Research Science

Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur? A builder? A dreamer? This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the company’s Think Big leadership principle to the limit. We focus on creating entirely new products and services with a goal of positively impacting the lives of our customers. No industries or subject areas are out of bounds. If you’re interested in innovating at scale to address big challenges in the world, this is the team for you.Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have thirteen employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We are constantly learning through programs that are local, regional, and global. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 16 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.Our team highly values work-life balance, mentorship and career growth. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We care about your career growth and strive to assign projects and offer training that will challenge you to become your best.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, MSc or BS degree with 10+ years of experience.- 7+ years of directly regulated industry experience. ...

As part of the AWS Solutions organization, we have a vision to provide business applications, leveraging Amazon’s unique experience and expertise, that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers’ businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazon’s real-world experience to build opinionated, turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build, we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.The Team: Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no lines and no checkout—you just grab and go! Customers simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take what they want from our selection of fresh, delicious meals and grocery essentials, and go!Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by our Just Walk Out Technology, which automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves and keeps track of them in a virtual cart. When you’re done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, we’ll charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt. Check it out at amazon.com/go. Designed and custom-built by Amazonians, our Just Walk Out Technology uses a variety of technologies including computer vision, sensor fusion, and advanced machine learning. Innovation is part of our DNA! Our goal is to be Earths’ most customer centric company and we are just getting started. We need people who want to join an ambitious program that continues to push the state of the art in computer vision, machine learning, distributed systems and hardware design.The Role: Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats and work in a highly collaborative environment that’s more startup than big company. We’ll need to tackle problems that span a variety of domains: computer vision, image recognition, machine learning, real-time and distributed systems. As a Machine Learning or Computer Vision Research Scientist, you will help solve a variety of technical challenges and mentor other engineers. You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and given the size of this initiative, you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations. You should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that’s higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving problems that, frankly, haven’t been solved at scale before - anywhere. Along the way, we guarantee that you’ll learn a ton, have fun and make a positive impact on millions of people.About the teamWhy AWSAmazon 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 ExperiencesAmazon 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 BalanceWe 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.Inclusive Team CultureHere 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 and Career GrowthWe’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.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- 3+ years of building models for business application 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 computing ...

Amazon is looking for an Applied Scientist to help build next generation selection/assortment systems. On the Specialized Selection team within the Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) organization, we own the selection of the products that Amazon offers in our fastest delivery programs world-wide. The selection is generated with a series of Machine Learning (ML) and optimization models to best cater to customer purchase intents under limited warehouse capacity. We build tools and systems that enable our partners and business owners to scale themselves by leveraging our problem domain expertise, focusing instead on introspecting our outputs and iteratively helping us improve our models rather than hand-managing their assortment. We partner closely with our business stakeholders as we work to develop state-of-the-art, scalable, automated selection management systems.As an Applied Scientist, you will work with software engineers, product managers, and business teams to understand the business problems and requirements, distill that understanding to crisply define the problem, and design and develop innovative solutions to address them. Our team is highly cross-functional and employs a wide array of scientific tools and techniques to solve key challenges, including supervised and unsupervised machine learning, large language models, linear, nonlinear, and non-convex optimizations, reinforcement learning, causal inference, and experiment designs. Some critical research areas in our space include modeling substitutability between similar products, complementarity and basket building, measuring speed sensitivity of products through experiments, optimizing assortment under operational and capacity constraints, and supply and demand forecasting.Find out more about SCOT at Amazon: http://bit.ly/amazon-scotKey job responsibilitiesYou will be an end-to-end owner for the projects you support. Responsibilities include: - Understanding business requirements and existing challenges and map them to the right scientific solution; - Designing effective, scalable, and achievable solutions to key business problems; - Developing the right set of metrics to evaluate efficacy of your models and solutions;- Prototyping and analyzing new models and business logic;- Productionizing your scientific solutions, including writing production-quality critical path code;- Communicating, both written and verbally, with both technical and business audiences throughout each project;- Publishing findings in internal and/or external conferences and interfacing with the scientific community; - Mentoring and developing the scientist community across the organizationBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of science, technology, engineering or related field experience- 3+ years of building models for business application 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 computing ...

