Amazon · 3 days ago
Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Stores Economics & Science (SEAS)
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$179K/yr - $309K/yr
10+ years expAmazon is an interdisciplinary science and engineering team in the Stores organization focused on improving delivery speed and lowering costs. They are seeking a seasoned Applied Science leader to build and deliver cutting-edge science and engineering solutions to enhance the Stores business.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Developing the scientific models, benchmarks, and services
Identify bottlenecks in our business
Conceive new ideas to overcome challenges
Deploy scientific solutions in partnership with product teams
Qualification
Required
10+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
PhD, or Master's degree and 10+ years of applied research experience
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Practical knowledge of how we can leverage Transformers, LLMs, or other deep learning techniques for a variety of applications
Preferred
Knowledge of causal inference and forecasting models
Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc
Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Medical
Financial
Other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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