Sr. Applied Scientist, Private Brands Intelligence SCIT Science

The Private Brands team is looking for a Sr. Applied Scientist to join the team in building science solutions at scale. Our team applies Optimization Machine Learning Statistics Causal Inference and Econometrics/Economics to derive actionable insights about the complex economy of Amazons retail business and develop Statistical Models and Algorithms to drive strategic business decisions and improve operations. We are an interdisciplinary team of Scientists Engineers and Economists.

Key job responsibilities
You will work with business leaders scientists and economists to translate business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables including the design development testing and deployment of highly scalable optimization solutions and ML models.

This is a unique high visibility opportunity for someone who wants to have business impact dive deep into large-scale problems enable measurable actions on the consumer economy and work closely with scientists and economists. As a Sr Scientist you bring business and industry context to science and technology decisions. You set the standard for scientific excellence and make decisions that affect the way we build and integrate algorithms. Your solutions are exemplary in terms of algorithm design clarity model structure efficiency and extensibility. You tackle intrinsically hard problems acquiring expertise as needed. You decompose complex problems into straightforward solutions.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in Operations Research and predictive models and working with distributed systems. Academic and/or practical background in Operations Research Machine Learning and Reinforcement Learning are particularly relevant for this position.
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- 3 years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience
- PhD or Masters degree and 5 years of applied research experience
- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
- Experience with conducting research in a corporate setting

- Experience with modeling tools such as R scikit-learn Spark MLLib MxNet Tensorflow numpy scipy etc.
- Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop Spark etc.
- Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices
- Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products workflows or customer experiences

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company Amazons package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription basic life & AD&D insurance) Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP) paid time off and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN BC Vancouver - 195900.00 - 327200.00 CAD annually