We are seeking a Senior Research Scientist who is curious, driven, and passionate about data insights and analytics. You will design, execute, and analyze user experiments to guide the development of Amazon FinTech products from a research prototype to launch. This role is on the FinTech UX Design and Research team with the impact, autonomy, flexibility, and speed of innovation of a high-growth startup, powered by the resources of Amazon. You will drive a program that oversees customer sentiment and attitudes at scale, using your unique research skills to uncover customer insights that help drive tactical and strategic product decisions across the organization. You will work alongside UX Designers and Researchers to advocate for our customers through quantitative and qualitative storytelling. Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of inclusion. We have ten employee-led affinity groups, reaching 40,000 employees in over 190 chapters globally. We have innovative benefit offerings, and host annual and ongoing learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences. Amazon’s culture of inclusion is reinforced within our 14 Leadership Principles, which remind team members to seek diverse perspectives, learn and be curious, and earn trust.Work/life BalanceOur team puts a high value on work-life balance. It isn’t about how many hours you spend at home or at work; it’s about the flow you establish that brings energy to both parts of your life. We believe striking the right balance between your personal and professional life is critical to life-long happiness and fulfillment. We offer flexibility in working hours and encourage you to find your own balance between your work and personal lives.Mentorship & Career GrowthOur team is dedicated to supporting new members. We have a broad mix of experience levels and tenures, and we’re building an environment that celebrates knowledge sharing and mentorship all while having fun. Our senior members enjoy one-on-one mentoring and thorough, but kind, design reviews.Key job responsibilitiesIn this role, you will:• Own the development and establishment of a research program focused on measuring customer experience outcomes (CXO) or Voice of the Customer, which provides thought leadership to product teams and the broader organization.• Design and execute empirical research of medium to large scale that measures customer behavior and sentiment. Own the end-to-end analysis process including defining key business questions, recommending measures, data sources, methodology and study design, dataset creation, analysis execution, interpretation and presentation and publication of results.• Triangulate insights with key top-of-funnel metrics (e.g. usage, customer engagement) and other datasets to develop regular ways to report on drivers of movement with recommended action items aligned to business goals.• Own all communications to project members and stakeholders on progress, issues, and risks, provide pre and post launch communications to impacted teams. Communicate insights to non-scientific audiences in a compelling way.• Work with UX Design and Product partners to establish Voice of the Customer success metrics and tools for tracking and developing ongoing program improvement plans to meet relevant business needs.• Create long-term research roadmaps and opportunity frameworks that align to and inform product strategy and goals.• Collaborate with UX designers, product managers, and engineering to evaluate prototypes, functional mockups, usability testing, A/B testing, etc.• Build durable, scalable points-of-view and knowledge management tools that are leveraged within the Amazon FinTech Team and by other organizations across Amazon.• Advocate for the right insights and prioritization of research – ensure the right research questions are being asked; educate the organization on opportunities revealed by your own research and that of others; create and execute against long-term research roadmaps and opportunity frameworks that align to and inform high-level business strategy and goals.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 5+ years of quantitative field research experience- Broad experience designing and running a full range of research methods: qualitative and quantitative, attitudinal and behavioral, with deep expertise in one or more areas.- Demonstrated effectiveness in written, verbal, and visual communication skills; ability to distill complex ideas into concise and accurate narratives that enlighten and inspire.- Ability to independently drive multiple concurrent projects in an agile environment.- Strategic, business-building approach to UX research with a passion for translating data into bottom-line impact.- Passion for understanding the latest learnings and innovations in behavioral science, research methods, and UX design and applying these to your work. ...

Amazon’s Last Mile Team is looking for a passionate individual with strong optimization and analytical skills to join its Last Mile Science team in the endeavor of designing and improving the most complex planning of delivery network in the world. Last Mile builds global solutions that enable Amazon to attract an elastic supply of drivers, companies, and assets needed to deliver Amazon's and other shippers' volumes at the lowest cost and with the best customer delivery experience. Last Mile Science team owns the core decision models in the space of jurisdiction planning, delivery channel and modes network design, capacity planning for on the road and at delivery stations, routing inputs estimation and optimization. Our research has direct impact on customer experience, driver and station associate experience, Delivery Service Partner (DSP)’s success and the sustainable growth of Amazon. Optimizing the last mile delivery requires deep understanding of transportation, supply chain management, pricing strategies and forecasting. Only through innovative and strategic thinking, we will make the right capital investments in technology, assets and infrastructures that allows for long-term success. Our team members have an opportunity to be on the forefront of supply chain thought leadership by working on some of the most difficult problems in the industry with some of the best product managers, scientists, and software engineers in the industry. Key job responsibilitiesCandidates will be responsible for developing solutions to better manage and optimize delivery capacity in the last mile network. The successful candidate should have solid research experience in one or more technical areas of Operations Research or Machine Learning. These positions will focus on identifying and analyzing opportunities to improve existing algorithms and also on optimizing the system policies across the management of external delivery service providers and internal planning strategies. They require superior logical thinkers who are able to quickly approach large ambiguous problems, turn high-level business requirements into mathematical models, identify the right solution approach, and contribute to the software development for production systems. To support their proposals, candidates should be able to independently mine and analyze data, and be able to use any necessary programming and statistical analysis software to do so. Successful candidates must thrive in fast-paced environments, which encourage collaborative and creative problem solving, be able to measure and estimate risks, constructively critique peer research, and align research focuses with the Amazon's strategic needs. As an applied scientist, you will also help coach/mentor junior scientists in the team.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 1+ years of programming in Java, C++, Python or related language experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application- 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 computing ...

