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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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  • (Updated 33 days ago)
    Have you ever wondered how that Amazon box with the smile arrives so quickly, where it came from, and how much it cost Amazon to deliver? The WW Amazon Logistics, Business Analytics team manages the delivery of tens of millions of products every week to Amazon's customers, achieving on-time delivery in a cost-effective manner. We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer-obsessed Sr. Manager Research Science with strong analytical skills to join our team. This role is crucial in optimizing Amazon's vast delivery network and will have significant impact on the customer experience, particularly in the final phase of delivery. As a Sr. Manager Research Science, you will: 1. Address business challenges through building compelling cases and using data to influence change across the organization 2. Develop input and assumptions based on preexisting models to estimate costs and savings opportunities associated with varying levels of network growth and operations 3. Create metrics to measure business performance, identify root causes and trends, and prescribe action plans 4. Manage multiple high-impact projects simultaneously 5. Work with technology teams and product managers to develop new tools and systems supporting business growth 6. Communicate with and support various internal stakeholders and external audiences 7. Implement scheduling solutions, improve metrics, and develop scalable processes and tools The ideal candidate will have: - Extensive experience in operations research and data-driven decision making - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills - Robust program management and research science skills - Ability to work with a team and make independent decisions in ambiguous environments - Customer-obsessed mindset with a focus on improving the Amazon delivery experience This role offers the autonomy to think strategically and make data-driven decisions from day one. Join us in shaping the future of e-commerce delivery and addressing the core challenges in our world-class operations space! Key job responsibilities 1. Advanced Modeling and Algorithm Development: - Design and implement sophisticated machine learning models for logistics optimization - Develop complex time series forecasting algorithms for demand prediction and resource allocation 2. AI and Machine Learning Integration: - Architect and deploy AI-powered systems to enhance decision-making in logistics operations - Implement deep learning techniques for image recognition in package sorting and handling - Develop reinforcement learning algorithms for adaptive scheduling and resource management 3. Big Data Analytics and Processing: - Design and implement distributed computing solutions for processing massive logistics datasets - Utilize cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS) for scalable data processing and analysis 4. AI-Driven Workflow Optimization: - Design and implement AI agents for autonomous decision-making in logistics processes - Create machine learning models for customer behavior analysis and personalized delivery options 5. Software Development and System Architecture: - Write efficient, scalable code in languages such as Python, Java, or C++ - Develop and maintain complex software systems for logistics optimization - Stay at the forefront of AI and ML research - Publish research findings in top-tier conferences and journals About the team We are Amazon's Last Mile Science and Analytics team, dedicated to improving e-commerce delivery. We work to optimize our vast network, forecast demand using machine learning, and enhance route efficiency. Our efforts focus on developing innovative delivery methods, applying AI to solve complex problems, and conducting geospatial analysis. We create simulations to refine processes and plan capacity effectively. Operating globally, we strive to develop adaptable solutions for diverse markets. We aim to advance logistics science, continually improving speed, efficiency, and customer satisfaction, in support of Amazon's mission to be Earth's most customer-centric company.
