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At Amazon, we believe that scientific innovation is essential to being the most customer-centric company in the world. Our scientists' ability to have an impact at scale allows us to attract some of the brightest minds across diverse fields including artificial intelligence, robotics, computer vision, economics, and sustainability. Join us in pioneering solutions to complex challenges that not only delight our customers but also help define the future of technology.
  • The program is designed for academics from universities around the globe who want to work on large-scale technical challenges while continuing to teach and conduct research at their universities.
  • The program offers recent PhD graduates an opportunity to advance research while working alongside experienced scientists with backgrounds in industry and academia.
  • Our internship roles span research areas to provide hands-on experience working alongside world-class scientists and engineers to advance the state of the art in your field.
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  • (Updated 23 days ago)
    The Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) Science team is seeking an exceptional Applied Scientist with strong operations research and optimization expertise to develop production solutions for one of the most complex systems in the world: Amazon's Fulfillment Network. At AFT Science, we design, build, and deploy optimization, statistics, machine learning, and GenAI/LLM solutions that power production systems running across Amazon Fulfillment Centers worldwide. We tackle a wide range of challenges throughout the network, including labor planning and staffing, pick scheduling, stow guidance, and capacity risk management. Our mission is to develop innovative, scalable, and reliable science-driven production solutions that exceed the published state of the art, enabling systems to run optimally and continuously (from every few minutes to every few hours) across our large-scale network. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist, you will collaborate with scientists, software engineers, product managers, and operations leaders to develop optimization-driven solutions that directly impact process efficiency and associate experience in the fulfillment network. Your key responsibilities include: - Develop deep understanding and domain knowledge of operational processes, system architecture, and business requirements - Dive deep into data and code to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and disruptive new approaches - Design and develop scalable mathematical models for production systems to derive optimal or near-optimal solutions for existing and emerging challenges - Create prototypes and simulations for agile experimentation of proposed solutions - Advocate for technical solutions with business stakeholders, engineering teams, and senior leadership - Partner with software engineers to integrate prototypes into production systems - Design and execute experiments to test new or incremental solutions launched in production - Build and monitor metrics to track solution performance and business impact About the team Amazon Fulfillment Technology (AFT) designs, develops, and operates end-to-end fulfillment technology solutions for all Amazon Fulfillment Centers (FCs). We harmonize the physical and virtual worlds so Amazon customers can get what they want, when they want it. The AFT Science team brings expertise in operations research, optimization, statistics, machine learning, and GenAI/LLM, combined with deep domain knowledge of operational processes within FCs and their unique challenges. We prioritize advancements that support AFT tech teams and focus areas rather than specific fields of research or individual business partners. We influence each stage of innovation from inception to deployment, which includes both developing novel solutions and improving existing approaches. Our production systems rely on a diverse set of technologies, and our teams invest in multiple specialties as the needs of each focus area evolve.
  • (Updated 25 days ago)
    Do you want to be part of a team that's revolutionizing Amazon's fulfillment and packaging technology? Are you ready to optimize systems that process tens-of-millions of customer packages daily with the lowest cost to serve and a defect-free customer experience? Do you have a passion for solving complex science challenges and building a sustainable e-commerce experience? The Robotics Delivery and Packaging Innovation (RDPI) team is seeking an Applied Scientist who will join a team of experts in the field of Machine Learning (ML), Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Vision and Generative AI to work together to break new ground in the world of automated packaging solutions. The RDPI team owns mission-critical automation and packaging solutions that impact billions of customer shipments annually across Amazon’s WW marketplaces. We manage billions of dollars in material spend and packaging labor costs while driving significant reductions in carbon emissions. Our team is revolutionizing e-commerce through advanced packaging automation, innovative sortation technology, and sustainable solutions. We're dramatically reducing single-use plastics across our network while developing next-generation automated solutions that can handle the majority of our packaging needs. We're also transforming our supply chain through strategic investments in paper manufacturing and innovative materials, driving both substantial cost savings and environmental benefits. This is an exciting opportunity to work on large-scale automation challenges that directly impact customer experience, operational efficiency, and