Help re-invent how millions of people watch TV! Fire TV remains the #1 best-selling streaming media player in the US. Our goal is to be the global leader in delivering entertainment inside and outside the home, with the broadest selection of content, devices and experiences for customers.Our science team works at the intersection of Recommender Systems, Information Retrieval, Machine Learning and Natural Language Understanding. We leverage techniques from all these fields to create novel algorithms that allow our customers to engage with the right content at the right time. Our work directly contributes to making our devices delightful to use and indispensable for the household.As a Research Scientist, you will be responsible for the natural language understanding models for Fire TV use cases. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of novel products and services that make use of speech and language technology. Key job responsibilities- Ensure data quality throughout all stages of acquisition and processing, including areas such as data sourcing / collection, ground truth generation, normalization, transformation, cross-lingual alignment / mapping, etc. - Clean, analyze and select data to achieve goals - Build and release models that elevate the customer experience and track impact over time - Design and run experiments, evaluate the impact of your optimizations, and communicate the results to various business stakeholders- Collaborate with colleagues from science, engineering and business backgrounds - Present proposals and results in a clear manner backed by data and coupled with actionable conclusions - Work with engineers to develop efficient data querying infrastructure for both offline and online use cases- Be a member of the Amazon-wide Machine Learning community, participating in internal and external meet ups, hackathons, and conferencesBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience- Experience investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products- Experience analyzing both experimental and observational data sets- Experience with any programming language such as Python, Java, C++- Experience in machine learning, statistics, and deep learning ...

Alexa International Tech (AIT) team is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Sr language Data Scientist to help build industry-leading technology with Large Language Models (LLMs) and multimodal systems, requiring strong deep learning and generative models knowledge. You will collaborate with fellow Language Data Scientists, Program managers, as well as Stakeholders in science, engineering, and product teams to understand the role data plays in developing data sets and exemplars that meet customer needs. You will analyze and automate processes for collecting and annotating LLM inputs and outputs to assess data quality and measurement.You will apply state-of-the-art Generative AI techniques to analyze how well our data represents human language and run experiments to gauge downstream interactions. You will work collaboratively with other language data scientists and scientists to design and implement principled strategies for data optimization.Key job responsibilitiesCollaborate with Scientists and Software Engineers to help design APIs and evaluate performance of LLMProduce and manipulate different types of language data, analyze, and provide efficient solutionsDesign and lead a data collection; define scope and target, provide a guideline and training, guide teams cross sites to meet the quality bar, and run evaluation of data for hand offEngineer prompts to guide generative AI to produce desired outputs in contextAutomate operations and perform data analysis using python, or other scripting language.Advocate strict adherence to annotation guidelinesTest and deploy changes to Alexa's language understanding codebaseIdentify and solve production issues that are impacting the Alexa customer experience,Collaborate with other linguists, scientists and designers in creating optimal solutions to elevate the customer experienceOwn the customer-facing machine learning and deterministic models for a specific domain of featuresUse modeling tools to bootstrap and test new functionalitiesBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience- 4+ years of data scientist experience- Experience with statistical models e.g. multinomial logistic regression ...

The Artificial General Intelligent team (AGI) seeks a passionate, talented, and resourceful Applied Scientist in the field of LLM, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP) and/or Information Retrieval, to invent and build scalable solutions for a state-of-the-art context-aware conversational AI. As part of this team, you will collaborate with talented peers to create scalable solutions for an innovative conversational assistant, aiming to revolutionize user experiences for millions of Alexa customers. The ideal candidate possesses a solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals and a passion for pushing boundaries in the field. They thrive in fast-paced environments, possess the drive to tackle complex challenges, and excel at swiftly delivering impactful solutions while iterating based on user feedback. Join us in our mission to redefine industry standards and provide unparalleled experiences for our customers. Key job responsibilities. 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 developing best-in-class modeling, prompt optimization algorithms to enable Conversation AI use cases · Build and measure novel online & offline metrics for personal digital assistants and customer scenarios, on diverse devices and endpoints · Create, innovate and deliver deep learning, policy-based learning, and/or machine learning based algorithms to deliver customer-impacting results · Perform model/data analysis and monitor metrics through online A/B testing · Research and implement novel machine learning and deep learning algorithms and models. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 2+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- 2+ years of building models for business application experience- 2+ years of hands-on experience in modeling and analysis, and in deploying machine learning / deep learning models in production. ...

