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At Audible, we believe stories have the power to transform lives. It’s why we work with some of the world’s leading creators to produce and share audio storytelling with our millions of global listeners. We are dreamers and inventors who come from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences to empower and inspire each other. Imagine your future with us. ABOUT THIS ROLE As an Applied Scientist, you will solve large complex real-world problems at scale, draw inspiration from the latest science and technology to empower undefined/untapped business use cases, delve into customer requirements, collaborate with tech and product teams on design, and create production-ready models that span various domains, including Machine Learning (ML), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Reinforcement Learning (RL), real-time and distributed systems. You will be at the forefront of transforming how Audible harnesses the power of AI to enhance productivity, unlock new value, and reimagine how we work. In this unique role, you'll apply ML/AI approaches to solve complex real-world problems while helping build the blueprint for how Audible works with AI. ABOUT YOU You are passionate about applying scientific approaches to real business challenges, with deep expertise in Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, GenAI, and large language models. You thrive in collaborative environments where you can both build solutions and empower others to leverage AI effectively. You have a track record of developing production-ready models that balance scientific excellence with practical implementation. You're excited about not just building AI solutions, but also creating frameworks, evaluation methodologies, and knowledge management systems that elevate how entire organizations work with AI. As an Applied Scientist, you will... - Design and implement innovative AI solutions across our three pillars: driving internal productivity, building the blueprint for how Audible works with AI, and unlocking new value through ML & AI-powered product features - Develop machine learning models, frameworks, and evaluation methodologies that help teams streamline workflows, automate repetitive tasks, and leverage collective knowledge - Enable self-service workflow automation by developing tools that allow non-technical teams to implement their own solutions - Collaborate with product, design and engineering teams to rapidly prototype new product ideas that could unlock new audiences and revenue streams - Build evaluation frameworks to measure AI system quality, effectiveness, and business impact - Mentor and educate colleagues on AI best practices, helping raise the AI fluency across the organization ABOUT AUDIBLE Audible is the leading producer and provider of audio storytelling. We spark listeners’ imaginations, offering immersive, cinematic experiences full of inspiration and insight to enrich our customers daily lives. We are a global company with an entrepreneurial spirit. We are dreamers and inventors who are passionate about the positive impact Audible can make for our customers and our neighbors. This spirit courses throughout Audible, supporting a culture of creativity and inclusion built on our People Principles and our mission to build more equitable communities in the cities we call home.

We are seeking a Principal Applied Scientist 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. 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. The ideal candidate will contribute to research that bridges the gap between theoretical advancement and practical implementation in robotics. You will be part of a team that's revolutionizing how robots learn, adapt, and interact with their environment. 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 - Define and drive the long-term scientific roadmap for whole body control and dexterous manipulation, working with autonomy and delivering artifacts that set the standard for scientific and engineering excellence - Serve as the primary technical authority on whole body control methods — including reinforcement learning, imitation learning, hierarchical quadratic programming, and model-predictive control — across the organization - Identify and tackle intrinsically hard, open-ended research problems in loco-manipulation, acquiring expertise as needed and proposing innovative solutions that span multiple teams - Collaborate with hardware and robotics leads to co-design systems for loco-manipulation, ensuring science solutions are grounded in real-world deployment constraints - Represent scientific capabilities to senior leadership and external partners; communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences - Mentor and develop a community of Applied Scientists and engineers, raising the scientific bar across the organization

How can we improve the customer experience by tailoring what we display on our pages based on available data? How do we build models that help us innovate in different ways to enhance customer experience? What is the relationship between what customers do on the site vs. what they actually buy? How do we do all of this without asking the customer a single question? Our team's stated missions is to "grow each customer’s relationship with Amazon by leveraging our deep understanding of them to provide relevant and timely product, program, and content recommendations." Recommendations at Amazon is a way to help customers discover products. Our team strives to better understand how customers shop on Amazon (and elsewhere) and build recommendations models to streamline customers' shopping experience by showing the right products at the right time. Understanding the complexities of customers' shopping needs and helping them explore the depth and breadth of Amazon's catalog is a challenge we take on every day. Using Amazon’s large-scale computing resources, you will ask research questions about customer behavior, build state-of-the-art models to generate recommendations, and run these models directly on the retail website. You will participate in the Amazon ML community and mentor Applied Scientists and software development engineers with a strong interest in and knowledge of ML. Your work will directly benefit customers and the retail business and you will measure the impact using scientific tools. We are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented Applied Scientist who has experience building mission critical, high volume applications that customers love. You will have an opportunity to make an enormous impact on the design, architecture, and implementation of cutting edge products used everyday by people you know.