  • US, VA, Herndon
    Job ID: 3173930
    (Updated 48 days ago)
    This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and currently possess and maintain an active Top Secret security clearance. The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking an experienced Delivery Practice Manager (DPM) to join our ProServe Shared Delivery Team (SDT) at Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this role, you'll manage a team of ProServe Delivery Consultants while supporting AWS enterprise customers through transformative projects. You'll leverage your IT and/or Management Consulting background to serve as a strategic advisor to customers, partners, and internal AWS teams. As a DPM you will be responsible for building and managing a team of Delivery Consultants and/or Engagement Managers working with customers and partners to architect and implement innovative solutions. You’ll routinely engage with Director, C-level executives, and governing boards, whilst being responsible for opportunity capture and driving engagement delivery. You’ll work closely with partner teams; drive business development initiatives through thought leadership; provide portfolio guidance and oversight; and meet and exceed customer satisfaction targets. As a DPM you are primarily focused directly or through their teams, on understanding and defining business outcomes for customers by building trust, identifying applicable AWS Professional Services offerings, and creating proposals and SOW’s. Your experience gained leading teams within the technology sector, will equip you with the ability to optimize team performance through implementing tailored people development plans, ensuring your teams are aligned to customer needs, and have the skills and capacity to address customer outcomes. Possessing the ability to translate technical concepts into business value for customers and then talk in technical depth with teams, you will cultivate strong customer, Amazon Global Sales (AGS), and ProServe team relationships which enables exceptional business performance. DPMs success is primarily measured by consistently delivering customer engagements by supporting sales through scoping technical requirements for an engagement, delivering engagements on time, within budget, and exceeding customer expectations. They will hold the Practice total utilization goal and be responsible for optimizing team performance. The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries. Key job responsibilities • Building and managing a high-performing team of Delivery Consultants • Collaborating with Delivery Consultants, Engagement Managers, Account Executives, and Cloud Architects to deploy solutions and provide input on new features • Developing and overseeing the implementation of innovative, forward-looking IT strategies for customers • Managing practice P&L, ensuring on-time and within-budget delivery of customer engagements • Driving business development initiatives and exceed customer satisfaction targets
  • (Updated 49 days ago)
    Amazon Advertising is one of Amazon's fastest growing businesses. Amazon's advertising portfolio helps merchants, retail vendors, and brand owners succeed via native advertising, which grows incremental sales of their products sold through Amazon. The primary goals are to help shoppers discover new products they love, be the most efficient way for advertisers to meet their business objectives, and build a sustainable business that continuously innovates on behalf of customers. Our products and solutions are strategically important to enable our Retail and Marketplace businesses to drive long-term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks and break fresh ground in product and technical innovations every day! The Creative X team within Amazon Advertising time aims to democratize access to high-quality creatives (audio, images, videos, text) by building AI-driven solutions for advertisers. To accomplish this, we are investing in understanding how best users can leverage Generative AI methods such as latent-diffusion models, large language models (LLM), generative audio (music and speech synthesis), computer vision (CV), reinforced learning (RL) and related. As an Applied Scientist you will be part of a close-knit team of other applied scientists and product managers, UX and engineers who are highly collaborative and at the top of their respective fields. We are looking for talented Applied Scientists who are adept at a variety of skills, especially at the development and use of multi-modal Generative AI and can use state-of-the-art generative music and audio, computer vision, latent diffusion or related foundational models that will accelerate our plans to generate high-quality creatives on behalf of advertisers. Every member of the team is expected to build customer (advertiser) facing features, contribute to the collaborative spirit within the team, publish, patent, and bring SOTA research to raise the bar within the team. As an Applied Scientist on this team, you will: - Drive the invention and development of novel multi-modal agentic architectures and models for the use of Generative AI methods in advertising. - Work closely and integrate end-to-end proof-of-concept Machine Learning projects that have a high degree of ambiguity, scale and complexity. - Build interface-oriented systems that use Machine Learning models, perform proof-of-concept, experiment, optimize, and deploy your models into production; work closely with software engineers to assist in productionizing your ML models. - Curate relevant multi-modal datasets. - Perform hands-on analysis and modeling of experiments with human-in-the-loop that eg increase traffic monetization and merchandise sales, without compromising the shopper experience. - Run A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis. - Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analysis, machine-learning model development, model validation and serving. - Mentor and help recruit Applied Scientists to the team. - Present results and explain methods to senior leadership. - Willingness to publish research at internal and external top scientific venues. - Write and pursue IP submissions. Key job responsibilities This role is focused on developing new multi-modal Generative AI methods to augment generative imagery and videos. You will develop new multi-modal paradigms, models, datasets and agentic architectures that will be at the core of advertising-facing tools that we are launching. You may also work on development of ML and GenAI models suitable for advertising. You will conduct literature reviews to stay on the SOTA of the field. You will regularly engage with product managers, UX designers and engineers who will partner with you to productize your work. For reference see our products: Enhanced Video Generator, Creative Agent and Creative Studio. A day in the life On a day-to-day basis, you will be doing your independent research and work to develop models, you will participate in sprint planning, collaborative sessions with your peers, and demo new models and share results with peers, other partner teams and leadership. About the team The team is a dynamic team of applied scientists, UX researchers, engineers and product leaders. We reside in the Creative X organization, which focuses on creating products for advertisers that will improve the quality of the creatives within Amazon Ads. We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations: UK (London), USA (Seattle).