The Automated Reasoning Group is looking for an Applied Scientist with interest in building scalable machine learning systems. You will be part of a world-class team building the next generation of neuro-symbolic tools and services by combining Automated Reasoning and Machine Learning.AWS has the most services and more features within those services, than any other cloud provider–from infrastructure technologies like compute, storage, and databases–to emerging technologies, such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, data lakes and analytics, and Internet of Things.You will apply your knowledge to propose solutions, create software prototypes, and move prototypes into production systems using modern software development tools and methodologies. In addition, you will support and scale your solutions to meet the ever-growing demand of customer use. You will use your strong verbal and written communication skills, are self-driven and own the delivery of high quality results in a fast-paced environment.Each day, hundreds of thousands of developers make billions of transactions worldwide on AWS. They harness the power of the cloud to enable innovative applications, websites, and businesses. Using automated reasoning technology and mathematical proofs, AWS allows customers to answer questions about security, availability, durability, and functional correctness. We call this provable security, absolute assurance in security of the cloud and in the cloud. See https://aws.amazon.com/security/provable-security/As an Applied Scientist in AWS AI, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the definition, vision, design, roadmap and development of product features from beginning to end. You will:* Define and implement new neuro-symbolic applications that employ scalable and efficient approaches to solve complex problems using Automated Reasoning and Machine Learning* Apply software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all team deliverables* Work in an agile, startup-like development environment, where you are always working on the most important stuff* Deliver high-quality scientific artifacts* Work with the team to help drive business decisionsKey job responsibilities* Design and implement scalable neuro-symbolic systems using automated reasoning and machine learning.* Collaborate closely with internal and external users to understand their requirements for AI agents and guardrails.* Proactively identify and explore new opportunities for deploying and leveraging neuro-symbolic solutions across various domains.About the teamWhy AWSAmazon 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.Utility Computing (UC)AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (IoT), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.Inclusive Team CultureHere 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.Work/Life BalanceWe 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 GrowthWe’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.Diverse ExperiencesAmazon 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.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of industry or academic research experience- PhD- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with automated reasoning tools such as proof assistants, automated theorem provers, or program verifiers. ...

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and the Astro household robot. What will you help us create?As a Principal Controls Scientist, you will be responsible for developing solutions to control complex electromechanical systems. You will take responsibility for developing models, performing analysis, and producing algorithms for the control and estimation of robotic systems that guide and inform mechanical and electrical designs, software implementation, and other software modules that affect overall device safety and performance. You will demonstrate cross-functional interaction to accomplish your goals. You will play a role in defining processes and methods to improve the productivity of the entire team. You will interface with Amazon teams outside your immediate organization to identify leverage opportunities with minimized dependencies. You will investigate applicable academic and industry research applications, identify and initiate investigations of production technologies, prototype and test solutions to support product features, and design and validate production designs that deliver an exceptional user experience.Key job responsibilities- Produce models and simulations of complex, high degree-of-freedom dynamic electromechanical systems- Design estimation and control algorithms that achieve performance targets within hardware and software constraints- Hands-on prototyping and testing on physical systems in the lab- Influence hardware and software design decisions owned by other teams to optimize system-level performance- Define key performance indicators and allocate error budgets across hardware and software modules- Perform root cause analysis of system-level failures and distinguish between hardware/software failures and hardware/software mitigations- Balance objectives of safety, performance, and cost in architectural design decisions- Lead cross-functional teams (controls, firmware, perception, planning, sensors, mechanical, electrical, etc.) to solve complex system integration issues- Translate business requirements to engineering requirements and identify trade-offs and sensitivities - Mentor junior and senior engineers in good design practice; actively participate in hiring of new team membersAbout the teamThe Dynamic Systems and Control team develops models, algorithms, and code to bridge hardware and software development teams and bring robotic products to life. We contributed to Amazon Astro (https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Amazon-Astro/dp/B078NSDFSB) and Echo Show 10 (https://www.amazon.com/echo-show-10/dp/B07VHZ41L8/), along with several new technology introductions and unannounced products currently in development.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related field- 10+ years of experience designing, implementing, and verifying control and estimation algorithms for closed-loop feedback systems- Experience with robotic manipulation: impedance control, admittance control, operational space control, joint space control, etc.- Experience with Model-Predictive Control and Reinforcement Learning for high degree-of-freedom dynamic systems- Experience with simulation environments for dynamic systems and bridging the sim2real gap- Experience programming in MATLAB, Python, C++, or a related language- Demonstrated experience serving as a technical lead and mentor- Proven written and verbal technical communication with the ability to present complex topics clearly to audiences with varying levels of technical familiarity ...