environmental sustainability at one of the world's largest e-commerce companies. You'll work in a collaborative environment where you can pursue ambitious research with many peta-bytes of data, work on problems that haven’t been solved before, quickly implement and deploy your algorithmic ideas at scale, understand whether they succeed via statistically relevant experiments across millions of customers, and publish your research. You'll see the work you do directly improve the packaging experience of Amazon customers in the fulfillment technology space. If you are interested in robotics, computer vision, machine learning, operations research, statistics, big data, and building scalable solutions, this role is for you. Key job responsibilities A successful candidate in this role may perform some or all of the following responsibilities: - Leverage generative AI technologies to develop scalable solutions for automated product compatibility and safety assessments (e.g., evaluating product shipping compatibility, safety requirements, and packaging configurations) - Develop advanced AI models by extracting predictive features from multiple data sources (product/packaging images, product descriptions, sensor data, geospatial data) to forecast package-related damages and optimize packaging decisions based on customer preference prediction - Develop and implement computer vision solutions to automate packaging workflows and detect product/packaging defects in real-time operations - Build causal inference model to capture the downstream impacts of different packaging designs and delivery experience - Design and implement robotic control algorithms to optimize machine efficiency and meet diverse business objectives A day in the life Scientists on our team work daily with dedicated product and engineering partners to bring innovative solutions from concept to production. You'll divide your time between deep technical work—building models, analyzing results, iterating on algorithms—and collaborative activities like design reviews, stakeholder presentations, and cross-functional planning. You'll also have opportunities to support science initiatives across the broader RDPI organization (1500+ people), partnering with diverse teams to solve high-impact problems and scale your solutions across Amazon. About the team We are a team of scientists with diverse technical backgrounds spanning Machine Learning, Operations Research, Causal Inference, and Econometrics. We tackle complex, high-impact problems that directly influence Amazon's strategic decisions and financial performance. Our solutions typically require combining multiple methodologies, and you'll work collaboratively with other scientists while partnering closely with product and engineering teams to bring your innovations into production systems. You'll have the opportunity to grow your expertise across disciplines while delivering measurable business impact at scale.
  • (Updated 6 days ago)
    Sponsored Products and Brands (SPB) is at the heart of Amazon Advertising, helping millions of advertisers—from small businesses to global brands—connect with customers at the moments that matter most. Our advertising solutions enable sellers, vendors, and brand owners to grow their businesses by reaching shoppers with relevant, engaging ads across Amazon's store and beyond. We're obsessed with delivering measurable results for advertisers while creating a delightful shopping experience for customers. Are you interested in defining the science behind the future of advertising? Sponsored Products and Brands science teams are pioneering breakthrough agentic AI systems—pushing the boundaries of large language models, autonomous reasoning, planning, and decision-making to build intelligent agents that fundamentally transform how advertisers succeed on Amazon. As an SPB applied science leader, you'll have end-to-end ownership of the product and scientific vision, research agenda, model architectures, and evaluation frameworks required to deliver state-of-the-art agentic AI solutions for our advertising customers. You'll get to work on problems that are fast-paced, scientifically rich, and deeply consequential. You'll also be able to explore novel research directions, take bold bets, and collaborate with remarkable scientists, engineers, and product leaders. We'll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, deep technical expertise, and scientific rigor to make Amazon Advertising even better for our advertisers and customers. With global opportunities for talented scientists and science leaders, you can decide where a career in Amazon Ads Science takes you! We are kicking off a new initiative within SPB to leverage agentic AI solutions to revolutionize how advertisers create, manage, and optimize their advertising campaigns. This is a unique opportunity to lead a business-critical applied science initiative from its inception—defining the scientific charter, establishing foundational research pillars, and building a multi-year science roadmap for transformative impact. As the single-threaded applied science leader, you will build and guide a dedicated team of applied scientists, research scientists, and machine learning engineers, working closely with cross-functional engineering and product partners, to research, develop, and deploy agentic AI systems that fundamentally reimagine the advertiser journey. Your charter will begin with advancing the science behind intelligent agents that simplify campaign creation, automate optimization decisions through autonomous reasoning and planning, and deliver personalized advertising strategies at scale. You will pioneer novel approaches in areas such as LLM-based agent architectures, multi-step planning and tool use, retrieval-augmented