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  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 2899849
    (Updated 71 days ago)
    The Decision Science team within Amazon Devices is seeking an experienced Senior Data Scientist to lead the development and implementation of sophisticated demand forecasting models and customer segmentation analyses that will shape our future product portfolio. Are you excited about making multi-million dollar decisions science- and data-driven? Are you interested in supporting Consumer Hardware device concepts from innovative idea to launch? Do you want to work on a science team focused on scaling a variety of econometric and machine learning models? This could be the role for you! The Decision Science team owns demand estimates and pricing recommendations of concept devices before customers know they exist. We support over 100 device-specific analyses a year on hardware and services ranging from Echo Frames to Kindle Paperwhite to Blink Video Camera. We apply science models to multi-million dollar, one-way door decisions. The successful candidate will excel at exploring and simplifying internal customer business problems, and delivering deliver solutions to those problems that can eventually scale to self service tools. Key job responsibilities As a Data Scientist III at Amazon Devices, you will play a crucial role in shaping our product strategy and launch plans through advanced pre-launch forecasting and customer segmentation analysis. Your primary responsibilities will include: - Develop and execute sophisticated conjoint surveys to gather critical consumer insights for upcoming device launches. - Build and refine demand models using conjoint survey data and historical sales information to produce accurate pre-launch forecasts for new Amazon devices. - Lead the advancement of customer segmentation analysis, identifying key characteristics and behaviors of device purchasers across different product lines. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product Management, Marketing, and Finance to translate data-driven insights into actionable strategies for product development and go-to-market plans. - Design and implement machine learning algorithms to enhance the accuracy of demand forecasts and improve customer segment identification. - Stay current with the latest developments in data science techniques, particularly in the areas of conjoint analysis, demand modeling, and customer segmentation. - Mentor junior data scientists and contribute to the overall growth of the data science practice within Amazon Devices.
  • (Updated 68 days ago)
    Are you excited about solving complex business problems at scale through GenAI? Are you fascinated about the application of Agentic AI and LLMs on real-life scenarios? Are you looking to invent solutions that drive Autonomous Artificial Intelligence? If so, we are looking for you to fill a challenging position on Amazon's Trustworthy Shopping Experience (TSE) team. At TSE, our vision is to guarantee customers a worry-free shopping experience by earning their trust that the products they buy are safe, authentic, and compliant with regulations and policy, and giving them the confidence that Amazon stands behind every product and will make it right in the rare chance anything goes wrong. We do this in close partnership with our selling partners and empower them with best-in-class tools and expertise required to offer a high-quality selection of compliant products that customers trust. When we do this consistently, we help selling partners grow their business and power their long-term success. As a Senior Applied Scientist on the team, you will be responsible for delivering the science solutions required to automate complex manual investigation processes, especially by leveraging LLMs. You will handle Amazon scale use-cases with significant impact to the cost of serving Customers. Key job responsibilities - You invent and design new solutions for scientifically-complex problem areas and/or opportunities in existing or new business initiatives. - You design experiments and define the science approach to solve critical business use-cases for automating manual work that involves unstructured text, documents, images, symbols, etc. - Your work focuses on ambiguous problem areas at the product level, where the business problem or opportunity may not yet be crisply defined. - You drive or heavily influence the design of scientifically-complex software solutions or systems, for which you personally write significant parts of the critical scientific novelty. - You provide a system-wide view and design guidance for solutions that can be brand new or evolve from existing ones. - You apply and set the example for best practices in software engineering, and systematically peer review code written by your team members. - You set standards and proactively drive components to use and improve on state-of-the-art techniques. - You autonomously drive thoughtful discussions with customers, engineers, and scientist peers, and build consensus on larger projects and factor complex efforts into independent tasks that can be performed by you and others. About the team Investigation technology Product team in TSE is responsible for the human-in-the-loop products and technology used in the risk investigations at Amazon. The team is also responsible for reducing the cost of performing the investigations, by automating wherever possible and optimizing the experience where manual interventions are needed. The team leverages state-of-the art technology and GenAI to deliver the products and associated goals.
