Applied Scientist Ii

If you have ever bought or sold anything on Amazon, you have touched Amazon Marketplace.Amazon's Marketplace business is one of the largest in the world.We are now in 23 countries.We are growing fast, with customers in many more countries.Amazon's platform is the engine that powers Amazon's Marketplace businesses, and Sellers rely on this platform and our support to start selling on Amazon and to grow their business.Amazon Marketplace enables millions of Sellers worldwide to list hundreds of millions of products and manage orders for inventory across dozens of different categories and languages.While working with millions of Sellers worldwide, we constantly strive to improve the selection for Customers and the capabilities of our platform for Sellers.The Seller Fulfillment Services (SFS) team is looking for a motivated and innovative Applied Scientist with strong analytical skills and practical experience to join our science team.As a key member of the SFS science team, you will provide expertise that helps accelerate the business.You will build science solutions that will help us to provide our customers with the largest selection of merchants at the lowest, and the most reliable delivery service regardless of the seller.You will research, design and improve on the models that will impact Amazon's customer directly.You will be working in a highly collaborative environment partnering with various science, product management, engineering, operations, finance, business intelligence and analytics teams to develop science models to solve business problems.You will need to understand the business requirements and translate them into complex analytical outputs.You will design tests to explain performance of the models from impact on customer and cost perspective.You will create ML models to capture features impacting performance.You should be comfortable building prototypes, testing and improving them given the feedback from the real time data.You should be able to present your model and findings to a various range of stakeholders.Key job responsibilitiesDesign, implement, test, deploy, and maintain innovative science solutions to accelerate our business.Create experiments and prototype implementations of new learning algorithms and prediction techniques.Collaborate with scientists, engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to design and implement software solutions for science problems.Use best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables.Basic QualificationsMaster's degree in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field.3+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience.3+ years of solving business problems through machine learning, data mining and statistical algorithms experience.Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing.Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals.Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.Experience in professional software development.Experience implementing algorithms using toolkits and self-developed code.Preferred QualificationsPhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field.5+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience.Knowledge of architectural concepts and algorithms, schedule tradeoffs and new opportunities with technical team members.Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information.If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.#J-*****-Ljbffr