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Description

Amazon's Global Logistics (GL) team is seeking an experienced Senior Applied Scientist to research and deploy production solutions for transportation Pricing, Downstream Impact (DSI), and Network Flow. In this role, you will contribute to our vision of offering best-in-class global transportation capabilities for FBA Sellers and Retail Vendors, enabling them to ship efficiently from their locations to Amazon warehouses worldwide. Your work will help lower the cost structure for Amazon and our shippers, while also improving selection and availability for Amazon's consumers by simplifying complex global supply chains and replenishing inventories faster.

Key job responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with product managers, research scientists, operations leaders, and technical leadership to build cutting-edge transportation capabilities.

• Analyze large datasets, develop end-to-end workflows, prototype optimization and machine learning models, and launch production-ready solutions.

• Communicate your research findings and provide scientific guidance to the business, influencing our product strategy and roadmap.

• Conduct experimental research that will inform future investment areas for the transportation business.

A day in the life

• Reviewing and refining the requirements for a new transportation pricing model with the product management team.

• Conducting exploratory data analysis to uncover insights that can inform the design of the pricing algorithm.

• Building and testing optimization prototypes, iterating on the model based on performance metrics.

• Presenting your progress and initial findings to senior leadership, soliciting feedback to shape the next phase of development.

• Collaborating with the engineering team to ensure a smooth transition of the model into production.

About the team

You will be joining the Network Economics, Research and Data Science (NERDS) Team, which supports GL's transportation business for North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico). The team's research focuses on developing solutions to improve transportation pricing, costs, speed, shipper support, fraud/theft prevention, shipment visibility, and delivery appointment scheduling for Amazon warehouses.

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:

1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage

2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options

3. Paid Time Off (PTO)

4. 401(k) Plan

Learn more about our benefits here: https://www.amazon.jobs/en/internal/benefits/us-benefits-and-stock

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience

• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience

• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

• Experience in building operations research models for business application

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

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 Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $150,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.