Senior Applied Scientist , EC2- Onhand Capacity Optimization
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Job Location:
Seattle, OR - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Key job responsibilities
We are seeking an expert with a strong background in mathematical optimization with excellent modeling skills with experience using both exact and heuristic methods. The domain requires a tight collaboration with engineering teams to ensure we are able to quickly move from modelling and prototyping to full scale production usage. You should be confirmable with the needed statistical approaches for production A/B tests as well as have a solid understanding experimental design more broadly. Being successful in the role requires having the scientific breadth to understand the interactions between different phases of a project from data analysis through to production including resolving issues after rollout.
You will be hands-on with the mathematical modeling and implementation and will also contribute to the design of the engineering system with the scalability extensibility maintainability and correctness of the optimization engine in mind. You will review approaches by other scientists and engineers in terms of business relevance technical validity engineering / science interface and computational performance. You will mentor and lead junior scientists by example. Communicating your results to guide the direction of the business and working with software development teams to implement your ideas in code is key to success. You will write technical and less frequently business documents that influence engineering investments and business direction. Collaborating with other scientists software engineers and product managers you will develop creative novel and data-driven approaches to improve our existing cloud compute offerings and define new ones in a fast-paced and quickly changing environment improving the experience of our customers and impacting the bottom line of EC2.
- PhD in operations research applied mathematics theoretical computer science or equivalent
- 6 years of relevant academic research or industry experience in developing algorithms.
- Publications in refereed academic journals or conference.
- In-depth knowledge of exact approximation algorithms and heuristic methods for solving difficult optimization problems.
- Experience in prototyping and developing software in traditional programming languages (Python C Java etc.).
- Comfortable with SQL and experience with very large-scale dataset.
- Excellent writing skills to document the models and analyses and for presenting business cases with results/conclusions in order to influence important decisions.
- Experience leading large projects across cross functional teams.
- Experience collaborating with engineers to deliver novel scientific solutions.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 167100.00 - 226100.00 USD annually
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Senior IC
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