Are you up to the task of delivering innovative solutions that manages a supply chain of millions of unique products involving hundreds of thousands of suppliers and tens of millions of customers around the world? Amazon’s Strategic Sourcing team is looking for Senior Operations Research Scientists to build Amazon’s next generation of inventory planning and supply chain solutions. We are part of Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncwsr1Of6Cw&feature=youtu.be Our systems use real time, large scale optimization techniques to automatically procure and source the product from suppliers and optimize the flow of goods across the supply chain to minimize the cost and lead time for customers. Our team is focused on saving hundreds of millions of dollars using cutting edge science, machine learning, and scalable distributed software on the Cloud that automates and optimizes supply chain under the uncertainty of demand, pricing and supply. We are unique in that we’re simultaneously developing the science of supply chain planning and solving some of the toughest computational challenges at Amazon. Unlike many companies who buy existing off-the-shelf planning systems, we are responsible for studying, designing, and building systems to suit Amazon’s needs. Our team members have an opportunity to be on the forefront of supply chain thought leadership by working on some of the most difficult problems in the industry with some of the best product managers, research scientists/statisticians/economists and software developers in the business.We are seeking an experienced research scientist. Candidate will be responsible for developing solutions to better manage/optimize the flow of inventory in Amazon's network world wide. This position will focus on identifying and analyzing opportunities to improve existing algorithms and also on the next generation of Amazon’s inventory supply chain optimization systems. This position requires superior analytical thinkers, able to quickly approach large ambiguous problems and apply their technical and statistical knowledge to identify opportunities for further research. You should be able to independently mine and analyze data, and be able to use any necessary programming and statistical analysis software to do so. Successful candidates must thrive in fast-paced environments which encourage collaborative and creative problem solving, be able to measure and estimate risks, constructively critique peer research, and align research focuses with the Amazon’s strategic needs. In joining our team, you'll enjoy a highly competitive salary, growth, working closely with smart engineers and researchers along with other benefits. We have a creative and comfortable work environment and this is your opportunity to be part of a fast-paced and growing technology team.Key job responsibilitiesSupply chain management, optimization, operations research, machine learning, reinforcement learningBASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD in operations research, applied mathematics, theoretical computer science, or equivalent- 5+ years of industry or academic research experience- Communication: Able to convey mathematical results in plain English, being able to clarify and formalize complex problems. Functional thought leader, sought after for key tech decisions.- Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl to prototype the research ideas ...

Do you want a role with deep meaning and the ability to have a global impact? Hiring top talent is not only critical to Amazon’s success – it can literally change the world. It took a lot of great hires to deliver innovations like AWS, Prime, and Alexa, which make life better for millions of customers around the world. As part of the Intelligent Talent Acquisition (ITA) team, you'll have the opportunity to reinvent Amazon’s hiring process with unprecedented scale, sophistication, and accuracy.ITA is an industry-leading people science and technology organization made up of scientists, engineers, analysts, product professionals, and more. Our shared goal is to fairly and precisely connect the right people to the right jobs. Last year, we delivered over 6 million online candidate assessments, driving a merit-based hiring approach that gives candidates the opportunity to showcase their true skills. Each year we also help Amazon deliver billions of packages around the world by making it possible to hire hundreds of thousands of associates in the right quantity, at the right location, at exactly the right time. You’ll work on state-of-the-art research with advanced software tools, new AI systems, and machine learning algorithms to solve complex hiring challenges. Join ITA in transforming Amazon's hiring landscape and making a meaningful difference in people's lives. Together, we can solve the world's toughest hiring problems.Within ITA, the Global Hiring Science (GHS) team designs and implements innovative hiring solutions at scale. We work in a fast-paced, global environment where we use research to solve complex problems and build scalable hiring products that deliver measurable impact to our customers. We are seeking selection researchers with a strong foundation in hiring assessment development, legally-defensible validation approaches, research and experimental design, and data analysis. Preferred candidates will have experience across the full hiring assessment lifecycle, from solution design to content development and validation to impact analysis. We are looking for equal parts researcher and consultant, who is able to influence customers with insights derived from science and data. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to design new hiring solutions and experiment with measurement methods intended to precisely define exactly what job success looks like and how best to predict it.Key job responsibilitiesWhat you’ll do as a GHS Research Scientist:- Design large-scale personnel selection research that shapes Amazon’s global talent assessment practices across a variety of topics (e.g., assessment validation, measuring post-hire impact)- Partner with key stakeholders to create innovative solutions that blend scientific rigor with real-world business impact while navigating complex legal and professional standards- Apply advanced statistical techniques to analyze massive, diverse datasets to uncover insights that optimize our candidate evaluation processes and drive hiring excellence- Explore emerging technologies and innovative methodologies to enhance talent measurement while maintaining Amazon's commitment to scientific integrity- Translate complex research findings into compelling, actionable strategies that influence senior leader/business decisions and shape Amazon's talent acquisition roadmap- Write impactful documents that distill intricate scientific concepts into clear, persuasive communications for diverse audiences, from data scientists to business leaders- Ensure effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple teams with competing prioritiesA day in the lifeImagine diving into challenges that impact millions of employees across Amazon's global operations. As a GHS Research Scientist, you'll tackle questions about hiring and organizational effectiveness on a global scale. Your day might begin with analyzing datasets to inform how we attract and select world-class talent. Throughout the day, you'll collaborate with peers in our research community, discussing different research methodologies and sharing innovative approaches to solving unique personnel challenges. This role offers a blend of focused analytical time and interacting with stakeholders across the globe.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience- Experience investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products- 4+ years of experience in applied selection research, job analysis, test development, and validation- Foundational skills in conducting experimental research studies and data analysis- Proficiency in scripting for data analysis (e.g., R, Python) ...

