progress towards key goals and deliverables. Proactively identify risks and shape the technical roadmap in anticipation of industry trends in emerging AI subfields.
  • Are you passionate about robotics and research? Do you want to solve real customer problems through innovative technology? Do you enjoy working on scalable research and projects in a collaborative team environment? Do you want to see your science solutions directly impact millions of customers worldwide? At Amazon, we hire the best minds in technology to innovate and build on behalf of our customers. Customer obsession is part of our company DNA, which has made us one of the world's most beloved brands. We’re looking for current PhD students with a passion for robotic research and applications to join us as Robotics Applied Scientist II Intern/Co-ops in 2026 to shape the future of robotics and automation at an unprecedented scale across. For these positions, our Robotics teams at Amazon are looking for students with a specialization in one or more of the research areas in robotics such as: robotics, robotics manipulation (e.g., robot arm, grasping, dexterous manipulation, end of arm tools/end effector), autonomous mobile robots, mobile manipulation, movement, autonomous navigation, locomotion, motion/path planning, controls, perception, sensing, robot learning, artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, large language models, human-robot interaction, robotics simulation, optimization, and more! We're looking for curious minds who think big and want to define tomorrow's technology. At Amazon, you'll grow into the high-impact engineer you know you can be, supported by a culture of learning and mentorship. Every day brings exciting new challenges and opportunities for personal growth. By applying to this role, you will be considered for Robotics Applied Scientist II Intern/Co-op (2026) opportunities across various Robotics teams at Amazon with different robotics research focus, with internship positions available for multiple locations, durations (3 to 6+ months), and year-round start dates (winter, spring, summer, fall). Amazon intern and co-op roles follow the same internship structure. "Intern/Internship" wording refers to both interns and co-ops. Amazon internships across all seasons are full-time positions, and interns should expect to work in office, Monday-Friday, up to 40 hours per week typically between 8am-5pm. Specific team norms around working hours will be communicated by your manager. Interns should not have conflicts such as classes or other employment during the Amazon work-day. Applicants should have a minimum of one quarter/semester/trimester remaining in their studies after their internship concludes. The robotics internship join dates, length, location, and prospective team will be finalized at the time of any applicable job offers. In your application, you will be able to provide your preference of research interests, start dates, internship duration, and location. While your preference will be taken into consideration, we cannot guarantee that we can meet your selection based on several factors including but not limited to the internship availability and business needs of this role. About the team About the team Learn more about Robotics at Amazon: https://amazon.jobs/en/teams/amazon-robotics https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-robotics-robots-fulfillment-center https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/operations/amazon-million-robots-ai-foundation-model
  • IN, KA, Bengaluru
    Job ID: 3104970
    (Updated 49 days ago)
    Do you want to join an innovative team of scientists who use machine learning and statistical techniques to create state-of-the-art solutions for providing better value to Amazon’s customers? Do you want to build and deploy advanced algorithmic systems that help optimize millions of transactions every day? Are you excited by the prospect of analyzing and modeling terabytes of data to solve real world problems? Do you like to own end-to-end business problems/metrics and directly impact the profitability of the company? Do you like to innovate and simplify? If yes, then you may be a great fit to join the Machine Learning and Data Sciences team for India Consumer Businesses. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, know how to deliver, love to work with data, are deeply technical, highly innovative and long for the opportunity to build solutions to challenging problems that directly impact the company's bottom-line, we want to talk to you. Major responsibilities - Use machine learning and analytical techniques to create scalable solutions for business problems - Analyze and extract relevant information from large amounts of Amazon’s historical business data to help automate and optimize key processes - Design, development, evaluate and deploy innovative and highly scalable models for predictive learning - Research and implement novel machine learning and statistical approaches - Work closely with software engineering teams to drive real-time model implementations and new feature creations - Work closely with business owners and operations staff to optimize various business operations - Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development, model validation and model implementation - Mentor other scientists and engineers in the use of ML techniques A day in the life You will solve real-world problems by getting and analyzing large amounts of data, generate insights and opportunities, design simulations and experiments, and develop statistical and ML models. The team is driven by business needs, which requires collaboration with other Scientists, Engineers, and Product Managers across the International Emerging Stores organization. You will prepare written and verbal presentations to share insights to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication. About the team Central Machine Learning team works closely with the IES business and engineering teams in building ML solutions that create an impact for Emerging Marketplaces. This is a great opportunity to leverage your machine learning and data mining skills to create a direct impact on millions of consumers and end users.
  • (Updated 2 days ago)
    About Sponsored Products and Brands The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising. About our team The SPB Offsite team builds solutions to extend campaigns to reach customers off the store and extend shopping experiences on third party sites where shoppers search and discover products. We use industry leading machine learning, high scale low latency systems, and AI technologies to create better sponsored customer experiences off the store. This role will have deep interest in building the next innovations in ad tech and shopping wherever shoppers go. You will work with external and internal partners to connect ad tech systems, understand customers, and drive results at scale. You are a deeply technical leader who operates with a GenAI first approach to product, engineering, and science based solutions. Key job responsibilities Responsibilities: - Lead science and engineering needs across ad systems and models that power sponsored products ads for offsite shopping experiences - Surface qualitative and quantitative insights as the voice of the advertisers to shape product direction and ensure product-market fit - Scale ad product adoption across advertisers, agencies, and tool providers - Collaborate with product, science, and engineering teams across SPB and ads to make the right trade-off decisions to build, partner, or build together to scale shopping experiences offsite. Your contributions will be highly visible and instrumental in hitting goals carried by Amazon's leadership team (S-Team). A diverse group of stakeholders will rely on your vision and messaging, including advertisers, agencies, and internal ad sales and operations teams.
  • (Updated 87 days ago)
    About Sponsored Products and Brands The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Science Manager, you will: * Directly manage and lead a cross-functional team of Applied Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers, and Software Development Engineers. * Develop science and engineering roadmaps for SPB ads CTR prediction with ML and Gen AI solutions, run annual planning, and foster cross-team collaboration on model development and integration to advertising applications. * Hire and develop top talent, provide technical and career development guidance to scientists and engineers within and across the organization. * Stay informed about recent scientific publications, industrial research trends, and system designs that are pertinent to the SPB advertising business and bring those insights with the team. About the team The Ad Response Prediction team within Sponsored Products and Brands (SPB) drives personalized shopping experiences for SPB Ads across placements, pages, and devices worldwide. We achieve this through ML and GenAI solutions that include customized shopper response prediction and session-level understanding to optimize every stage of the ad-serving process, from sourcing and bidding to widget discovery and auctions. Our responsibilities include advancing response prediction through model and feature innovations and extending prediction beyond the auction stage to areas such as targeting, sourcing, and bidding. We are seeking an Applied Science Manager with a strong background in ML and Gen AI solutions. The ideal candidate shall have experience managing both scientists and engineers and will be passionate about applying these technologies to the advertising domain.

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