Applied Scientist II, Amazon Private Brands

Job title:

Applied Scientist II, Amazon Private Brands

Company

Amazon

Job description

DESCRIPTIONJoin our Amazon Private Brands Selection Guidance organization in building science and tech solutions at scale to delight our customers with products across our leading private brands such as Amazon Basics, Amazon Essentials, and by Amazon.The Selection Guidance team applies Generative AI, Machine Learning, Statistics, and Economics solutions to drive our private brands product assortment, strategic business decisions, and product inputs such as title, price, merchandising and ordering. We are an interdisciplinary team of Scientists, Economists, Engineers, and Product Managers incubating and building day one solutions using cutting-edge technology, to solve some of the toughest business problems at Amazon.As an Applied Scientist you will work with business leaders, engineers, and scientists to translate business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables, including the design, development, testing, and deployment of highly scalable distributed solutions. You will develop science products and internal tooling to drive new product development decisions and interventions to improve existing products. Current research areas include entity resolution, generative AI, large language models, and product substitutes. This is a unique, high visibility opportunity for someone who wants to have business impact, dive deep into large-scale science problems, enable measurable actions on the Consumer economy, and work closely with scientists and economists. If you are interested in Machine Learning, Generative AI, and large-scale intelligent solutions then this is the role you have been looking for.We are a Day 1 team, with a charter to be disruptive through the use of the cutting-edge techniques and algorithms. You will start on green field projects working with engineers to bring our models to life as well as data products that other teams can benefit from. We are an inclusive team, and are looking for Applied Scientists that aren’t averse to learning and building and or optimizing ML models alongside our engineers, product managers and business partners.As an Applied Scientist on the team, you will drive improvements to our business, collaborating with scientists, economists, engineers and highly-engaged stakeholders to deliver actionable insights continuously. We’re truly an agile shop: we work closely with users, deliver features with high frequency, can pivot on a dime when needed, and are passionate about solving customer pain points. We are looking for applied science leaders who share our vision for continuously improving the customer experience, who are motivated by challenging business problems and who love thinking big.Key job responsibilities

  • You will take the lead on large projects that span multiple teams. The problems you solve will be ambiguous, requiring both technical and domain expertise. You will deliver significant benefits to business.
  • You need to understand challenges in your teams’ business area, the applicability of relevant machine learning disciplines, and interactions among systems. You will influence your team’s technical and business strategy by making insightful contributions to team priorities and approach.
  • You will make solutions simpler. You will optimize connected systems using their dynamics. You will improve the consistency and integration between your team’s solutions and the work being done by related teams.
  • You will improve the work done by others, either via a collaborative effort or by increasing their scientific knowledge, using specialized tools or advanced techniques. You will lead and actively participate in scientific reviews for your team and others.
  • You are able to communicate your ideas effectively to achieve the right outcome for your team and customer including when to make appropriate trade-offs. You harmonize discordant views and lead the resolution of contentious issues.
  • You actively participate in the hiring process and improve the skills and knowledge of others via mentoring.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS– 3+ years of building models for business application experience
– PhD, or Master’s degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
– Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
– Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
– Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computingPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS– Experience using Unix/Linux
– Experience in professional software developmentAmazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $222,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

Expected salary

$136000 per year

Location

New York City, NY

Job date

Sat, 03 Aug 2024 05:52:58 GMT

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