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  • US, WA, Bellevue
    Job ID: 2744951
    (Updated 11 days ago)
    Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and when that box with the smile arrived you wondered how it got to you so fast? Have you wondered where it came from and how much it cost Amazon to deliver it to you? If so, the WW Amazon Logistics, Business Analytics team is for you. We manage 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 looking for an enthusiastic, customer obsessed, Sr. Applied Scientist with good analytical skills to help manage projects and operations, implement scheduling solutions, improve metrics, and develop scalable processes and tools. The primary role of an Operations Research Scientist within Amazon is to address business challenges through building a compelling case, and using data to influence change across the organization. This individual will be given responsibility on their first day to own those business challenges and the autonomy to think strategically and make data driven decisions. Decisions and tools made in this role will have significant impact to the customer experience, as it will have a major impact on how the final phase of delivery is done at Amazon. Ideal candidates will be a high potential, strategic and analytic graduate with a PhD in (Operations Research, Statistics, Engineering, and Supply Chain) ready for challenging opportunities in the core of our world class operations space. Great candidates have a history of operations research, and the ability to use data and research to make changes. This role requires robust program management skills and research science skills in order to act on research outcomes. This individual will need to be able to work with a team, but also be comfortable making decisions independently, in what is often times an ambiguous environment. Responsibilities may include: - Develop input and assumptions based preexisting models to estimate the costs and savings opportunities associated with varying levels of network growth and operations - Creating metrics to measure business performance, identify root causes and trends, and prescribe action plans - Managing multiple projects simultaneously - Working with technology teams and product managers to develop new tools and systems to support the growth of the business - Communicating with and supporting various internal stakeholders and external audiences
  • US, CA, Palo Alto
    Job ID: 2738425
    (Updated 33 days ago)
    Amazon Search is looking for an Applied Scientist to build the next-generation Autocomplete and Spelling Correction experience. Autocomplete provides real-time suggestions as customers type in the search box. It serves as a virtual assistant on customer’s shopping journey. Our suggestions complete customers’ thoughts and help them to explore Amazon’s vast product offering. Spelling correction recovers the spelling errors in the queries, allowing customers to search effortlessly in any language they prefer, without worrying about making spelling mistakes. You will have the opportunities to leverage the latest developments in Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, and Reinforcement Learning to re-invent customers’ shopping experience. Your work will touch the life of hundreds of millions customers and deliver billion-dollar business impact. You will love the job if you enjoy brining the cutting-edge research to people’s (and yours) day-to-day life. It’s a great feeling to realize the model you deployed yesterday has helped your shopping journey today. You will work closely with scientists and engineers to do fast-pace model development and experiment iterations. You will have access to Amazon’s rich datasets, AWS’s massive computation power, and science and engineering leaders across the company. As an applied scientist, you will Drive the science vision and roadmap. Develop data-driven solutions for the real-world, large scale problems. Deliver and maintain software and models in the production environment. Lead cross-functional collaborations between product, design, and engineering.
  • (Updated 11 days ago)
    Conversational AI ModEling and Learning (CAMEL) team is part of Amazon Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) organization where our mission is to create 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 Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), In-Context Learning (ICL), Learning from Human Feedback (LHF), etc. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of novel products and services .
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 2728641
    (Updated 21 days ago)
    The AWS Neuron Compiler team is actively seeking applied scientists to join our efforts in developing a state-of-the-art deep learning compiler stack. This stack is designed to optimize application models across diverse domains, including Large Language and Vision, originating from leading frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, and JAX. Your role will involve working closely with our custom-built Machine Learning accelerators, including Inferentia/Trainium, which represent the forefront of AWS innovation for advanced ML capabilities, powering solutions like Generative AI. The Automated Reasoning Group in the AWS Neuron Compiler team works on the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and program analysis to raise the code quality bar in compiler stack. In this role as an Applied Scientist, you'll be instrumental in designing, developing, and deploying analyzers for ML compiler stages and compiler IRs. You will contribute to the design and semantics of DSLs that our customers love when crafting neural architexctures. You will architect and implement business-critical tooling, publish cutting-edge research, and mentor a brilliant team of experienced scientists and engineers. You will need to be technically capable, credible, and curious in your own right as a trusted AWS Neuron engineer, innovating on behalf of our customers. Your responsibilities will involve tackling crucial challenges alongside a talented engineering team, contributing to leading-edge design and research in compiler technology and deep-learning systems software. Strong experience in programming languages, compilers, program analyzers, and program synthesis engines will be a benefit in this role. A background in machine learning and AI accelerators is preferred but not required. We expect a strong publication record in compilers, IR semantics, static analysis or verification. A day in the life Diverse Experiences AWS 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. 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. 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 empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) 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. 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. Hybrid Work We value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus on a build. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face. Our team affords employees options to work in the office every day or in a flexible, hybrid work model near one of our U.S. Amazon offices.