generation, reinforcement learning from human and business feedback, and robust evaluation methodologies for agentic systems. You will expand to proactively identify and tackle the next generation of AI-powered advertising experiences across the entire SPB portfolio. This high-visibility role places you as the science leader driving our strategy to democratize advertising success—making it effortless for advertisers of all sizes to achieve their business goals while delivering relevant experiences for Amazon customers. Key job responsibilities Build, mentor, and lead a new, high-performing applied science organization of applied scientists, research scientists, and engineers, fostering a culture of scientific excellence, innovation, customer obsession, and ownership. Define, own, and drive the long-term scientific and product vision and research strategy for agentic AI-powered advertising experiences across Sponsored Products and Brands—identifying the highest-impact research problems and charting a path from exploration to production. Lead the research, design, and development of novel agentic AI models and systems—including LLM-based agent architectures, multi-agent orchestration, planning and reasoning frameworks, tool-use mechanisms, and retrieval-augmented generation pipelines—that deliver measurable value for advertisers and create delightful, intuitive experiences. Establish rigorous scientific methodology and evaluation frameworks for assessing agent performance, reliability, safety, and advertiser outcomes, setting a high bar for experimentation, reproducibility, and offline-to-online consistency. Partner closely with senior business, engineering, and product leaders across Amazon Advertising to translate advertiser pain points and business opportunities into well-defined science problems, and deliver cohesive, production-ready solutions that drive advertiser success. Drive execution from research to production at scale, ensuring models and agentic systems meet high standards for quality, robustness, latency, safety, and reliability for mission-critical advertising services operating at Amazon scale. Champion a culture of scientific inquiry and technical depth that encourages bold experimentation, publication of novel research, relentless simplification, and continuous improvement. Communicate your team's scientific vision, research breakthroughs, strategy, and progress to senior leadership and key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with broader Amazon Advertising objectives and contributing to Amazon's position at the forefront of applied AI. Develop a science roadmap directly tied to advertiser outcomes, revenue growth, and business plans, delivering on commitments for high-impact research and modeling initiatives that shape the future of AI-powered digital advertising.
  • (Updated 38 days ago)
    Customer Experience and Business Trends (CXBT) is looking for an Applied Scientist to join their team. CXBT's mission is to create best-in-class AI agents that seamlessly integrate multimodal inputs like speech, images, and video, enabling natural, empathetic, and adaptive interactions. We leverage advanced architectures, cross-modal learning, interpretability, and responsible AI techniques to provide coherent, context-aware responses augmented by real-time knowledge retrieval. The ideal candidate will have expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs), speech, audio, Natural Language processing (NLP) or multimodal learning to pioneer innovations in data simulation, representation, generation, reasoning, retrieval, and evaluation. Key job responsibilities - Build scalable solutions for real-time conversational experiences, including multilingual support, customizable personalities, and conversational turn-taking. - Develop data simulation approaches that mimic real-world speech interactions. - Research and implement novel algorithms and modeling techniques. - Acquire and curate diverse datasets while ensuring user privacy. - Create robust evaluation metrics and test sets to assess language model performance. - Integrate human feedback to improve data selection and model performance. - Innovate in data representation and model training techniques. - Apply responsible AI practices throughout the development process. A day in the life Our team is dedicated to improving Amazon's products and services through evaluation of the end-to-end customer experience using both internal and external processes and technology. Our mission is to deeply understand our customers' experiences, challenge the status quo, and provide insights that drive innovation to improve that experience. Through our analysis and insights, we inform business decisions that directly impact customer experience as customers of new GenAI and LLM technologies. About the team Customer Experience and Business Trends (CXBT) is an organization made up of a diverse suite of functions dedicated to deeply understanding and improving customer experience, globally. We are a team of builders that develop products, services, ideas, and various ways of leveraging data to influence product and service offerings – for almost every business at Amazon – for every customer (e.g., consumers, developers, sellers/brands, employees, investors, streamers, gamers). Our approach is based on determining the customer need, along with problem solving, and we work backwards from there. We use technical and non-technical approaches and stay aware of industry and business trends. We are a global team, made up of a diverse set of profiles, skills, and backgrounds – including: Product Managers, Software Developers, Computer Vision experts, Solutions Architects, Data Scientists, Business Intelligence Engineers, Business Analysts, Risk Managers, and more.