Interested in modeling and understanding customer behavior through machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining over TB scale data with huge business impact on millions of customers? Join our team of Scientists and Engineers developing models to predict customer behavior and optimize the customer experience with Amazon Prime. This includes identifying who our customers are, modeling customer behavior, and creating personalization systems to optimize the experience. As an ML expert, you will partner directly with product owners to intake, build, and directly apply your modeling solutions. There are numerous scientific and technical challenges you will get to tackle in this role, such as global scalability of models, combinatorial optimization, cold start problem, accelerated experimentation, short/long term goals modeling, GenAI based content creation, foundation modeling, and multi-step optimization leading to reinforcement learning of the customer journey. We employ techniques from GenAI, LLMs, deep learning, supervised learning, bandits, optimization, and RL. As the central science team within Prime, our expertise gets routinely called upon to weigh in on a variety of topics. We also emphasize the need and value of scientific research and have developed a strong publication and patent record (internally/externally) which you will be a part of. You will also utilize and be exposed to the latest in AI/ML technologies and infrastructure: AWS technologies (EMR/Spark, Redshift, Sagemaker, DynamoDB, S3, ...), various AI/ML algorithms and techniques (GenAI, LLMs, transformers, sequential models, Neural Networks, supervised/unsupervised/semi-supervised/reinforcement learning), and statistical modeling techniques. Major responsibilities - Build and develop AI and machine learning models and supporting infrastructure at TB scale, in coordination with software engineering teams. - Leverage GenAI, LLMs, deep learning, reinforcement learning for building production AI/ML systems - Develop backtesting/offline policy estimation tools and integrate with reporting systems. - Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development, model validation and model implementation. - Analyze and extract relevant information from large amounts of Amazon’s historical business data to help automate and optimize key processes. - Work closely with the business to understand their problem space, identify the opportunities and formulate the problems. - Use AI, machine learning, data mining, statistical techniques and others to create actionable, meaningful, and scalable solutions for the business problems. - Design, develop and evaluate highly innovative models and statistical approaches to understand and predict customer behavior and to solve business problems.

Join us at the forefront of Amazon's sustainability initiatives to work on environmental and social advancements that support Amazon's long-term worldwide sustainability strategy. At Amazon, we're working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people who are passionate about making a meaningful impact on communities and the environment while helping shape the future of sustainable business practices. Sustainability Science and Innovation (SSI) is a multi-disciplinary team within WW Sustainability combining science, analytics, economics, statistics, machine learning, product development, and engineering expertise. We use data across the sustainability imperatives (carbon, water, waste, biodiversity, environmental risk and more) and these skills and capabilities to identify, develop, experiment, and scale the scientific solutions and innovations necessary for Amazon, customers and partners to help them solve their hardest unmet and evolving sustainability needs and goals. The Worldwide Sustainability (WWS) organization is seeking an exceptional scientific leader to join Amazon's Sustainability Science and Innovation team as a Senior Researcher for Materials Chemistry Innovation. This role focuses on hands-on experimental research in materials chemistry to accelerate the discovery and validation of sustainable materials through systematic synthesis, characterization, and performance testing. You will lead the design and execution of experimental research campaigns targeting catalysts, functional materials, and sustainability-relevant chemistries across multivariate parameter spaces. You will establish scientific strategy and technical roadmaps for materials discovery while leading research initiatives that tackle complex sustainability challenges in critical industrial sectors. This position requires driving breakthrough solutions in materials synthesis and characterization through internal capabilities and strategic partnerships with universities, industry scientists, and government laboratories. You will mentor junior scientists and engineers while collaborating across Amazon's Innovation Lab Network to translate research into scalable solutions. Your leadership will be essential in developing early-stage, cost-effective materials that address significant technical and economic challenges fundamental to Amazon's operations, requiring you to navigate complex trade-offs between immediate deliverables and long-term environmental impact. You will also shape how emerging automation and AI tools are applied to accelerate materials discovery workflows. The ideal candidate demonstrates extensive experience in materials synthesis, advanced characterization techniques, and systematic experimental design for performance validations. You must possess proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, establish research priorities, and drive scientific innovation from concept to implementation. Deep technical expertise in materials testing methods, combined with strategic vision for translating research into practical applications is essential. Experience with high-throughput and combinatorial experimental approaches to efficiently explore large design spaces is highly valued. Your work will establish new paradigms in sustainable materials discovery through rigorous experimental research and performance testing, directly contributing to Amazon's sustainability goals while creating scalable solutions that extend beyond the company's immediate operations. Key job responsibilities - Develop scientific models that help solve complex and ambiguous sustainability problems, and extract strategic learnings from large datasets. - Work closely with applied scientists and software engineers to implement your scientific models. - Support early-stage strategic sustainability initiatives and effectively learn from, collaborate with, and influence stakeholders to scale-up high-value initiatives. - Support research and development of cross-cutting technologies for industrial decarbonization, including building the data foundation and analytics for new AI models. - Drive innovation in key focus areas including packaging materials, building materials, and alternative fuels. About the team Diverse Experiences: World Wide Sustainability (WWS) 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. Inclusive Team Culture: 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. 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.