  • (Updated 73 days ago)
    The Amazon Devices team designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics, including the best-selling Kindle family of products. We have also produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Dash, and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create? The Team: How often have you had an opportunity to be a founding member of a team that is solving a significant problem through innovative technology? Would you like to know more about how we are envisioning the use of machine learning and GenAI to solve these problems? If this sounds intriguing, then we’d like to talk to you about a role on our team that's tackling a set of problems requiring significant innovation and scaling. As a Sr. Applied Scientist, you will design, evangelize, and implement state-of-the-art solutions for never-before-solved problems, helping Amazon Devices to provide great products. This role will be a key member of a Science and Data technology team based in Denver, CO. You will work closely with other scientists, machine learning experts, and engineers to design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways to improve Amazon Device Services & Software products. You will partner with technology and product leaders to solve business and technology problems using scientific approaches to build new services that surprise and delight our customers. Our scientists work closely with software engineers to put algorithms into practice. They also work on cross-disciplinary efforts with other scientists within Amazon. Key job responsibilities - Define proper output business metrics, and build input models to identify patterns and drivers of the output. - Drive actions at scale using scientific methods and decision-making - Design and develop complex mathematical, statistical, Machine Learning, GenAI models and apply them to define strategic and tactical needs and drive the appropriate business and technical solutions - Design experiments, test hypotheses, and build actionable models - Prototype these models by using modeling languages such as R or in software languages such as Python. - Work with software engineering teams to drive scalable, real-time implementations - Utilizing Amazon systems and tools to effectively work with terabytes of data
  • JP, 13, Tokyo
    Job ID: 2742401
    (Updated 4 days ago)
    Excited by mixing Fashion with Tech? Amazon Fashion is seeking a highly analytical and customer-obsessed Senior Data Scientist to join the Softlines Insights team in Japan. As a key member of the team, you will be a strategic data partner to our Fashion category teams, driving data-driven innovation to optimize our fashion business operations and enhance the customer shopping experience on Amazon. In this role, you will leverage a range of diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics techniques to uncover insights and opportunities for improvement across our fashion business. Key responsibilities include: - Conducting in-depth data analysis to identify process efficiencies, system enhancements, and new capabilities to drive better business outcomes for Amazon Fashion. This could involve areas like inventory management, pricing, customer behavior, and more. - Developing advanced predictive models across areas like inventory management, pricing, customer behavior, and more. - Collaborating cross-functionally with business, technology, and analytics teams worldwide to translate analytical insights into scalable solutions. - Staying up-to-date on the latest advancements in data science and machine learning, and identifying opportunities to apply new techniques to solve complex business challenges. The ideal candidate is a passionate data strategist with deep technical expertise. You should have: - 8+ years of experience as a data scientist or in a similar analytical role, with a proven track record of driving business impact. - Proficiency in data analysis tools and machine learning frameworks like Python, Pandas, Numpy, Scikit-Learn, etc. - Strong statistical and modeling skills, with the ability to design and interpret experiments, as well as apply predictive analytics. - The curiosity and flexibility to adapt to a fast-paced, ever-changing business environment. - Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively share insights with technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Business-level English proficiency, both written and verbal.
