Senior Applied Scientist, Devices Economic Value
DESCRIPTION
Amazon's Devices Economic Value team enables measurement and optimization of Amazon Devices long-term value to help Amazon build better products for their customers. Delivering lasting value to customers is in Amazon's DNA and we are at the core of how the Devices business prioritizes its investments in innovation and optimization on behalf of customers. Join us to be a part of the team that is at the core of understanding how Amazon Devices drive deeper customer engagement and helps the business make decisions about how to optimize and balance between short term monetization and long term value creation for Amazon Device users. We are seeking a skilled Senior Applied Scientist to build the future of long term value measurement and optimization for Amazon Devices.
About you:
We are looking for a talented Senior Applied Scientist to partner with a highly-talented team. You will work closely with engineering and multiple partner teams to continuously identify opportunities to enable and accelerate impactful business initiatives related to measurement and optimization of Devices long-term value. Strong technical skills, judgment and communication skills, and continuous focus on the actionability of our models and insights for our customers are essential for the success in this role.
About us together:
We're going to help Amazon make better decisions in our Devices business by measuring the long-term value generated via purchase and engagement with devices and integrating it into decision making across the whole business ranging from high level strategic decisions to production level optimizations in promotions, pricing and marketing. Our work will inform some of the biggest decisions in the Devices business. We have decades of combined experience in many areas of science, product and engineering so it's a great environment in which to learn and grow. Optimization for long-term value is one of the most challenging areas of research and development today and this is a chance to learn and enhance how it works in a company that keeps this focus at its core.
The candidate's responsibilities will include:
- Build econometric models, conduct statistical/machine learning analyses, or design experiments to measure the value of the business and its many features
- Partner closely with Business, Finance, Science, and Tech partners to implement production solutions
- Independently identify new opportunities for leveraging science insights and models in the Devices business
- Write both technical science papers and business-facing documents to clearly explain complex technical concepts
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ years of building machine learning models 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.
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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.