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This role will contribute to developing the Economics and Science products and services in the Fee domain, with specialization in supply chain systems and fees. Through the lens of economics, you will develop causal links for how Amazon, Sellers and Customers interact. You will be a key and senior scientist, advising Amazon leaders how to price our services. You will work on developing frameworks and scaleable, repeatable models supporting optimal pricing and policy in the two-sided marketplace that is central to Amazon's business. The pricing for Amazon services is complex. You will partner with science and technology teams across Amazon including Advertising, Supply Chain, Operations, Prime, Consumer Pricing, and Finance. We are looking for an experienced Principal Economist to improve our understanding of seller Economics, enhance our ability to estimate the causal impact of fees, and work with partner teams to design pricing policy changes. In this role, you will provide guidance to scientists to develop econometric models to influence our fee pricing worldwide. You will lead the development of causal models to help isolate the impact of fee and policy changes from other business actions, using experiments when possible, or observational data when not. Key job responsibilities The ideal candidate will have extensive Economics knowledge, demonstrated strength in practical and policy relevant structural econometrics, strong collaboration skills, proven ability to lead highly ambiguous and large projects, and a drive to deliver results. They will work closely with Economists, Data / Applied Scientists, Strategy Analysts, Data Engineers, and Product leads to integrate economic insights into policy and systems production. Familiarity with systems and services that constitute seller supply chains is a plus but not required. About the team The Stores Economics and Sciences team is a central science team that supports Amazon's Retail and Supply Chain leadership. We tackle some of Amazon's most challenging economics and machine learning problems, where our mandate is to impact the business on massive scale.

We are looking for a researcher in state-of-the-art LLM technologies for applications across Alexa, AWS, and other Amazon businesses. In this role, you will innovate in the fastest-moving fields of current AI research, in particular in how to integrate a broad range of structured and unstructured information into AI systems (e.g. with RAG techniques), and get to immediately apply your results in highly visible Amazon products. If you are deeply familiar with LLMs, natural language processing, and machine learning and have experience managing high-performing research teams, this may be the right opportunity for you. Our fast-paced environment requires a high degree of independence in making decisions and driving ambitious research agendas all the way to production. You will work with other science and engineering teams as well as business stakeholders to maximize velocity and impact of your team's contributions. It's an exciting time to be a leader in AI research. In Amazon's AGI Information team, you can make your mark by improving information-driven experience of Amazon customers worldwide!

Join the next science and engineering revolution at Amazon's Delivery Foundation Model team, where you'll work alongside world-class scientists and engineers to pioneer the next frontier of logistics through advanced AI and foundation models. We are seeking an exceptional Principal Applied Scientist to help develop innovative foundation models that enable delivery of billions of packages worldwide. In this role, you'll combine highly technical work with scientific leadership, ensuring the team delivers robust solutions for dynamic real-world environments. Your team will leverage Amazon's vast data and computational resources to tackle ambitious problems across a diverse set of Amazon delivery use cases. Key job responsibilities - Design and implement novel deep learning architectures combining a multitude of modalities, including image, video, and geospatial data. - Solve computational problems to train foundation models on vast amounts of Amazon data and infer at Amazon scale, taking advantage of latest developments in hardware and deep learning libraries. - As a foundation model developer, collaborate with multiple science and engineering teams to help build adaptations that power use cases across Amazon Last Mile deliveries, improving experience and safety of a delivery driver, an Amazon customer, and improving efficiency of Amazon delivery network. - Guide technical direction for specific research initiatives, ensuring robust performance in production environments. - Mentor fellow scientists while maintaining strong individual technical contributions. A day in the life As a member of the Delivery Foundation Model team, you’ll spend your day on the following: - Develop and implement novel foundation model architectures, working hands-on with data and our extensive training and evaluation infrastructure - Guide and support fellow scientists in solving complex technical challenges, from trajectory planning to efficient multi-task learning - Guide and support fellow engineers in building scalable and reusable infra to support model training, evaluation, and inference - Lead focused technical initiatives from conception through deployment, ensuring successful integration with production systems- Drive technical discussions within the team and and key stakeholders - Conduct experiments and prototype new ideas - Mentor team members while maintaining significant hands-on contribution to technical solutions About the team The Delivery Foundation Model team combines ambitious research vision with real-world impact. Our foundation models provide generative reasoning capabilities required to meet the demands of Amazon's global Last Mile delivery network. We leverage Amazon's unparalleled computational infrastructure and extensive datasets to deploy state-of-the-art foundation models to improve the safety, quality, and efficiency of Amazon deliveries. Our work spans the full spectrum of foundation model development, from multimodal training using images, videos, and sensor data, to sophisticated modeling strategies that can handle diverse real-world scenarios. We build everything end to end, from data preparation to model training and evaluation to inference, along with all the tooling needed to understand and analyze model performance. Join us if you're excited about pushing the boundaries of what's possible in logistics, working with world-class scientists and engineers, and seeing your innovations deployed at unprecedented scale.

