Were looking for a Principal Applied Scientist to join our team. This role will drive our science efforts to understand the customer context (e.g. what have they searched for what are they clicking on what have they bought before) and use that to show customers features that will help them move along their shopping funnel (e.g. ingresses to useful destinations within our store trending selection that meets their needs).
This role will collaborate closely with the business product engineering and partners from other teams to define a science strategy and deliver it incrementally. To be successful in this role you should be a selfstarted who is customer obsessed and technically broad and deep with a strong bias for action and desire to deliver results.
PhD degree in Computer Science Applied Math or a related field with strong publications in refereed academic journals/conferences
10 years of combined academic and applied research experience
10 years of handson experience developing software in traditional programming languages (C Java Python etc.
7 years of handson experience with ML framework such as TensorFlow PyTorch Scikitlearn etc.
Excellent writing skills for presenting business cases and scientific models with rigorous analyses that support results to influence important decisions
Functional thought leader sought after for key tech decisions
Experience building and deploying innovative machine learning solutions at scale for 10 years.
Expert level skills across many Machine Learning methodologies.
Published research work in academic conferences or industry circles.
Experience delivering complex endtoend global ML solutions that run at very large scale.
Experience working with realworld data sets and building scalable models from big data.
Thinks strategically but stays on top of tactical .
Exhibits excellent business judgment; balances business product and technology very well.
An independent thinker who can make convincing informationbased arguments.
With a strong bias for action this individual will work equally well with science engineering economics and business teams.
This person will have sound judgment and be able to recruit and develop high calibre talent
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Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $179000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $309400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.