  • IN, HR, Gurugram
    Job ID: 3171341
    (Updated 108 days ago)
    Lead ML teams building large-scale forecasting and optimization systems that power Amazon’s global transportation network and directly impact customer experience and cost. As an Sr Applied Scientist, you will set scientific direction, mentor applied scientists, and partner with engineering and product leaders to deliver production-grade ML solutions at massive scale. Key job responsibilities 1. Lead and grow a high-performing team of Applied Scientists, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and career development. 2. Define and own the scientific vision and roadmap for ML solutions powering large-scale transportation planning and execution. 3. Guide model and system design across a range of techniques, including tree-based models, deep learning (LSTMs, transformers), LLMs, and reinforcement learning. 4. Ensure models are production-ready, scalable, and robust through close partnership with stakeholders. Partner with Product, Operations, and Engineering leaders to enable proactive decision-making and corrective actions. 5. Own end-to-end business metrics, directly influencing customer experience, cost optimization, and network reliability. 6. Help contribute to the broader ML community through publications, conference submissions, and internal knowledge sharing. A day in the life Your day includes reviewing model performance and business metrics, guiding technical design and experimentation, mentoring scientists, and driving roadmap execution. You’ll balance near-term delivery with long-term innovation while ensuring solutions are robust, interpretable, and scalable. Ultimately, your work helps improve delivery reliability, reduce costs, and enhance the customer experience at massive scale.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3177192
    (Updated 8 days ago)
    At Amazon, we strive every day to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. Selling Partner Support Engagement (SPSE) Science delivers on this by building AI-enhanced experiences that provide world class support to our global network of selling partners. We are building applications at the forefront of GenAI applications, tackling the challenges caused by the volume, diversity, and complexity of our selling partner's needs. Do you want to join a team of scientists with critical problem solving skills who are innovating on behalf of our customers using natural language processing and generative AI? Are you interested in helping us redefine what world class support can be in an age of automation and AI, while prizing human empathy and ingenuity? Are you excited by the prospect of your solutions resulting in large-scale impact while getting a chance to research at the forefront of AI innovation? The SPSE Science Team is looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to build machine learning and GenAI solutions (agentic frameworks) that help us understand and solve our sellers' most challenging problems. We need to better understand our Sellers and the problems they face, to augment our human workforce with smarter tools and to automatically diagnose and resolve issues. In this role, you will have ownership of the end-to-end development of solutions to complex problems and you will play an integral role in strategic decision-making. You will also work closely with engineers, operations teams and product owners to build ML pipelines, platforms and solutions that solve problems of defect detection, automation, and workforce optimization. Key job responsibilities Use state-of-the-art Machine Learning and Generative AI techniques to create the next generation of tools that empower Amazon's Selling Partners and Support Associates to succeed. Design, develop and deploy models that either interact with end users or automate entire workflows. Work closely with teams of scientists and software engineers to drive online model implementations with impactful features through A/B testing. Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model benchmarking, model validation and model implementation. Research and implement novel machine learning approaches. Participate in strategic initiatives to employ the most recent advances in ML in a fast-paced, experimental environment. Raise the bar for ML design and execution for the scientists on the team. Assist in hiring the best talent on the team. About the team Selling Partner Support Engagement Science (Titans Science) is a growing team of scientists engaged in the research and development of the next generation of ML-driven technology to empower Amazon's Selling Partners to succeed. We strive to radically simplify the seller experience, making it easy to accomplish critical tasks such as launching new products, understanding and complying with Amazon’s policies and taking actions to grow their business. Scientists on the team get an opportunity to learn the state of the art end-to-end ML tooling and infrastructure offered through AWS and other open source technology stacks. The complexity of our work also give scientists an opportunity to successfully publish research in leading journals and conferences. We value diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. Additionally, the team fosters an inclusive and learning culture, inspiring us to embrace our uniqueness. We highly value individual growth; you will also find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
  • (Updated 51 days ago)
    Who are we? Do you want to build Amazon's next $100B business? We're not just joining the shipping industry—we're transforming how billions of packages move across the world every year. Through evolving Amazon's controlled, predictable fulfillment network into a dynamic, adaptive shipping powerhouse we are building an intelligent system that optimizes in real-time to deliver on the promises businesses make to their customers. Our mission goes beyond moving boxes—we're spinning a flywheel where every new package makes our network stronger, faster, and more efficient. As we increase density and scale, we're revolutionizing shipping for businesses while simultaneously strengthening Amazon's own delivery capabilities, driving down costs and increasing speed for our entire ecosystem. What will you do? Amazon shipping is seeking a Senior Data Scientist with strong pricing and machine learning skills to work in an embedded team, partnering closely with commercial, product and tech. This person will be responsible for developing demand prediction models for Amazon shipping’s spot pricing system. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be part of a science team responsible for improving price discovery across Amazon shipping, measuring the impact of model implementation, and defining a roadmap for improvements and expansion of the models into new unique use cases. This person will be collaborating closely with business and software teams to research, innovate, and solve high impact economics problems facing the worldwide Amazon shipping business. Who are you? The ideal candidate is analytical, resourceful, curious and team oriented, with clear communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders. You should be a strong owner, are right a lot, and have a proven track record of taking on end-to-end ownership of and successfully delivering complex projects in a fast-paced and dynamic business environment. As this position involves regular interaction with senior leadership (director+), you need to be comfortable communicating at that level while also working directly with various functional teams. Key job responsibilities * Combine ML methodologies with fundamental economics principles to create new pricing algorithms. * Automate price exploration through automated experimentation methodologies, for example using multi-armed bandit strategies. * Partner with other scientists to dynamically predict prices to maximize capacity utilization. * Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and software developers to incorporate models into production processes and influence senior leaders. * Educate non-technical business leaders on complex modeling concepts, and explain modeling results, implications, and performance in an accessible manner. * Independently identify and pursue new opportunities to leverage economic insights * Opportunity to expand into other domains such as causal analytics, optimization and simulation. About the team Amazon Shipping's pricing team empowers our global business to find strategic harmony between growth and profit tradeoffs, while seeking long term customer value and financial viability. Our people and systems help identify and drive synergy between demand, operational, and economic planning. The breadth of our problems range from CEO-level strategic support to in-depth mathematical experimentation and optimization. Excited by the intersection of data and large scale strategic decision-making? This is the team for you!
