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  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 2923174
    (Updated 1 days ago)
    Amazon.com strives to be Earth's most customer-centric company where customers can shop in our stores to find and discover anything they want to buy. We hire the world's brightest minds, offering them a fast paced, technologically sophisticated and friendly work environment. Economists at Amazon partner closely with senior management, business stakeholders, scientist and engineers, and economist leadership to solve key business problems ranging from Amazon Web Services, Kindle, Prime, inventory planning, international retail, third party merchants, search, pricing, labor and employment planning, effective benefits (health, retirement, etc.) and beyond. Amazon Economists build econometric models using our world class data systems and apply approaches from a variety of skillsets – applied macro/time series, applied micro, econometric theory, empirical IO, empirical health, labor, public economics and related fields are all highly valued skillsets at Amazon. You will work in a fast moving environment to solve business problems as a member of either a cross-functional team embedded within a business unit or a central science and economics organization. You will be expected to develop techniques that apply econometrics to large data sets, address quantitative problems, and contribute to the design of automated systems around the company. About the team The International Seller Services (ISS) Economics team is a dynamic group at the forefront of shaping Amazon's global seller ecosystem. As part of ISS, we drive innovation and growth through sophisticated economic analysis and data-driven insights. Our mission is critical: we're transforming how Amazon empowers millions of international sellers to succeed in the digital marketplace. Our team stands at the intersection of innovative technology and practical business solutions. We're leading Amazon's transformation in seller services through work with Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI, while tackling fundamental questions about seller growth, marketplace dynamics, and operational efficiency. What sets us apart is our unique blend of rigorous economic methodology and practical business impact. We're not just analyzing data – we're building the frameworks and measurement systems that will define the future of Amazon's seller services. Whether we're optimizing the seller journey, evaluating new technologies, or designing innovative service models, our team transforms complex economic challenges into actionable insights that drive real-world results. Join us in shaping how millions of businesses worldwide succeed on Amazon's marketplace, while working on problems that combine economic theory, advanced analytics, and innovative technology.
  • (Updated 51 days ago)
    ** This position is open to all candidates in NYC and Arlington, VA Amazon Ads Response Prediction team is your choice, if you want to join a highly motivated, collaborative, and fun-loving team with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Machine Learning Applied Scientist who loves to innovate at the intersection of customer experience, deep learning, and high-scale machine-learning systems. Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, and is investing heavily in building a world-class advertising business. We are defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses driving long-term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world-class products to improve both shopper and advertiser experience. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we grow at an unprecedented rate with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities. We are looking for a talented Machine Learning Applied Scientist for our Amazon Ads Response Prediction team to grow the business. We are providing advanced real-time machine learning services to connect shoppers with right ads on all platforms and surfaces worldwide. Through the deep understanding of both shoppers and products, we help shoppers discover new products they love, be the most efficient way for advertisers to meet their customers, and helps Amazon continuously innovate on behalf of all customers. Key job responsibilities As a Machine Learning Applied Scientist, you will: * Conduct deep data analysis to derive insights to the business, and identify gaps and new opportunities * Develop scalable and effective machine-learning models and optimization strategies to solve business problems * Run regular A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis * Work closely with software engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions into production * Improve the scalability, efficiency and automation of large-scale data analytics, model training, deployment and serving * Conduct research on new machine-learning modeling to optimize all aspects of Sponsored Products business About the team We are pioneers in applying advanced machine learning and generative AI algorithms in Sponsored Products business. We empower every customer with a customized discovery experiences from back-end optimization (such as customized response prediction models) to front-end CX innovation (such as widgets), to help shoppers feel understood and shop efficiently on and off Amazon.