Do you have deep technical GenAI background in the Startup space? Are you looking to work with world leading startups at the forefront of Generative AI? Join the The Generative AI Innovation and Delivery Team (GenAIID) Startup Organization! The Generative AI Innovation and Delivery mission is to drive startup innovation by making AWS the preferred GenAI Platform for startups to experiment, build and scale their products. We are a team of strategists, scientists, engineers, and architects working closely with worlds’ leading startups across GenAI model providers, GenAI tooling and applications. We partner closely with startups to address their GenAI infrastructure needs, evolve their GenAI product and infuse GenAI into their existing SaaS applications. In this process we provide guidance on best practices for applying generative AI responsibly and cost efficiently. You will work directly with startups 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. We’re looking for Applied Scientists passionate about helping startups use GenAI and other techniques to design, evangelize, and implement state-of-the-art solutions for never-before-solved problems. Key job responsibilities * Collaborate with AI/ML scientists and engineers to research, design, develop, and evaluate generative AI solutions to address real-world opportunities * Interact with customers directly to understand their business problems, aid them in implementation of generative AI solutions, brief customers and guide them on adoption patterns and paths to production * Help customers optimize their solutions through approaches such as model selection, training or tuning, right-sizing, distillation, and hardware optimization * Develop a deep understanding of startups GenAI ecosystem and their evolving technical needs to drive improvements to startups program and resulting customer experience * Provide customer and market feedback to product and engineering teams to help define product direction * Unlock scale by identifying patterns and establishing reusable assets to accelerate customer impact of future engagements About the team AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

We are seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to drive innovation in machine learning and artificial intelligence for Amazon's autonomous delivery systems. In this role, you will develop novel algorithms and models that power our autonomous vehicle perception, prediction, and decision-making systems. You will combine rigorous scientific methodology with practical engineering to solve complex problems in real-world autonomous navigation and delivery. Key job responsibilities - Design and develop advanced machine learning models and algorithms for autonomous vehicle systems - Lead research initiatives in areas such as computer vision, sensor fusion, behavioral prediction, and path planning - Transform research concepts into production-ready solutions that meet strict safety and performance requirements - Develop novel approaches to solve complex technical challenges in autonomous navigation - Create and implement metrics and evaluation frameworks to measure model performance - Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate ML solutions into the autonomous vehicle stack - Publish research findings and represent Amazon at technical conferences - Mentor junior scientists and contribute to building a culture of scientific excellence A day in the life A typical day for a Senior Applied Scientist begins with analyzing experimental results from recent model deployments. They might spend the morning developing new deep learning architectures for sensor fusion or improving prediction models for pedestrian behavior. Mid-day could involve collaborating with engineering teams to optimize model performance and reduce inference latency. Afternoon activities might include designing experiments to validate new approaches, reviewing research papers for potential application, and participating in technical discussions to solve challenging problems in perception or planning. They would regularly engage in code reviews, documentation of methods, and mentoring of team members. The role requires balancing innovative research with practical implementation, ensuring that scientific advances translate into reliable autonomous system capabilities. About the team The Applied Science team within Amazon's Last Mile Delivery Automation organization focuses on developing cutting-edge machine learning solutions for autonomous systems. We work at the intersection of computer vision, deep learning, robotics, and control systems to create robust and scalable algorithms that enable safe autonomous operation. Our team combines expertise from diverse scientific backgrounds to tackle fundamental challenges in perception, prediction, and decision-making. We collaborate closely with software engineering teams to deploy our solutions across Amazon's autonomous delivery fleet.