Here at Amazon, we embrace our differences. We are committed to furthering our culture of diversity and inclusion of our teams within the organization. We’re working on the future. If you are seeking an iterative fast-paced environment where you can drive innovation, apply state-of-the-art technologies to solve extreme-scale real world delivery challenges, and provide visible benefit to end-users, this is your opportunity. Come work on the Amazon Prime Air team! We're looking for an outstanding Applied Scientist with either some background or strong interest in building simulation tools and algorithms for orchestration of a fleet of autonomous delivery drones. Managing a large number of concurrent autonomous drone flights that share airspace with other autonomous or manned aircrafts is a challenging problem. Be part of the team building simulation tools and algorithms to solve this at scale.This role will contribute to a portfolio of simulation tools managing concurrent airspace traffic for aviation systems. The ideal candidate is comfortable with a degree of risk taking and ambiguity and able to build consensus on the critical path. If you enjoy the process of solving real-world problems that, quite frankly, haven’t been solved at scale anywhere before, Prime Air could be the place for you. Along the way, we guarantee you’ll get opportunities to be a fearless disruptor, prolific innovator, and a reputed problem solver and directly impact Amazon’s customer’s worldwide.About the teamPrime air has ambitious goals to offer its service to an increasing number of customers and enabling a large number of concurrent flights is central to achieving this. To this end, the air traffic management team is building algorithms, tools and services for orchestration of prime air's autonomous drone fleet. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning ...

Amazon is looking for talented Postdoctoral Scientists to join our Amazon Robotics team for a one-year, full-time research position.The host team is developing novel approaches to mobile robot operation to carry a wide range of loads and perform different roles in Amazon logistics. These robots are used in automating material handling throughout the fulfillment and sortation processes. The team focuses in multi-robot coordination and planning, while developing cost-sensitive solutions.The postdoc is expected to develop novel control and planning algorithms for a fleet of agile robots, working closely with mechanical engineers. Experience with hands-on development and bring-up of robotic systems would be a significant contribution to team goals.Key job responsibilities• Work closely with a senior science advisor, collaborate with other scientists and engineers, and be part of Amazon’s vibrant and diverse global science community.• Publish your innovation in top-tier academic venues and hone your presentation skills.• Be inspired by challenges and opportunities to invent cutting-edge techniques in your area(s) of expertise.• Be comfortable with a fast-paced work with a lot of unknowns and hands-on engagement.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS• PhD in a relevant field, received within 2 years of starting the program• Proven publication record in Robotics Control and Path Planning for mobile robots * Experience in multi-robot planning* Proficiency in technologies relevant to the subfield ...

As a Senior Applied Scientist specializing in Large Language Models (LLMs) and Agents in the Product Intelligence team, you will lead the development of machine learning solutions. Your work will leverage the latest LLMs and multimodal models to enhance product graphs, measure entity similarity, perform entity linking, and attribute normalization, and apply advanced reasoning methods for a deeper understanding of products. You will also lead research projects to tackle unsolved problems, mentor interns, and author academic papers to summarize your findings for external publication. This high-impact role is critical to our core business, influencing the reliability of information for billions of products on Amazon's platform, and impacting the shopping journey for hundreds of millions of customers. The systems you build will be used to monitor Amazon's entire product selection to ensure their quality, the availability of accurate price distributions, and more.We seek an experienced scientist with deep knowledge of LLMs and Agents, and a good understanding of traditional machine learning and quantitative methods. The role will also require cross-functional collaboration skills, and staying up to date with the latest advancements in Generative AI.Key job responsibilities- Implement and deploy systems that leverage LLMs and other techniques to address some of hardest problems in the pricing space.- Set scientific standards and see the big picture to influence Amazon's long-term vision for retail pricing science.- Work cross-functionally with various teams to align machine learning initiatives with business goals and execute them successfully.- Lead research projects and participate in the publication of external academic papers at top conferences and journals.About the teamRetail pricing science is a centralized diverse team of STEM scientists that develop statistical, ML, RL, optimization and economic models that drive pricing for products sold by Amazon worldwide, as well as monitoring of prices and experimentations in pricing. The team has a dual focus on competitiveness and long term financial optimality.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- PhD, or Master's degree and 10+ years of applied research experience- 4+ years of applied research experience- 4+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning ...

