Applied Scientist, Amazon Exports

Key Skills

C++, Linux Operating system, Python Programming, Unix Operating system

Job Description

We are looking for a customer obsessed Applied Scientist who can apply the latest research, state of the art algorithms and machine learning to build highly scalable systems in the international e-Commerce space. Right candidate will develop algorithms and models to handle unique cross border shopping problems such as sharper shipping charges, ML driven custom duties, sharper prices, improve selection data quality, improved product discovery or offering scalable, highly localized customer experience to name few.

Does the challenge of AI solving some of the pain points of millions of international shoppers from 100+ countries, in multiple currencies and excite you? Have you ever wanted to work on machine learning problems that will make a lasting impact, solving key problems that impact the experience of millions of Amazon customers? If you are passionate about solving complex problems, in a challenging environment, we would love to talk with you.

As a member of our team you will develop and evaluate machine learning models using large data-sets, cloud services, customer behavior, transactional history to improve our customer’s experience. Working closely with best-in-class engineers you will have the opportunity to apply a variety of machine learning algorithms, including deep learning, and work on one of the world's largest data sets to influence the long term evolution of our technology roadmap. You will need to be entrepreneurial, able to deal with ambiguity and work in a highly collaborative environment.

We like to move fast, experiment, iterate and then scale quickly, thoughtfully balancing speed and quality.

Responsibilities include:

• Design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain innovative data and machine learning solutions to accelerate our business.
• Create experiments and prototype implementations of new learning algorithms and prediction techniques
• Collaborate with scientists, engineers, product managers, and stockholders to design and implement software solutions for science problems
• Use machine learning best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all of the team deliverables

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Seattle, WA, USA

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
• 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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

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