  • US, NY, New York
    Job ID: 3170628
    (Updated 86 days ago)
    MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Employer: AMAZON ADVERTISING LLC Offered Position: Data Scientist II Job Location: New York, New York Job Number: AMZ9658237 Position Responsibilities: Design and implement scalable and reliable approaches to support or automate decision making throughout the business. Apply a range of data science techniques and tools combined with subject matter expertise to solve difficult business problems and cases in which the solution approach is unclear. Acquire data by building the necessary SQL / ETL queries. Import processes through various company specific interfaces for accessing Oracle, RedShift, and Spark storage systems. Build relationships with stakeholders and counterparts. Analyze data for trends and input validity by inspecting univariate distributions, exploring bivariate relationships, constructing appropriate transformations, and tracking down the source and meaning of anomalies. Build models using statistical modeling, mathematical modeling, econometric modeling, network modeling, social network modeling, natural language processing, machine learning algorithms, genetic algorithms, and neural networks. Validate models against alternative approaches, expected and observed outcome, and other business defined key performance indicators. Implement models that comply with evaluations of the computational demands, accuracy, and reliability of the relevant ETL processes at various stages of production. 40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $169,541/year to $207,500/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. Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation.#0000
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3187464
    (Updated 12 days ago)
    The Amazon Search team creates customer-focused search solutions and technologies. Whenever a customer visits an Amazon site worldwide and types in a query or browses through product categories, Amazon Product Search services go to work. We design, develop, and deploy high performance, fault-tolerant distributed search systems used by millions of Amazon customers every day. Our Search Relevance team works to maximize the quality and effectiveness of the search experience for visitors to Amazon websites worldwide. The Search Relevance team focuses on several technical areas for improving search quality. In this role, you will invent universally applicable signals and algorithms for training machine-learned ranking models. The relevance improvements you make will help millions of customers discover the products they want from a catalog containing millions of products. You will work on problems such as predicting the popularity of new products, developing new ranking features and algorithms that capture unique characteristics, and analyzing the differences in behavior of different categories of customers. The work will span the whole development pipeline, including data analysis, prototyping, A/B testing, and creating production-level components. Joining this team, you’ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world’s leading Internet companies. We provide a highly customer-centric, team-oriented environment in our offices located in Palo Alto, California. Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information
  • US, NY, New York
    Job ID: 3170939
    (Updated 9 days ago)
    Principal Applied Scientists in AWS Science of Security are dedicated to making AWS the best computing service in the world for customers who require advanced and rigorous solutions for security, privacy, and sovereignty. Key job responsibilities The successful candidate will: *Solve large or significantly complex problems that require deep knowledge and understanding of your domain and scientific innovation. *Own strategic problem solving, and take the lead on the design, implementation, and delivery for solutions that have a long-term quantifiable impact. *Povide cross-organizational technical influence, increasing productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience. * Develop strategic plans to identify fundamentally new solutions for business problems. * Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues. A day in the life This is a unique and rare opportunity to get in early on a fast-growing segment of AWS and help shape the technology, product and the business. You will have a chance to utilize your deep technical experience within a fast moving, start-up environment and make a large business and customer impact.
  • (Updated 12 days ago)
    The 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 a Senior Design Automation Engineer to join our growing software team. You will work closely with our superconducting chip design teams to enable their working designing, simulating, and improving the performance of our quantum devices. The ideal candidate should be able to translate high-level science requirements into software implementations (e.g. Python APIs/frameworks, automation routines, database schemas, infrastructure-as-code setups) 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 chip designers to develop scientific software for automating, scaling, and optimizing the quantum device design process. 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 designers to build a quantum processor design automation flow. This will involve a combination of writing new software and influencing the working model of our scientist collaborators on the design team. - Develop a shared Python library for analysis and optimization routines that can be re-used across designs. - Profile and improve the performance of design, simulation, & analysis tools to enable scaling to larger devices. - Leverage infrastructure-as-code to define and orchestrate high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. - Make changes to the database and UI as necessary to capture and visualize design progress and performance. - Look for opportunities to accelerate design workflows by taking advantage of the latest advancements in scientific computing, machine learning, and open-source chip layout and design software. - Empower 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 a research software engineer embedded in a broader research 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 The majority of your time will be spent on projects that extend the functional capabilities or performance of our internal research software stack. This requires working backwards from the needs of our 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 Center of Quantum Computing. Our team is comprised of scientists and software engineers who are building scalable software that enables quantum computing technologies.

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