Amazon is looking for a motivated individual with strong analytical and algorithmic skills and practical experience to join the Modeling and Optimization (MOP) Routing Science team. Your main focus will be on developing and improving our last-mile experience, with emphasis on algorithmic and analytical work. We are looking for candidates with proven ability to design, implement, and evaluate state-of-the-art solutions to large-scale optimization problems, working closely with software development engineers. The position requires strong background in combinatorial optimization, algorithms, algorithm engineering, and data structures, particularly as it applies to vehicle routing and related problems. Familiarity with Data Science and Machine Learning techniques is a plus.You will also play an integral role in the network planning, modeling, and analysis that will improve the efficiency and cost effectiveness of global fulfillment operations. You will identify and evaluate opportunities to reduce variable costs by improving the transportation network topology, inventory placement, transportation operations and scheduling, fulfillment center processes, and the execution to operational plans. You will also improve the efficiency of capital investment by helping plan the location and deployment of fixed assets. Finally, you will help create the metrics to quantify improvements to the fulfillment costs (e.g., transportation and labor costs) resulting from the application of these optimization models and tools.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Experience (10+ years) in Combinatorial Optimization, Mathematical Programming. - PhD in Operations Research, Computer Science, Mathematics or similar. - Strong coding skills in Java, C++, and Python. - Experience with mathematical programming tools. ...

The Jr. Applied Scientist role is a unique employment opportunity for students seeking to gain on-the-job applied science and machine learning experience and receive excellent mentoring while completing their education. Jr. Applied Scientists are immersed in an Amazon team and work on exciting, meaningful projects that impact real Amazon customers. Paired 1:1 with a Amazon Applied Science Mentor, Jr. Applied Scientists receive guidance and support in all aspects of their role: skill development, career advisement, project collaboration, and more! Upon successful completion of your degree and success in the Jr. Applied Scientist role, the opportunity for full-time employment will be available at the Amazon corporate site in Santa Cruz, CA. The Jr. Applied Scientist role is part of the Jr. Developer Program, a unique internship program in several respects:• We offer work year-round, part-time (16 hrs/week) while in school and full-time (40hrs/week) during summer. Working schedules are flexible and can be re-arranged each quarter to accommodate class schedules. • We offer excellent mentoring. Our full-time Applied Scientists, Data Scientists, Business Intelligence Engineers, and Software Development Engineers are willing and able to mentor exceptional Jrs.• Jr. Applied Scientists are given responsibilities and roles that prepare them to enter the workforce after graduation with “real world” Applied Science and Machine Learning experience. Jrs. who participate in the Jr. Developer Program routinely acknowledge the valuable learning experience created by the uniform excellence of their teams, mentoring offered by experienced Amazonians, and the challenge of being a principal contributor to science and software products. Key job responsibilities• Amazon Applied Scientists are specialists with the knowledge to help drive the scientific vision for our products. They are experts in their respective field and are focused on innovating on behalf of their customers.• As a Jr. Applied Scientist at Amazon, you will connect with world leaders in your field working on similar problems. You will be working with distributed systems of data and providing technical partnership to the product managers, teams, and organizations building Machine Learning solutions. You will be tackling Machine Learning challenges along side a dedicated mentor.• Jr. Applied Scientists will analyze large amounts of data, discover and solve real world problems and build metrics and business cases around key performance of this program. • Ideal candidates will derive insights and identify actions we can take to improve the customer experience.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university Master's degree program.- Majoring in Computer Science, Statistics or a related STEM discipline.- This role is not offered as remote or hybrid and working hours must be conducted in our corporate office in Santa Cruz.- Graduating in June 2027 and beyond.- Ability to work year-round: part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer.- Living within commutable distance to Santa Cruz, CA and able to work in-person year-round. ...

At AWS, we use Artificial Intelligence to be able to identify every need of a customer across all AWS services before they have to tell us about it, and then find and seamlessly connect them to the most appropriate resolution for their need, eventually fulfilling the vision of a self-healing cloud. We are looking for Machine Learning Scientists / Applied Scientists / ML Scientists with unfettered curiosity and drive to help build “best in the world” support (contact center) experience that customers will love!You will have an opportunity to lead, invent, and design tech that will directly impact every customer across all AWS services. We are building industry-leading technology that cuts across a wide range of ML techniques from Natural Language Processing to Deep Learning and Generative Artificial Intelligence. You will be a key driver in taking something from an idea to an experiment to a prototype and finally to a live production system.Our team packs a punch with principal level engineering, science, product, and leadership talent. We are a results focused team and you have the opportunity to lead and establish a culture for the big things to come. We combine the culture of a startup, the innovation and creativity of a R&D Lab, the work-life balance of a mature organization, and technical challenges at the scale of AWS. We offer a playground of opportunities for builders to build, have fun, and make history!Key job responsibilities- Deliver real world production systems at AWS scale.- Work closely with the business to understand the problem space, identify the opportunities and formulate the problems.- Use machine learning, data mining, statistical techniques, Generative AI and others to create actionable, meaningful, and scalable solutions for the business problems.- Analyze and extract relevant information from large amounts of data and derive useful insights.- Work with software engineering teams to deliver production systems with your ML models- Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development, model validation and model implementationAbout the teamWe are working to achieve our business goals by deriving insights from a wealth of datasets like the AWS service metrics and logs, chat and call audio logs, email transcripts, support agent and support case data, customers context and sentiment, and AWS knowledge articles, tools and workflows.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 4+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning ...