  • (Updated 21 days ago)
    External job description As a Sr. Applied Scientist, you will be responsible for assessing and optimizing the performance and reliability of our new and emerging category of devices – Kuiper Customer Terminal. Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to un-served and under-served communities around the world. In this role, you will use expertise in physical sciences, theoretical, numerical or empirical techniques to create scalable models representing response of physical systems or devices, including: - Applying domain scientific expertise towards developing innovative analysis and tests to study viability of new materials, designs or processes - Working closely with engineering teams to drive validation, optimization and implementation of hardware design or software algorithmic solutions to improve product and customer risks - Establishing scalable, efficient, automated processes to handle large scale design and data analysis - Conducting research into use conditions, materials and analysis techniques - Tracking general business activity including device health in field and providing clear, compelling reports to management on a regular basis - Developing, implementing guidelines to continually optimize design processes - Using simulation tools like LS-DYNA, and Abaqus for analysis and optimization of product design - Using of programming languages like Python and Matlab for analytical/statistical analyses and automation - Demonstrating strong understanding across multiple physical science domains, e.g. structural, thermal, fluid dynamics, and materials - Developing, analyzing and testing structural solutions from concept design, feature development, product architecture, through system validation - Supporting product development and optimization through application of analysis and testing of complex electronic assemblies using advanced simulation and experimentation tools and techniques
  • (Updated 68 days ago)
    Are you excited about solving complex business problems at scale through GenAI? Are you fascinated about the application of Agentic AI and LLMs on real-life scenarios? Are you looking to invent solutions that drive Autonomous Artificial Intelligence? If so, we are looking for you to fill a challenging position on Amazon's Trustworthy Shopping Experience (TSE) team. At TSE, our vision is to guarantee customers a worry-free shopping experience by earning their trust that the products they buy are safe, authentic, and compliant with regulations and policy, and giving them the confidence that Amazon stands behind every product and will make it right in the rare chance anything goes wrong. We do this in close partnership with our selling partners and empower them with best-in-class tools and expertise required to offer a high-quality selection of compliant products that customers trust. When we do this consistently, we help selling partners grow their business and power their long-term success. As a Senior Applied Scientist on the team, you will be responsible for delivering the science solutions required to automate complex manual investigation processes, especially by leveraging LLMs. You will handle Amazon scale use-cases with significant impact to the cost of serving Customers. Key job responsibilities - You invent and design new solutions for scientifically-complex problem areas and/or opportunities in existing or new business initiatives. - You design experiments and define the science approach to solve critical business use-cases for automating manual work that involves unstructured text, documents, images, symbols, etc. - Your work focuses on ambiguous problem areas at the product level, where the business problem or opportunity may not yet be crisply defined. - You drive or heavily influence the design of scientifically-complex software solutions or systems, for which you personally write significant parts of the critical scientific novelty. - You provide a system-wide view and design guidance for solutions that can be brand new or evolve from existing ones. - You apply and set the example for best practices in software engineering, and systematically peer review code written by your team members. - You set standards and proactively drive components to use and improve on state-of-the-art techniques. - You autonomously drive thoughtful discussions with customers, engineers, and scientist peers, and build consensus on larger projects and factor complex efforts into independent tasks that can be performed by you and others. About the team Investigation technology Product team in TSE is responsible for the human-in-the-loop products and technology used in the risk investigations at Amazon. The team is also responsible for reducing the cost of performing the investigations, by automating wherever possible and optimizing the experience where manual interventions are needed. The team leverages state-of-the art technology and GenAI to deliver the products and associated goals.