Prime Video is an industry leading, high-growth business and a critical driver of Amazon Prime subscriptions, which contributes to customer loyalty and lifetime value. Prime Video is a digital video streaming and download service that offers Amazon customers the ability to rent, purchase or subscribe to a huge catalog of videos. The Prime Video Science team is looking for a Senior Economist to support strategic projects in the Amazon Video business. Amazon Video provides value to our customers as both a key Prime membership benefit and separately as a retail outlet for digital downloads and streams of top TV and Movie titles. As an economist focusing on Amazon Video, you will be responsible for understanding the value that the business creates for our customers and to develop new, disruptive innovations to grow global Prime Video usage and customer value. This role requires an individual with strong quantitative modeling skills and the ability to apply statistical/machine learning, econometric, and experimental design methods to large amount of individual level data. The candidate should have strong communication skills, be able to work closely with stakeholders and translate data-driven findings into actionable insights. The successful candidate will be a self-starter comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment. Key job responsibilities Build scalable analytic solutions using state of the art tools based on large datasets Build econometric models, conduct statistical/machine learning analyses, or design experiments to measure the value of the business and its many features Partner closely with Business, Finance, Science, and Tech partners to build prototypes and implement production solutions Independently identify new opportunities for leveraging economic insights and models in the Video business Develop and execute product workplans from concept, prototype to production incorporating feedback from customers, scientists and business leaders Write both technical white papers and business-facing documents to clearly explain complex technical concepts to audiences with diverse business/scientific backgrounds

Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment through cutting-edge AI? Prime Video’s technology teams are redefining the digital video experience at scale. As a Principal Applied Scientist at Prime Video, you will be a technical and strategic leader responsible for inventing, developing, and deploying groundbreaking AI solutions that power personalized, relevant, and delightful experiences for millions of global customers. You will help shape the vision and direction of key ML systems that support Prime Video’s mission to deliver AI-powered customer experiences. This role demands a unique blend of deep technical expertise in machine learning and recommendation systems, industry leadership, and strong collaboration skills. You will guide the development of high-impact systems end-to-end - leading innovation from foundational research through production deployment - while mentoring scientists and influencing product and engineering roadmaps. We are looking for a thought leader who brings a strong track record of delivering ML innovations at scale, along with the curiosity and drive to push boundaries. This is a rare opportunity to drive meaningful impact at one of the largest streaming services in the world. Key job responsibilities - Invent, prototype, and productionize large-scale AI solutions across Prime Video’s personalization and discovery ecosystem using deep learning, generative AI, reinforcement learning, and optimization techniques; - Provide technical leadership and influence product vision by collaborating closely with engineers, product managers, and senior stakeholders; - Design and lead high-impact A/B tests and data analyses to validate hypotheses and guide product direction; - Drive technical bar-raising across science and engineering teams through mentorship, design reviews, and collaboration; - Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging research; leverage them to evolve long-term strategy and architecture; - Publish impactful research internally and externally (e.g. top-tier conferences and journals). About the team Prime Video Personalization and Discovery (PVPD) is dedicated to creating a highly personalized content discovery experience that not only delights our customers but also drives both short-and long-term business goals. Our scope includes personalized recommendations, search, marketing, and the advanced machine learning technology and infrastructure that underpins these experiences. Our mission is to automate and enhance customer engagement through personalization, using ML and Generative AI.