  • US, CA, Santa Clara
    Job ID: 2918426
    (Updated 38 days ago)
    Amazon Q Business is an AI assistant powered by generative technology. It provides capabilities such as answering queries, summarizing information, generating content, and executing tasks based on enterprise data. We are seeking a Language Data Scientist II to join our data team. Our mission is to engineer high-quality datasets that are essential to the success of Amazon Q Business. From human evaluations and Responsible AI safeguards to Retrieval-Augmented Generation and beyond, our work ensures that Generative AI is enterprise-ready, safe, and effective for users. As part of our diverse team—including language engineers, linguists, data scientists, data engineers, and program managers—you will collaborate closely with science, engineering, and product teams. We are driven by customer obsession and a commitment to excellence. In this role, you will leverage data-centric AI principles to assess the impact of data on model performance and the broader machine learning pipeline. You will apply Generative AI techniques to evaluate how well our data represents human language and conduct experiments to measure downstream interactions. Key job responsibilities * oversee end-to-end evaluation data pipeline and propose evaluation metrics and methods * incorporate your knowledge of linguistic fundamentals, NLU, NLP to the data pipeline * process and analyze diverse media formats including audio recordings, video, images and text * perform statistical analysis of the data * write intuitive data generation & annotation guidelines * write advanced and nuanced prompts to optimize LLM outputs * write python scripts for data wrangling * automate repetitive workflows and improve existing processes * perform background research and vet available public datasets on topics such as long text retrieval, text generation, summarization, question-answering, and reasoning * leverage and integrate AWS services to optimize data collection workflows * collaborate with scientists, engineers, and product managers in defining data quality metrics and guidelines. * lead dive deep sessions with data annotators About the team About AWS Diverse Experiences AWS 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. 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 AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do. 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.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 2921575
    (Updated 0 days ago)
    Are you passionate about leveraging your applied science skills to deliver actionable insights that impact daily business decisions? Do you thrive using causal inference, experimentation, and Machine Learning/AI to answer challenging product and customer behavior questions? Do you want to be a technical leader and build flexible and global solutions for complex financial, risk, and causal problems? If so, here is a great opportunity to consider! Amazon B2B Payments & Lending is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist who will combine their technical expertise with business intuition to generate critical insights that will set the strategic direction of the business. You will be a thought leader on the team, help set the team's strategic focus and roadmaps, and design and build systems/solutions that support financial products, working closely with business/product partners and engineers. You will utilize causal inference/experimentation/ML/AI methodologies, data and coding skills, problem solving and analytical skills, and excellent communication to deliver customer value. As a Senior Applied Scientist on our team, you'll play a pivotal role in uncovering actionable insights that shape the strategic direction of our products and services. You'll work closely with business stakeholders, data scientists, and engineers to tackle complex problems at the intersection of finance, risk modeling, and customer behavior. A day in the life - Collaborate with product, data, and engineering teams to identify key business and customer questions that can be answered through advanced analytics and machine learning - Design and build flexible, scalable solutions that leverage causal inference, experimentation, and applied ML/AI to provide critical insights that drive strategic decisions - Present analyses and recommendations to stakeholders, while also mentoring more junior data scientists and innovating on the team's capabilities About the team The Amazon B2B Payments & Lending team is a fast-paced, highly collaborative group focused on enabling seamless financial experiences for our business customers. We're building innovative solutions that leverage the power of data, AI, and automation to deliver frictionless payment processing, credit decisioning, and financial management tools. Our team culture is one of curiosity, creativity, and a relentless drive to delight our customers. We value bold thinking, data-driven decision making, and a willingness to experiment and learn. If you're passionate about using your technical expertise to drive meaningful business impact, this is an exciting opportunity to make a difference.