  • (Updated 57 days ago)
    Are you looking for an opportunity to build an LLM-based enterprise-grade, highly available, large scale solution? Does it excite you to find patterns and build generic, composable solutions to solve complex problems? Are you looking for inventing newer and simpler ways of building solutions? If so, we are looking for you to fill a challenging position in Alexa Enterprise (AE) team. AE brings the power of Alexa voice assistant to enterprise partners in industries such as hospitality and senior living. We tackle pressing challenges like workforce shortage. We are inventing Large Language Models (LLM)-driven interactions to create memorable moments for users while simultaneously boosting partner revenues and reinforcing brand identity. Beyond managed properties, AE extends Alexa's reach to premium third-party devices, seamlessly integrating with household names like Samsung, LG, and Sonos, thus amplifying its impact across diverse ecosystems. AE team is looking for a passionate, highly skilled and inventive Senior Applied Scientist, with a strong machine learning background, to lead the development and implementation of state-of-the-art ML systems for Alexa Enterprise use cases. As a Senior Applied Scientist in the team, you will play a critical role in driving the development of conversational assistants, in particular those based on Large Language Models (LLM's), that meet enterprise standards. You will handle Amazon-scale use cases with significant impact on our customers' experiences. 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
  • (Updated 71 days ago)
    Amazon Devices is looking for a dynamic, innovative and accomplished Applied Scientist to work on machine learning and data science initiatives to help customers discover Devices products and enabled stakeholders make informed product decisions. Are you excited by the prospect of analyzing terabytes of data and leveraging state-of-the-art data science and machine learning techniques to solve real world problems? Do you like to own business problems/metrics of high ambiguity where you get to define the path forward for success for initiatives? You will get an opportunity to act as a thought leader, work backwards from the customer needs, dive deep into data to understand the issues, conceptualize and build algorithms and collaborate with cross-functional teams. You will take the lead on developing advanced ML systems that are key to reaching our customers with the right recommendations at the right time. Your work will directly impact the success of Amazon's growing Devices business. Key job responsibilities Key job responsibilities * Design, prototype and test many possible hypotheses in a high-ambiguity environment, making use of both analysis and business judgment. * Collaborate with software engineering teams to integrate successful experiments into large-scale, highly complex Amazon production systems. * Promote the culture of experimentation and applied science at Amazon. * Excellent communication and presentation skills working with multiple peer groups and different levels of management * Influence and continuously improve a sustainable team culture that exemplifies Amazon’s leadership principles. A day in the life You will work with other scientists, engineers, product managers, and marketers to develop new products that benefit our customers and help us reach our business goals. You will own solutions from end to end: conceptualization, prioritization, development, delivery, and deploy in production. About the team We are a full stack science team that empowers product, marketing, and other business leaders to better understand customers who use Amazon devices, make decisions on product development or optimization, and measure the effectiveness of their efforts against our customer’s expectation. Our focus area is to build analytical frameworks that help the organization easily access data, better understand the decisions customers are making and why, and assess customer satisfaction.
  • US, WA, Bellevue
    Job ID: 2888334
    (Updated 71 days ago)
    Our team is at the forefront of machine learning research. Led by scientists including Dean Foster, the team is dedicated to developing innovative RL algorithms and applying them to complex, real-world challenges in Amazon's global inventory and supply chain network. Our focus is not just on advancing theoretical knowledge but also on implementing these insights to optimize operations and enhance customer satisfaction. We foster a collaborative environment where exploration of new ideas and tackling complex problems is encouraged. The supply chain spans a wide range of operations,managing decisions that impact billions of dollars worth of inventory. For scientists passionate about impactful research in machine learning and AI, our team offers a dynamic and fulfilling environment to make a tangible difference in the field and Amazon's operations. Key job responsibilities * Design, implement, and evaluate innovative models, agents, and software prototypes. * Collaborate with a team of experienced scientists to drive technological advancements. * Develop innovative solutions to complex business problems in collaboration with partner teams. * Contribute to Amazon's global science community through collaboration and publication of ground-breaking research. * Engage in research projects that contribute to the wider scientific community, sharing findings through publications in top-tier journals and conferences. A day in the life As a part of our team, you will be working alongside thought leaders like Dean Foster, contributing to academic research and complex, real-world applications. Your work will directly influence Amazon's global inventory planning systems, shaping decisions that affect billions of dollars worth of inventory and a wide array of product lines. You will tackle complex inventory planning challenges using Reinforcement Learning, contributing both to the theoretical aspect of the field and its practical applications. We value innovative thinking and the ability to approach problems from new perspectives.
  • IN, KA, Bengaluru
    Job ID: 2884993
    (Updated 121 days ago)
    Amazon is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business and we are responsible for 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. We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving 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. The ATT team, based in Bangalore, is responsible for ensuring that ads are relevant and are of good quality, leading to higher conversion for the sellers and providing a great experience for the customers. We deal with one of the world’s largest product catalog, handle billions of requests a day with plans to grow it by an order of magnitude and use automated systems to validate tens of millions of offers submitted by thousands of merchants in multiple countries and languages. In this role, you will build and develop ML models to address content understanding and labelling problems in Ads. These models will rely on a variety of visual and textual features requiring expertise in both domains. These models need to scale to multiple languages and countries. You will collaborate with engineers and other scientists to build, train and deploy these models. As part of these activities, you will develop production level code that enables labelling of advertising assets and moderation of millions of ads submitted each day.