  • (Updated 11 days ago)
    Have you ever wondered what it takes to transform millions of manual network planning decisions into AI-powered precision? Network Planning Solutions is looking for scientific innovators obsessed with building the AI/ML intelligence that makes orchestrating complex global operations feel effortless. Here, you'll do more than just build models; you'll create 'delight' by discovering and deploying the science that delivers exactly what our customers need, right when they need it. If you're ready to transform complex data patterns into breakthrough AI capabilities that power intuitive human experiences, you've found your team. Network Planning Solutions architects and orchestrates Amazon's customer service network of the future. By building AI-native solutions that continuously learn, predict and optimize, we deliver seamless customer experiences and empower associates with high-value work—driving measurable business impact at a global scale. As a Sr. Manager, Applied Science, you will own the scientific innovation and research initiatives that make this vision possible. You will lead a team of applied scientists and collaborate with cross-functional partners to develop and implement breakthrough scientific solutions that redefine our global network. Key job responsibilities Lead AI/ML Innovation for Network Planning Solutions: - Develop and deploy production-ready demand forecasting algorithms that continuously sense and predict customer demand using real-time signals - Build network optimization algorithms that automatically adjust staffing as conditions evolve across the service network - Architect scalable AI/ML infrastructure supporting automated forecasting and network optimization capabilities across the system Drive Scientific Excellence: - Build and mentor a team of applied scientists to deliver breakthrough AI/ML solutions - Design rigorous experiments to validate hypotheses and quantify business impact - Establish scientific excellence mechanisms including evaluation metrics and peer review processes Enable Strategic Transformation: - Drive scientific innovation from research to production - Design and validate next-generation AI-native models while ensuring robust performance, explainability, and seamless integration with existing systems. - Partner with Engineering, Product, and Operations teams to translate AI/ML capabilities into measurable business outcomes - Navigate ambiguity through experimentation while balancing innovation with operational constraints - Influence senior leadership through scientific rigor, translating complex algorithms into clear business value A day in the life Your day will be a dynamic blend of scientific innovation and strategic problem-solving. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, design AI algorithms, and translate complex data patterns into intuitive solutions that drive meaningful business impact. About the team We are Network Planning Solutions, a team of scientific innovators dedicated to reshaping how global service networks operate. Our mission is to create AI-native solutions that continuously learn, predict, and optimize customer experiences. We empower our associates to tackle high-value challenges and drive transformative change at a global scale.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3181815
    (Updated 3 days ago)
    Profit Intelligence (PI) team in Amazon , owning Amazon's core profitability prediction system, is looking for an ambitious Applied Scientist to build the next generation of profitability science for Amazon. As an AS II in PI, you will partner closely with science leadership, business stakeholders, applied scientists, economists, and engineers to solve key business problems that are at the core of economic prediction and cost optimization for Amazon, empowering downstream teams to make high-velocity, high-quality profitability decisions for both short term and long term. You will utilize massive data, state-of-the-art scientific computing, econometrics, time-series forecasting, and machine-learning, etc. to do so. Some of the science you create will be publishable in internal or external scientific journals and conferences. You will work closely with a team of economists, applied scientists, business analysts, data engineers, product managers, and software engineers. The team is unique in its exposure to company-wide strategies, and operates at the research frontier of utilizing data, machine-learning, artificial intelligence to inform business profitability strategies. Key job responsibilities 1) Design, implement, test, deploy and maintain innovative data and machine learning solutions to accelerate our business. Candidate should show a tracking record of delivering projects well and on-time, preferably in collaboration with other team members (e.g. co-authors). 2) Experiments and prototype implementations of new machine learning algorithms and prediction techniques, with a capacity for dealing with a high-level of ambiguity. 3) Partners with scientists, engineers, product managers, and stockholders to use data and model driven approach to influence business decisions 4) Influence the team to adopt cutting edge technologies and machine learning best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables
  • IN, KA, Bengaluru
    Job ID: 3189505
    (Updated 23 days ago)
    Are you passionate about applying machine learning and data-driven techniques to solve real-world problems at global scale? Amazon is seeking an Applied Scientist who combines curiosity, creativity, and strong analytical skills to build models and algorithms that power customer experiences and business decisions. As an Applied Scientist II, you will work with senior scientists and engineers to design, train, and deploy ML models using large-scale datasets. You will experiment with modern techniques in supervised and unsupervised learning, natural language processing, computer vision, or optimization—depending on the team’s focus area. You’ll also have opportunities to learn Amazon’s scalable infrastructure, experiment platforms, and science best practices. This role is ideal for someone early in their career who enjoys working in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams and is excited by the opportunity to learn, innovate, and deliver measurable impact to customers. Key job responsibilities 1.Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and product managers to define and frame business problems as ML or optimization tasks. 2.Build, train, and evaluate models using large, complex datasets. 3.Implement scalable data pipelines and model-serving systems. 4.Analyze experimental results, draw insights, and refine models to improve accuracy and robustness. 5.Communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences. 6.Continuously learn and apply new algorithms and techniques to improve existing systems.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3189728