  • GB, London
    Job ID: 2916032
    (Updated 63 days ago)
    Are you looking to work at the forefront of Machine Learning and AI? Would you be excited to apply cutting edge Generative AI algorithms to solve real world problems with significant impact? The AWS Industries Team at AWS helps AWS customers implement Generative AI solutions and realize transformational business opportunities for AWS customers in the most strategic industry verticals. This is a team of data scientists, engineers, and architects working step-by-step with customers to build bespoke solutions that harness the power of generative AI. The team helps customers imagine and scope the use cases that will create the greatest value for their businesses, select and train and fine tune the right models, define paths to navigate technical or business challenges, develop proof-of-concepts, and build applications to launch these solutions at scale. The AWS Industries team provides guidance and implements best practices for applying generative AI responsibly and cost efficiently. You will work directly with customers and innovate in a fast-paced organization that contributes to game-changing projects and technologies. You will design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing risk, profitability, and customer experience. In this Data Scientist role you will be capable of using GenAI and other techniques to design, evangelize, and implement and scale cutting-edge solutions for never-before-solved problems. Key job responsibilities - Collaborate with AI/ML scientists, engineers, and architects to research, design, develop, and evaluate cutting-edge generative AI algorithms and build ML systems to address real-world challenges - Interact with customers directly to understand the business problem, help and aid them in implementation of generative AI solutions, deliver briefing and deep dive sessions to customers and guide customer on adoption patterns and paths to production - Create and deliver best practice recommendations, tutorials, blog posts, publications, sample code, and presentations adapted to technical, business, and executive stakeholder - Provide customer and market feedback to Product and Engineering teams to help define product direction About the team Diverse Experiences Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. 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. 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. 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 and Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 2916291
    (Updated 67 days ago)
    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 large-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 are seeking a highly skilled weather scientist to help invent and develop new models and strategies to support Prime Air’s drone delivery program. In this role, you will develop, build, and implement novel weather solutions using your expertise in atmospheric science, data science, and software development. You will be supported by a team of world class software engineers, systems engineers, and other scientists. Your work will drive cross-functional decision-making through your excellent oral and written communication skills, define system architecture and requirements, enable the scaling of Prime Air’s operation, and produce innovative technological breakthroughs that unlock opportunities to meet our customers' evolving demands. About the team Prime air has ambitious goals to offer its service to an increasing number of customers. Enabling a lot of concurrent flights over many different locations is central to reaching more customers. To this end, the weather team is building algorithms, tools and services for the safe and efficient operation of prime air's autonomous drone fleet.
  • (Updated 1 days ago)
    The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Applied Scientist. You will develop and implement state-of-the-art algorithms and models for advanced information retrieval, and tune LLM-based prompting to optimize Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for customer experiences. As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will play a critical role developing Amazon's foundational Generative AI (Gen AI) technologies that serve our global customers. Key job responsibilities - Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, and scientists to identify and solve complex problems in Gen AI - 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 Gen AI 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
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 2918283
    (Updated 28 days ago)
    Are you passionate about pushing the boundaries of Computer Vision, Multimodal AI, and Video Technology? Join us in revolutionizing how millions of customers discover and shop through video on Amazon! Amazon Shopping Videos powers Amazon Live, a dynamic platform where creators and brands connect with customers through engaging live and recorded video content. We're at the forefront of combining entertainment with shopping, and we're looking for an exceptional Applied Scientist to help shape the future of video commerce. Key job responsibilities - Develop advanced solutions in computer vision, multimodal LLMs, and content understanding to create next-generation video experiences - Drive innovation in video recommendation systems, helping customers discover exactly what they're looking for (and delighting them with what they didn't know they needed) - Design and implement sophisticated video generation and understanding solutions that scale across Amazon's massive customer base - Collaborate with product managers and fellow scientists to transform research concepts into production-ready features - Shape the technical direction of video commerce through novel algorithms and modeling techniques About the team We're an innovation-focused team within Amazon, combining thoughtful development with ambitious goals. Our playground includes: - Building and deploying advanced multimodal LLMs for video understanding - Creating intelligent recommendation systems that understand both visual and contextual signals - Developing sophisticated computer vision solutions for real-time video analysis - Pushing the boundaries of content understanding and automated video generation We're not just building features - we're defining the future of how people shop through video. Our team combines the structure and resources of Amazon with the excitement of working on advanced technology, giving you the opportunity to make a massive impact on how millions of customers discover and engage with products.