  • (Updated 156 days ago)
    Are you a MS or PhD student interested in a 2025 Internship in the field of machine learning, deep learning, speech, robotics, computer vision, optimization, quantum computing, automated reasoning, or formal methods? If so, we want to hear from you! We are looking for students interested in using a variety of domain expertise to invent, design and implement state-of-the-art solutions for never-before-solved problems. You can find more information about the Amazon Science community as well as our interview process via the links below; https://www.amazon.science/ https://amazon.jobs/content/en/career-programs/university/science https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/university-roles/applied-science Emirati nationality is required. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Science Intern, you will own the design and development of end-to-end systems. You’ll have the opportunity to write technical white papers, create roadmaps and drive production level projects that will support Amazon Science. You will work closely with Amazon scientists, and other science interns to develop solutions and deploy them into production. You will have the opportunity to design new algorithms, models, or other technical solutions whilst experiencing Amazon’s customer focused culture. The ideal intern must have the ability to work with diverse groups of people and cross-functional teams to solve complex business problems. A day in the life At Amazon, you will grow into the high impact, visionary person you know you’re ready to be. Every day will be filled with developing new skills and achieving personal growth. How often can you say that your work changes the world? At Amazon, you’ll say it often. Join us and define tomorrow. About the team Applicants will be reviewed on a rolling basis and are assigned to teams aligned with their research interests and experience prior to interviews. Start dates are available throughout the year and durations can vary in length from 3-6 months for full time internships. Some more benefits of an Amazon Science internship include; • All of our internships offer a competitive stipend/salary • Interns are paired with an experienced manager and mentor(s) • Interns receive invitations to different events such as intern program initiatives or site events • Interns can build their professional and personal network with other Amazon Scientists • Interns can potentially publish work at top tier conferences each year This role may available across multiple locations in the EMEA region. Please note these are not remote internships.
  • (Updated 1 days ago)
    Welcome to the Worldwide Returns & ReCommerce team (WWR&R) at Amazon.com. WWR&R is an agile, innovative organization dedicated to ‘making zero happen’ to benefit our customers, our company, and the environment. Our goal is to achieve the three zeroes: zero cost of returns, zero waste, and zero defects. We do this by developing products and driving truly innovative operational excellence to help customers keep what they buy, recover returned and damaged product value, keep thousands of tons of waste from landfills, and create the best customer returns experience in the world. We have an eye to the future – we create long-term value at Amazon by focusing not just on the bottom line, but on the planet. We are building the most sustainable re-use channel we can by driving multiple aspects of the Circular Economy for Amazon – Returns & ReCommerce. Amazon WWR&R is comprised of business, product, operational, program, software engineering and data teams that manage the life of a returned or damaged product from a customer to the warehouse and on to its next best use. Our work is broad and deep: we train machine learning models to automate routing and find signals to optimize re-use; we invent new channels to give products a second life; we develop highly respected product support to help customers love what they buy; we pilot smarter product evaluations; we work from the customer backward to find ways to make the return experience remarkably delightful and easy; and we do it all while scrutinizing our business with laser focus. You will help create everything from customer-facing and vendor-facing websites to the internal software and tools behind the reverse-logistics process. You can develop scalable, high-availability solutions to solve complex and broad business problems. We are a group that has fun at work while driving incredible customer, business, and environmental impact. We are backed by a strong leadership group dedicated to operational excellence that empowers a reasonable work-life balance. As an established, experienced team, we offer the scope and support needed for substantial career growth. Amazon is earth’s most customer-centric company and through WWR&R, the earth is our customer too. Come join us and innovate with the Amazon Worldwide Returns & ReCommerce team! Key job responsibilities * Design, develop, and evaluate highly innovative models for Natural Language Programming (NLP), Large Language Model (LLM), or Large Computer Vision Models. * Use SQL to query and analyze the data. * Use Python, Jupyter notebook, and Pytorch to train/test/deploy ML models. * Use machine learning and analytical techniques to create scalable solutions for business problems. * Research and implement novel machine learning and statistical approaches. * Mentor interns. * Work closely with data & software engineering teams to build model implementations and integrate successful models and algorithms in production systems at very large scale. About the team When a customer returns a package to Amazon, the request and package will be passed through our WWRR machine learning (ML) systems so that we could improve the customer experience, identify return root cause, optimize re-use, and evaluate the returned package. Our problems touch multiple modalities spanning from: textual, categorical, image, to speech data. We operate at large scale and rely on state-of-the-art modeling techniques to power our ML models: XGBoost, BERT, Vision Transformers, Large Language Models.

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