We are seeking a Senior Economist to accelerate Amazon Japan's customer growth and engagement. In this exciting charter, you will use economic principles and econometrics to foster and drive innovations for some of Amazon's flagship programs, including Prime, Amazon Points, and Deal Events (e.g., Prime Day). Amazon has a trailblazing track record of working with Ph.D. economists in the tech industry and offers a unique environment for economists to thrive. As an economist at Amazon, you will apply the frontier of econometric and economic methods to Amazon’s terabytes of data and intriguing customer problems. Your expertise in building reduced-form or structural causal inference models is exemplary in Amazon. Your strategic thinking in designing mechanisms and products influences how Amazon evolves. In this role, you will work with a diverse team of product and science talents to identify business opportunities and build best-in-class econometric models to address them. You will work with engineering teams to productionize your models and improve the experiences of our customers and associates. You will own, execute, and expand a research roadmap that contributes to Amazon's long term success. As one of the first economists outside North America/EU, you will make an outsized impact to our international marketplaces and pioneer in expanding Amazon’s economist community in Asia. The ideal candidate will be an experienced economist in empirical industrial organization, labour economics, or related structural/reduced-form causal inference fields. You are a self-starter who enjoys ambiguity in a fast-paced and earns trust from stakeholders in an ever-changing environment. You think big on the next game-changing opportunity but also dive deep into every detail that matters. You insist on the highest standards and are consistent in delivering results. Key job responsibilities - Work with Product, Finance, Data Science, and Engineering teams across the globe to deliver data-driven insights and products for regional and world-wide launches. - Use economic insights to guide business to make the right strategic decisions. - Innovate on how Amazon can leverage data analytics to improve customer growth and engagement. - Contribute to building a strong data science community in Amazon Asia.

Amazon is looking for talented Postdoctoral Scientists to join the Research and AI Development team at Amazon Robotics for a one-year, full-time research position. This Postdoctoral Scientist will innovate in the areas of multi-agent planning and reinforcement learning for robotic systems. They will have the opportunity to address challenges related to the control and optimization of the world’s largest fleet of mobile robots under uncertainty, including policy learning for resource management in robotic storage systems. At Amazon, we experiment and innovate relentlessly. Science is core in our offering to shoppers, advertisers and customers. Our scientists apply machine learning, optimization, causal modeling and game theory at scale to enhance the customer experience, help advertisers reach relevant audiences, and support brand building. We are seeking talented scientists to invent cutting-edge techniques in a variety of areas and innovate on behalf of shoppers, advertisers, and customers. Required application materials: * CV, which lists all peer-reviewed publications and conferences, * Research statement that outlines your research achievements and future research interests, and * A journal article or book chapter that demonstrates your domain expertise. Key job responsibilities In this role you will: • 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. A day in the life On a typical day in this role you will work to progress your research projects, meet with engineering, systems, and solutions stakeholders, brainstorm with other scientists on the team, and participate in team processes. You will follow your multi-agent planning and reinforcement learning projects though the entire life cycle of design, implementation, evaluation, analysis, and will communicate your findings and results through publications in top-tier academic venues. About the team The Research and AI Development team at Amazon Robotics is a multi-disciplinary science team that includes scientists with backgrounds in planning and scheduling, grasping and manipulation, machine learning, and operations research. We develop novel planning algorithms and machine learning methods and apply them to real-word robotic warehouses, including: (1) Planning and coordinating the paths of thousands of robots (2) Dynamic allocation and scheduling of tasks to thousands of robots (3) Learning how to adapt system behavior to varying operating conditions and (4) Co-design of robotic logistics processes and the algorithms to optimize them.

Want to help develop the next generation of web search to support intelligent assistant products? Join us! We are looking for a talented Applied Scientist to help us develop state-of-the-art, next generation web search capabilities within Amazon AGI. You will have an opportunity to directly impact the customer experience, design, architecture, and implementation of products that will be used every day by people you know. We're looking for someone passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, who demonstrates strong product ownership and is willing to think in new ways to solve difficult problems. You'll develop novel solutions to challenging technical problems, driving key improvements in our web search capabilities. You'll perform rigorous research, publishing papers in top IR conferences along the way. Key job responsibilities Develop state-of-the-art web search technology, including training novel retrieval and ranking models, scaling models and optimizing performance, partnering with engineering to deploy and debug model performance in production, and building and scaling quality training data sets.