  • US, WA, Bellevue
    Job ID: 2734817
    (Updated 7 days ago)
    Why this job is awesome? This is SUPER high-visibility work: Our mission is to provide consistent, accurate, and relevant delivery information to every single page on every Amazon-owned site. MILLIONS of customers will be impacted by your contributions: The changes we make directly impact the customer experience on every Amazon site. This is a great position for someone who likes to leverage Machine learning technologies to solve the real customer problems, and also wants to see and measure their direct impact on customers. We are a cross-functional team that owns the ENTIRE delivery experience for customers: From the business requirements to the technical systems that allow us to directly affect the on-site experience from a central service, business and technical team members are integrated so everyone is involved through the entire development process. You will have a chance to develop the state-of-art machine learning, including deep learning and reinforcement learning models, to build targeting, recommendation, and optimization services to impact millions of Amazon customers. - Do you want to join an innovative team of scientists and engineers who use machine learning and statistical techniques to deliver the best delivery experience on every Amazon-owned site? - Are you excited by the prospect of analyzing and modeling terabytes of data on the cloud and create state-of-art algorithms 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 DEX AI team. Key job responsibilities - Research and implement machine learning techniques to create scalable and effective models in Delivery Experience (DEX) systems - Solve business problems and identify business opportunities to provide the best delivery experience on all Amazon-owned sites. - Design and develop highly innovative machine learning and deep learning models for big data. - Build state-of-art ranking and recommendations models and apply to Amazon search engine. - Analyze and understand large amounts of Amazon’s historical business data to detect patterns, to analyze trends and to identify correlations and causalities - Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development, model validation and model implementation
  • (Updated 3 days ago)
    The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Applied Scientist, to lead the development and implementation of cutting-edge algorithms and models for supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning through human feedback; with a focus across text, image, and video modalities. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will play a critical role in driving the development of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technologies that can handle Amazon-scale use cases and have a significant impact on our customers' experiences. Key job responsibilities - Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, and scientists to identify and solve complex problems in GenAI - Design and execute experiments to evaluate the performance of different algorithms and models, and iterate quickly to improve results - Think big about the arc of development of GenAI over a multi-year horizon, and identify new opportunities to apply these technologies to solve real-world problems - Communicate results and insights to both technical and non-technical audiences, including through presentations and written reports - Mentor and guide junior scientists and engineers, and contribute to the overall growth and development of the team
  • US, WA, Bellevue
    Job ID: 2749904
    (Updated 4 days ago)
    Amazon Global Logistics is seeking an exceptional Senior Data Scientist to support pricing science for our imports business. This role will recommend, design, and deliver new pricing science innovations, collaborating closely with our larger science community, technology, data, and product teams. Key job responsibilities - Develop and implement advanced pricing models and algorithms for cross-border logistics operations - Analyze large datasets to identify patterns, trends, and opportunities for optimization - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into data-driven solutions - Design and execute experiments to evaluate the impact of pricing strategies - Communicate complex analytical findings to stakeholders and leadership - Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in pricing science and logistics domains A day in the life As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play a pivotal role in driving pricing science innovations for Amazon's imports business. Your day will involve working closely with teams across the organization to understand business challenges, explore data, and develop cutting-edge solutions. You will leverage your expertise in data analysis, machine learning, and pricing strategies to uncover insights and drive impactful decisions. Additionally, you will have opportunities to present your findings, share your knowledge, and contribute to the overall growth of the pricing science community. About the team Amazon Global Mile Science & Analytics drives multiple core and advanced science initiatives for Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) and Retail. Our approach and technology are disruptive, challenging traditional approaches and changing the way the industry operates. We are passionate about pricing and cross-border logistics spaces, and we foster an environment of continuous learning and innovation.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 2736308
    (Updated 17 days ago)
    Are you excited about developing foundation models to revolutionize automation, robotics and computer vision? Are you looking for opportunities to build and deploy them on real problems at truly vast scale? At Amazon Fulfillment Technologies and Robotics we are on a mission to build high-performance autonomous systems that perceive and act to further improve our world-class customer experience - at Amazon scale. We are looking for collaborative scientists, engineers and program managers for a variety of roles. The Amazon Robotics software team is seeking an experienced and senior Applied Scientist to focus on computer vision machine learning models. This includes building multi-viewpoint and time-series computer vision systems. It includes building large-scale models using data from many different tasks and scenes. This work spans from basic research such as cross domain training, to experimenting on prototype in the lab, to running wide-scale A/B tests on robots in our facilities. Key job responsibilities * Research vision - Where should we be focusing our efforts * Research delivery – Proving/dis-proving strategies in offline data or in the lab * Production studies - Insights from production data or ad-hoc experimentation. A day in the life Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include: 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage 2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options 3. Paid Time Off (PTO) 4. 401(k) Plan If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply!

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