We are seeking a passionate, talented, and inventive individual to join the Applied AI team and help build industry-leading technologies that customers will love. This team offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the customer experience and contribute to the design, architecture, and implementation of a cutting-edge product. The mission of the Applied AI team is to enable organizations within Worldwide Amazon.com Stores to accelerate the adoption of AI technologies across various parts of our business. We are looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to join our Applied AI team to work on LLM-based solutions. On our team you will push the boundaries of ML and Generative AI techniques to scale the inputs for hundreds of billions of dollars of annual revenue for our eCommerce business. If you have a passion for AI technologies, a drive to innovate and a desire to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to become a valued member of our team. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining the systems and tools that enable us to accelerate knowledge operations and work in the intersection of Science and Engineering. You will push the boundaries of ML and Generative AI techniques to scale the inputs for hundreds of billions of dollars of annual revenue for our eCommerce business. If you have a passion for AI technologies, a drive to innovate and a desire to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to become a valued member of our team. We are seeking an experienced Scientist who combines superb technical, research, analytical and leadership capabilities with a demonstrated ability to get the right things done quickly and effectively. This person must be comfortable working with a team of top-notch developers and collaborating with our research teams. We’re looking for someone who innovates, and loves solving hard problems. You will be expected to have an established background in building highly scalable systems and system design, excellent project management skills, great communication skills, and a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. You should be somebody who enjoys working on complex problems, is customer-centric, and feels strongly about building good software as well as making that software achieve its operational goals.

Join Amazon's Customer Delivery Experience (CDE) Science Team as a Data Scientist I to improve global logistics through data-driven modeling and analysis. Our team applies advanced machine learning and statistical techniques to enhance delivery experiences for millions of customers worldwide. Working collaboratively with Amazon's logistics operations teams, you will implement proven ML solutions and contribute to continuous improvements across our global fulfillment and delivery network. Key job responsibilities - Build and validate predictive models for delivery time estimation using historical delivery data, weather patterns, and traffic information - Implement classification models to identify delivery exceptions and risk factors using established ML frameworks - Apply feature engineering techniques to extract meaningful signals from transportation and logistics data - Conduct exploratory data analysis on delivery performance metrics to identify improvement opportunities - Create data visualizations and reports to communicate findings to operations partners - Partner with logistics operations teams to understand business requirements and translate them into modeling approaches - Document model methodologies, assumptions, and limitations for team knowledge sharing - Participate in code reviews and contribute to team best practices - Seek feedback from senior team members on proposed solution approaches and methodologies About the team The Customer Delivery Experience (CDE) Science Team combines advanced machine learning with transportation logistics expertise to optimize delivery operations at scale. You'll work alongside data scientists, machine learning engineers, and operations partners to solve complex logistics challenges that directly impact customer satisfaction.

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help. You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion. Are you an experienced in sustainability science professional who is passionate about making a big impact? Are you interested in a high impact role at the world’s preeminent cloud computing company? The AWS Sustainability Science team is hiring a Sr. Sustainability Scientist. This role will support our sustainability goals by developing scalable methods and models to assess and improve the environmental impacts of AWS data centers and cloud computing services from manufacturing, transportation, use, and end-of-life. This work will drive a deeper understanding of AWS’s environmental impacts, and enable strategic long-term planning. The ideal candidate will have industry experience in driving Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of products and services, a data science foundation in forecasting methods, possess a strong understanding of the GHG Protocol and carbon accounting practices, and have a first principles knowledge of cloud infrastructure . The candidate should be comfortable working with imperfect data, identifying sources of uncertainty, and finding public data to fill the gaps where needed. The successful candidate must have strong analytical skills and the ability to apply systems thinking to complex, fast moving problems. The candidate should have familiarity with LCA methods and applications. The successful candidate will act as a subject matter expert, including designing research, gathering data, interpreting results, and developing science-driven narratives. The candidate will operate within a cross-functional project team in gathering and analyzing large amounts of data. Key job responsibilities In this role you will be responsible for: * Developing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies to ensure AWS has an accurate and credible basis for sustainability efforts. * Developing internal LCA models and forecasting methods for AWS infrastructure and services * Conducting deep dives to identify, evaluate, and incubate emerging technologies that are informed by the insights from the models built. * Collaborating with an engineering team to develop dashboards and tools to support long-term planning. * Building and developing relationships with internal and external stakeholders to drive programs to completion A day in the life Each day you will interact with different teams responsible for all aspects of cloud infrastructure. Your work will span the life cycle of our operations and allow you to influence how we develop and implement sustainability practices and new technology. You will have the opportunity to work on projects locally and globally. 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 — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Diverse Experiences Amazon values 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. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. 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.