  • (Updated 8 days ago)
    Amazon Sponsored Products is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business and we are responsible for defining and delivering a collection of GenAI/LLM powered self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to Amazon’s Selling Partners and key to driving their long-term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world-class products. We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving team with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing at an unprecedented rate with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities. This role will be pivotal within the Autonomous Campaigns org of Sponsored Products Ads, where we're pioneering the development of AI-powered advertising innovations that will redefine the future of campaign management and optimization. As a Principal Applied Scientist, you will lead the charge in creating the next generation of self-operating, GenAI-driven advertising systems that will set a new standard for the industry. Our team is at the forefront of designing and implementing these transformative technologies, which will leverage advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) and sophisticated chain-of-thought reasoning to achieve true advertising autonomy. Your work will bring to life systems capable of deeply understanding the nuanced context of each product, market trends, and consumer behavior, making intelligent, real-time decisions that surpass human capabilities. By harnessing the power of these future-state GenAI systems, we will develop advertising solutions capable of autonomously selecting optimal keywords, dynamically adjusting bids based on complex market conditions, and optimizing product targeting across various Amazon platforms. Crucially, these systems will continuously analyze performance metrics and implement strategic pivots, all without requiring manual intervention from advertisers, allowing them to focus on their core business while our AI works tirelessly on their behalf. This is not simply about automating existing processes; your work will redefine what's possible in advertising. Our GenAI systems will employ multi-step reasoning, considering a vast array of factors, from seasonality and competitive landscape to macroeconomic trends, to make decisions that far exceed human speed and effectiveness. This autonomous, context-aware approach represents a paradigm shift in how advertising campaigns are conceived, executed, and optimized. As a Principal Applied Scientist, you will be at the forefront of this transformation, tackling complex challenges in natural language processing, reinforcement learning, and causal inference. Your pioneering efforts will directly shape the future of e-commerce advertising, with the potential to influence marketplace dynamics on a global scale. This is an unparalleled opportunity to push the boundaries of what's achievable in AI-driven advertising and leave an indelible mark on the industry. Key job responsibilities • Seek to understand in depth the Sponsored Products offering at Amazon and identify areas of opportunities to grow our business using GenAI, LLM, and ML solutions. • Mentor and guide the applied scientists in our organization and hold us to a high standard of technical rigor and excellence in AI/ML. • Design and lead organization-wide AI/ML roadmaps to help our Amazon shoppers have a delightful shopping experience while creating long term value for our advertisers. • Work with our engineering partners and draw upon your experience to meet latency and other system constraints. • Identify untapped, high-risk technical and scientific directions, and devise new research directions that you will drive to completion and deliver. • Be responsible for communicating our Generative AI/ Traditional AI/ML innovations to the broader internal & external scientific community.
  • US, IL, Chicago
    Job ID: 2913266
    (Updated 73 days ago)
    MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC Offered Position: Data Scientist III Job Location: Chicago, Illinois Job Number: AMZ9082360 Position Responsibilities: Support senior management by managing metrics reporting and performing mathematical and statistical modeling to produce business forecasts. Research, design, and develop new forecasting technologies to help Amazon leverage its data to support business functions through complicated mathematical modeling. Utilize database technologies, including SQL, ETL, and Oracle to design, develop, and evaluate highly innovative business intelligence tools and automated reports for campaign targeting and optimization. Transform complicated business problems into mathematics modeling and provide data-driven solutions. Perform statistical analysis, including clustering, cross-session and panel data regression using R, SAS, STATA, and SPSS. Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large scale data analyses, model development, model validation, and model implementation. Position Requirements: Master’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or a related field and one year of experience in the job offered, or as a Data Engineer, Data Miner, or a related occupation. Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation as equivalent to the Master's degree and one year of experience. Must have one year of experience in the following skill(s): (1.) using SQL, ETL or Oracle; (2.) processing large, multi-dimensional datasets from multiple sources; and (3.) developing automated reporting. Partial telecommuting permitted; employees will be required to report to office multiple days per week. Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. 40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $159,200/year to $215,300/year. #0000

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