Applied Scientist II, Amazon Private Brands
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Job Summary
The Selection Guidance team applies Generative AI Machine Learning Statistics and Economics solutions to drive our private brands product assortment strategic business decisions and product inputs such as title price merchandising and ordering. We are an interdisciplinary team of Scientists Economists Engineers and Product Managers incubating and building day one solutions using novel technology to solve some of the toughest business problems at Amazon.
As an Applied Scientist you apply state-of-the-art research to business problems invent novel solutions and prototypes and directly contribute to bringing your ideas to life through production implementation. Current research areas include named entity recognition product substitutes pricing optimization agentic AI and large language models. You will review and guide scientists across the team on their designs and implementations and raise the team bar for science research and development.
This is a unique high visibility opportunity for someone who wants to develop ambitious science solutions and have direct business and customer impact.
Key job responsibilities
- Partner with business stakeholders to deeply understand APB business problems and frame ambiguous business problems as science problems and solutions.
- Adapt and apply state-of-the-art machine learning solutions to business problems.
- Invent novel science solutions develop prototypes and deploy production software to solve business problems.
- Review and guide science solutions across the team.
- Publish and socialize your and the teams research across Amazon and external avenues as appropriate
- Leverage industry best practices to establish repeatable applied science practices principles & processes.
- PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of CS CE ML or related field experience
- 3 years of building models for business application experience
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures parsing numerical optimization data mining parallel and distributed computing high-performance computing
- PhD in computer science machine learning engineering or related fields
- Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application
- Experience in professional software development
- Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment
- Experience using Unix/Linux
- 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.
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 youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 - 149300.00 - 249300.00 CAD annually
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Immunoassays
- Machine Learning
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis Skills
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