Applied Scientist, Central Machine Learning

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · IN, KA, Bengaluru · Applied Science

Applied Scientist role focused on using machine learning and statistical techniques to create and deploy advanced algorithmic systems for optimizing business operations and customer value within Amazon's consumer businesses. The role involves end-to-end ownership of business problems, from data analysis and model development to real-time implementation and scaling.

What you'd actually do

  1. Use machine learning and analytical techniques to create scalable solutions for business problems
  2. Analyze and extract relevant information from large amounts of Amazon’s historical business data to help automate and optimize key processes
  3. Design, development, evaluate and deploy innovative and highly scalable models for predictive learning
  4. Research and implement novel machine learning and statistical approaches
  5. Work closely with software engineering teams to drive real-time model implementations and new feature creations

Skills

Required

  • Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
  • Experience with SQL and an RDBMS (e.g., Oracle) or Data Warehouse

Nice to have

  • Experience implementing algorithms using both toolkits and self-developed code
  • Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals

What the JD emphasized

  • scalable solutions
  • large amounts of Amazon’s historical business data
  • highly scalable models
  • real-time model implementations
  • scalable, efficient, automated processes

Other signals

  • optimize millions of transactions
  • analyze and model terabytes of data
  • drive real-time model implementations
  • establish scalable, efficient, automated processes