    (Updated 26 days ago)
    The Stores Economics and Science (SEAS) team is an interdisciplinary science and economics team whose mission is to solve high-risk, high-return problems for the Stores organization. We leverage frontier science, partner with teams across Amazon, and learn from the tools, experience, and perspectives of others. Our work spans rapid responses to pressing leadership questions, collaborative partnerships to help other teams achieve their goals, and multi-year scientific bets with large upside potential. We are looking for an economist who can use data-driven modeling and analyses to make the right trade-offs and solve impactful business problems. We seek creative thinkers who can combine a strong economic toolbox with a desire to learn from others, and who know how to execute and deliver on big ideas. In this role, you will contribute to SEAS' mission in two key ways. First, you will leverage your economic expertise to help design and validate scientific solutions for pressing business challenges. This will involve applying advanced analytical techniques, conducting rigorous data analysis, and proactively proposing high-impact initiatives that can be rapidly prototyped and scaled. Secondly, you will play a crucial role in translating complex economic models and insights into actionable recommendations that directly inform leadership decisions across the organization. This will require strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional partners and drive meaningful change. Key job responsibilities - Collaborate with cross-functional partner teams to understand their challenges and translate them into rigorous economic frameworks that can be addressed through data analysis, modeling, and experimentation. - Own the end-to-end development of economic models and analyses, including conducting necessary data gathering, analysis, and validation to drive actionable insights, and - Effectively communicate your economic findings, models, and proposed solutions to senior business stakeholders, incorporating their feedback to refine your work.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3179953
    (Updated 40 days ago)
    Do you want to join an innovative team of scientists who use machine learning and statistical techniques to help Amazon provide the best customer experience by preventing eCommerce fraud? Are you excited by the prospect of analyzing and modeling terabytes of data and creating state-of-the-art algorithms to solve real world problems? Do you like to own end-to-end business problems/metrics and directly impact the profitability of the company? Do you enjoy collaborating in a diverse team environment? If yes, then you may be a great fit to join the Amazon Selling Partner Trust & Store Integrity Science Team. We are looking for a talented scientist who is passionate to build advanced machine learning systems that help manage the safety of millions of transactions every day and scale up our operation with automation. Key job responsibilities Innovate with the latest GenAI/LLM/VLM technology to build highly automated solutions for efficient risk evaluation and automated operations Design, develop and deploy end-to-end machine learning solutions in the Amazon production environment to create impactful business value Learn, explore and experiment with the latest machine learning advancements to create the best customer experience A day in the life You will be working within a dynamic, diverse, and supportive group of scientists who share your passion for innovation and excellence. You'll be working closely with business partners and engineering teams to create end-to-end scalable machine learning solutions that address real-world problems. You will build scalable, efficient, and automated processes for large-scale data analyses, model development, model validation, and model implementation. You will also be providing clear and compelling reports for your solutions and contributing to the ongoing innovation and knowledge-sharing that are central to the team's success.
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3179994
    (Updated 45 days ago)
    Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports – including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and exclusive access to coverage of live sports. All customers regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can access programming from subscriptions such as Apple TV, Peacock Premium Plus, HBO Max, FOX One, Crunchyroll and MGM+, as well as more than 900 free ad-support (FAST) Channels, rent or buy titles, and enjoy even more content for free with ads. Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience. As a Prime Video technologist, you’ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You’ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You’ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. We’ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you! Interested in influencing what customers around the world see when they turn on Prime Video? The Prime Video Personalization and Discovery team matches customers with the right content at the right time, at all touch points throughout the content discovery journey. We are looking for a customer-focused, solutions-oriented Senior Data Scientist to build and guide new data-driven frameworks to understand what makes new personalization and content discovery innovations successful for users and the business. You'll be part of an embedded science team on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and ultimately influence what millions of customers around the world see when the log into Prime Video. The ideal candidate brings strong problem-solving skills, stakeholder communication skills, and the ability to balance technical rigor with delivery speed and customer impact. You will build cross-functional support within Prime Video, assess business problems, define metrics, and support iterative scientific solutions that balance short-term delivery with long-term science roadmaps. Key job responsibilities - Use advanced statistical and machine learning techniques to extract insights from complex, large-scale data sets - Design and implement end-to-end data science workflows, from data acquisition and cleaning to model development, testing, and deployment - Support scalable, self-service data analyses by building datasets for analytics, reporting and ML use cases - Partner with product stakeholders and science peers to identify strategic data-driven opportunities to improve the customer experience - Communicate findings, conclusions, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders - Stay up-to-date on the latest data science tools, techniques, and best practices and help evangelize them across the organization

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