Applied Scientist II, SCOT OSS Sourcing Execution & Performance

Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and when that box with the smile arrived wondered how it got to you so fast Wondered where it came from and how much it cost Amazon If so the Amazon Global Supply Chain Optimization Technology (SCOT) organization is for you.

Watch this video to learn more about our organization SCOT: are the Optimal Sourcing Systems team (OSS) within SCOT and are looking for a Applied Scientist II to join us! OSS designs and builds systems that measure and manage Amazons supplier capabilities identify and react to supply disruptions and prioritizes inbound freight for our global network. OSS software is used by every country Amazon services and is a critical link to ensuring Amazon offers the products our customers want at the lowest possible cost. This team under OSS orchestrates and tracks inventory movement into Amazons network maintains performance feedback loops and ensures vendor compliance.

The Applied Scientist II in partnership with the Product Management and Tech teams will lead efforts in following areas:

- Build solutions to enable collaborative inventory planning with vendors through agent to agent collaboration or humans-in-the loop collaborative methods

- Leverage and develop agentic GenAI workflows to automate the end-to-end vendor coaching and evaluation
- Drive the full development cycle from whiteboarding new algorithmic approaches to production-scale deployments
- Collaborate with SDEs to build high-performance distributed training and inference pipelines; translate complex scientific concepts into scalable production-grade code

The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguous problem spaces relishes working with large volumes of data and enjoys the challenge of highly complex supply chain contexts. The successful candidate will be a person who has deep understanding about machine learning/reinforcement learning/GenAI models enjoys and excels at diving into data to analyze root causes and implementing long term solutions. They can translate complex business logic into scalable models and communicate insights effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Keys to success in this role include exceptional Science depth and breadth analytics statistics judgment and communication skills. Experience with supply chain optimization operations research or vendor management systems is a plus.

Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with product managers science and engineering teams to design and implement complex Science solutions for Sourcing Execution & Performance systems
- Identify science and innovation opportunities to improve outcomes across Inbound and guiding the science direction to solve ambiguous business problems.
- Build prototypes and core production algorithms and work with talented engineering teams to scale them.
- Drive technical standards and best practices for the teams Science solutions
- Mentor and provide technical guidance to other team members on complex projects

A day in the life
Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location the number of regularly scheduled hours you work length of employment and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment.

The benefits that generally apply to regular full-time employees include:

Medical Dental and Vision Coverage
Maternity and Parental Leave Options
Paid Time Off (PTO)
401(k) Plan


If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly wed still love to hear from you!

At Amazon we value people with unique backgrounds experiences and skillsets. If youre passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale please apply!

- 3 years of building models for business application experience
- PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of CS CE ML or related field 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

- Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in professional software development

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. 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 Bellevue - 142800.00 - 193200.00 USD annually