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Data Scientist II, ROW AOP, Analytics Operations and Programs

Data Scientist II, ROW AOP, Analytics Operations and Programs at Amazon scores 96 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it AI Level 4 of 4 (Builds AI) on this board. The level measures how much of the work is AI, not seniority.

IN, KA, Bengalurumidfull-time

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The AOP (Analytics Operations and Programs) team is responsible for creating core analytics, insight generation and science capabilities for ROW Ops. We develop scalable analytics applications, AI/ML products and research models to optimize operation processes. You will work with Product Managers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Research Scientists, Applied Scientists and Business Intelligence Engineers using rigorous quantitative approaches to ensure high quality data/science products for our customers around the world. As a Data Scientist, you will play a crucial role in supporting the team by creating and maintaining the data infrastructure necessary for the advanced analytics and machine learning solutions.

Our team solves a broad range of problems that can be scaled across ROW (Rest of the World including countries like India, Australia, Singapore, MENA and LATAM). Here is a glimpse of the problems that this team deals with on a regular basis:

• Using live package and truck signals to adjust truck capacities in real-time
• HOTW models for Last Mile Channel Allocation
• Using LLMs to automate analytical processes and insight generation
• Ops research to optimize middle mile truck routes
• Working with global partner science teams to affect Reinforcement Learning based pricing models and estimating Shipments Per Route for $MM savings
• Deep Learning models to synthesize attributes of addresses
• Abuse detection models to reduce network losses

Key job responsibilities
1. AI Agent development for data analytics.
2. Analyze data with statistical and ML techniques.
3. Develop analysis/model in scripting languages (e.g. Python, R) and statistical/mathematical software (e.g. SAS, Matlab, etc.).
4. Develop science-based Supply Chain solutions.
5. Analysis/model documentation.
6. Learn and understand state-of-the-art statistical and ML techniques/tools.
7. Learn and understand Amazon Supply Chain operations.

Basic qualifications

- 2+ years of data scientist experience
- 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
- 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience
- 1+ years of guiding and coaching a group of researchers experience
- 1+ years of working with or evaluating AI systems experience
- 1+ years of creating or contributing to mathematical textbooks, research papers, or educational content experience
- Master's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), or experience working in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
- Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment
- Experience developing AI Agents

Preferred qualifications

- Ph.D. in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
- Experience in a ML or data scientist role with a large technology company
- Experience in defining and creating benchmarks for assessing GenAI model performance
- Experience working on multi-team, cross-disciplinary projects
- Experience applying quantitative analysis to solve business problems and making data-driven business decisions
- Experience with AWS services including S3, Redshift, Sagemaker, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda, and EC2

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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