Do you enjoy solving challenging problems and driving innovations in research? Are you seeking for an environment with a group of motivated and talented scientists like yourself? Do you want to create scalable optimization models and apply machine learning techniques to guide real-world decisions? Do you want to play a key role in the future of Amazon transportation and operations? Come and join us at Amazon's Modeling and Optimization team (MOP).Key job responsibilitiesAn Applied Scientist in the Modeling and Optimization (MOP) team - provides analytical decision support to Amazon planning teams via applying advanced mathematical and statistical techniques.- collaborates effectively with Amazon internal business customers, and is their trusted partner- is proactive and autonomous in discovering and resolving business pain-points within a given scope- is able to identify a suitable level of sophistication in resolving the different business needs- is confident in leveraging existing solutions to new problems where appropriate and is independent in designing and implementing new solutions where needed- is aware of the limitations of their proposed solutions and is proactive in communicating them to the business, and advances the application of sciences towards Amazon business problems by bringing new methods, ideas, and practices to the team and scientific community.A day in the life- Your will be developing model-based optimization, simulation, and/or predictive tools to identify and evaluate opportunities to improve customer experience, network speed, cost, and efficiency of capital investment.- You will quantify the improvements resulting from the application of these tools and you will evaluate the trade-offs between potentially competing objectives. - You will develop good communication skills and ability to speak at a level appropriate for the audience, will collaborate effectively with fellow scientists, software development engineers, and product managers, and will deliver business value in a close partnership with many stakeholders from operations, finance, IT, and business leadership.About the team- At the Modeling and Optimization (MOP) team, we use mathematical optimization, algorithm design, statistics, and machine learning to improve decision-making capabilities across WW Operations and Amazon Logistics.- We focus on transportation topology, labor and resource planning for fulfillment facilities, routing science, visualization research, data science and development, and process optimization.- We create models to simulate, optimize, and control the fulfillment network with the objective of reducing cost while improving speed and reliability.- We support multiple business lanes, therefore maintain a comprehensive and objective view, coordinating solutions across organizational lines where possible.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 computing ...

At AWS Health AI, we leverage AI to revolutionize healthcare and if you are passionate to make a global-scale difference in Health, we have an opportunity for you. AWS Health AI is seeking a inventive and talented Applied Scientist to join forces in the area of Natural Language Processing, Genomics, Medical Imaging or Biomedical. We are on a mission to use Gen-AI and build new innovative solutions for Healthcare and Life Sciences users. You will be involved in the entire product development cycle including customer discovery, experimentation, design, prototyping. Whats cool? You will collaborate with team of ML-focused SDEs to productionalize these solutions. Our ideal candidates thrives in ambiguity, build collaborative relationships, moves fast, and are passionate about meaningful work. They will have the technical skills to design and build complex distributed systems that runs at AWS scale. They prefer working on small, focused teams, own their product, and love to pitch in anywhere to get the job done. They lead by example and the team naturally gravitate towards them because of their engineering expertise and decision-making ability. They can communicate effectively with a wide variety of audiences and are comfortable pitching new ideas.We are looking for candidates who thrive in an exciting, fast-paced environment and who have a strong personal interest in learning, researching, and creating new technologies with high customer impact. You will have an opportunity to influence product and leaders. As an Applied Scientist you will partner with talented scientists and engineers to design, train, test, and deploy machine learning models. You will contribute to innovative features, improve our services based on customer requirements and help maintain a highly scalable data and model management infrastructure that supports cutting-edge research. You will be responsible for translating business and engineering requirements into deliverables and software products.Prior domain knowledge in speech, natural language processing, or computer vision is strongly preferred; solid knowledge of fundamentals of statistics, machine learning, and deep learning is required. Candidates should possess strong software engineering skills and several years of industry experience.Key job responsibilities- Applying latest deep learning and natural language processing techniques to ship new features for our customer- Convert ambiguous business questions into precise science problems- Regularly ship deep learning models and natural language processing models that run at AWS scale- Collaborate with engineers, clinical experts and product managers to deliver your solutionsWhat You'll Do:* Collaborate with a team of Clinical experts, researchers and engineers in solving complex healthcare challenges* Develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques for multimodal systems* Apply latest deep learning, Gen AI and natural language processing techniques to build model-based solutions in Health domain* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create impactful products and services. Convert ambiguous business questions into precise science problem, and share insights/learnings from your experimentation to help product direction.* Conduct cutting-edge research and publish in top-tier conferences and journalsWhat We're Looking For:* Strong background in deep learning and multimodal systems* Passion for applying AI to healthcare challenges* Ability to lead and mentor research teams* Experience in developing scalable, secure AI/ML systems* Expertise in areas such as medical imaging, medical notes, ontologies, genomics, or clinical decision supportAbout the teamThis team is responsible for building classical as well as GenAI solutions that directly integrate as solutions for HealthCare and Life Science users.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 ExperiencesAWS 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 CultureHere 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 GrowthWe’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 BalanceWe 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 WorkWe 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.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning ...