Sr. Data Scientist, Elevated Shopping

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · Seattle, WA · Data Science

This role focuses on owning the data science elements of various products, translating business problems into data requirements, and developing data science solutions. The core responsibilities include analysis, modeling, system design, and development of these solutions, with a strong emphasis on data-based decision making and product performance optimization. The role requires experience in building large-scale machine learning models for online recommendation, ads ranking, personalization, or search, and communicating results to business stakeholders.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the data science elements of various products to help with data-based decision making, product performance optimization, and product performance tracking.
  2. Work directly with product managers to help drive the design of the product.
  3. Work with Technical Product Managers to help drive the build planning.
  4. Translate business problems and products into data requirements and metrics.
  5. Initiate the design, development, and implementation of scientific analysis projects or deliverables.

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
  • 4+ years of data scientist experience
  • Experience with statistical models e.g. multinomial logistic regression
  • Bachelor's degree or above in Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or related Science field, or Master's degree and 5+ years of professional or military experience
  • Experience building large-scale machine learning models and infrastructure for online recommendation, ads ranking, personalization, or search
  • Knowledge of data analysis languages (e.g., R, Stata, Python, etc.) or other statistical software
  • Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and management to collect requirements, evaluate alternatives and develop processes and tools as needed to support the organization

Nice to have

  • Experience managing data pipelines
  • Experience as a leader and mentor on a data science team
  • 4+ years of processing large, multi-dimensional datasets from multiple sources experience
  • Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities
  • Experience participating in or leading technical collaborations and creating alignment across diverse groups (e.g., hardware engineering, software engineering, program management)
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or related languages
  • 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.

What the JD emphasized

  • Experience building large-scale machine learning models and infrastructure for online recommendation, ads ranking, personalization, or search

Other signals

  • data-based decision making
  • product performance optimization
  • product performance tracking
  • data science solutions for products