Join the next revolution in robotics at Amazon's Frontier AI & Robotics team, where you'll work alongside world-renowned AI pioneers to lead key initiatives in robotic intelligence. As a Principal Applied Scientist, you'll spearhead the development of breakthrough foundation models that enable robots to perceive, understand, and interact with the world in unprecedented ways. You'll drive technical excellence in areas such as perception, manipulation, science understanding, sim2real transfer, multi-modal foundation models, and multi-task learning, designing novel algorithms that bridge the gap between state-of-the-art research and real-world deployment at Amazon scale. In this role, you'll combine hands-on technical work with scientific leadership, ensuring your team delivers robust solutions for dynamic real-world environments. You'll leverage Amazon's vast computational resources to tackle ambitious problems in areas like very large multi-modal robotic foundation models and efficient, promptable model architectures that can scale across diverse robotic applications. Key job responsibilities - Lead technical initiatives in robotics foundation models, driving breakthrough approaches through hands-on research and development in areas like open-vocabulary panoptic scene understanding, scaling up multi-modal LLMs, sim2real/real2sim techniques, end-to-end vision-language-action models, efficient model inference, video tokenization - Design and implement novel deep learning architectures that push the boundaries of what robots can understand and accomplish - Guide technical direction for specific research initiatives, ensuring robust performance in production environments - Mentor and support fellow scientists while maintaining strong individual technical contributions - Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize and scale models for real-world applications - Influence technical decisions and implementation strategies within your area of focus A day in the life - Develop and implement novel foundation model architectures, working hands-on with our extensive compute infrastructure - Guide and support fellow scientists in solving complex technical challenges, from sim2real transfer to efficient multi-task learning - Lead focused technical initiatives from conception through deployment, ensuring successful integration with production systems - Drive technical discussions within your team and with key stakeholders - Conduct experiments and prototype new ideas using our massive compute cluster - Mentor team members while maintaining significant hands-on contribution to technical solutions Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include: 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage 2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options 3. Paid Time Off (PTO) 4. 401(k) Plan If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply! About the team At Frontier AI & Robotics, we're not just advancing robotics – we're reimagining it from the ground up. Our team is building the future of intelligent robotics through ground breaking foundation models and end-to-end learned systems. We tackle some of the most challenging problems in AI and robotics, from developing sophisticated perception systems to creating adaptive manipulation strategies that work in complex, real-world scenarios. What sets us apart is our unique combination of ambitious research vision and practical impact. We leverage Amazon's massive computational infrastructure and rich real-world datasets to train and deploy state-of-the-art foundation models. Our work spans the full spectrum of robotics intelligence – from multimodal perception using images, videos, and sensor data, to sophisticated manipulation strategies that can handle diverse real-world scenarios. We're building systems that don't just work in the lab, but scale to meet the demands of Amazon's global operations. Join us if you're excited about pushing the boundaries of what's possible in robotics, working with world-class researchers, and seeing your innovations deployed at unprecedented scale.

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. Key job responsibilities We're looking for a Sr. Manager, Applied Science to lead a team of Applied Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers in our Just Walk Out Technology organization. As a Sr. Manager, Applied Science, you will be responsible for building and leading a world-class team that pushes the boundaries of computer vision, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. In this role, you will drive the technical vision and strategy for your team while fostering a culture of innovation and scientific excellence. You will balance hands-on technical leadership with people management responsibilities, ensuring your team delivers cutting-edge solutions while growing professionally. The role requires someone who can think strategically about business problems while diving deep into technical details when needed. - Building and mentoring a team of Applied Scientists and ML Engineers - Setting technical direction and research strategy aligned with business goals - Driving innovation in visual reasoning systems, AI agent design, and computer vision - Collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate research into production - Managing project portfolios and resource allocation About the team Just Walk Out (JWO) 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 account and send you a receipt. Check it out at justwalkout.com. 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. 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.