Research Scientist, Private Brands Intelligence SCIT Science

The Private Brands team is looking for a Research 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 Research 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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- PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of quantitative field research experience
- Experience investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products
- Experience with any programming language such as Python Java C

- Knowledge of R MATLAB Python or similar scripting language
- Experience with agile development
- Experience in machine learning statistics and deep learning
- 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.

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.

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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 CA San Diego - 136000.00 - 184000.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 136000.00 - 184000.00 USD annually