Sr. Data Scientist, Amazon Private Brands

Amazon; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 143,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading e-commerce company is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to create innovative solutions that impact customers. The role involves working with machine learning and statistical models to enhance product development and decision-making. Candidates should have significant experience in data querying, statistical modeling, and team collaboration. This position offers a salary range of $143,200 to $239,100 per year, depending on expertise in a dynamic and inclusion-focused environment.

Benefits

Health benefits

Equity options

Sign-on payments

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with data querying languages.
• 4+ years of data scientist experience.
• Experience with statistical models like multinomial logistic regression.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand APB business problems.
• Invent science solutions and deploy production software.
• Review and guide science solutions across the team.

Skills

Data querying languages (e.g. SQL)

Scripting languages (e.g. Python)

Statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab)

Statistical models experience

Tools

AWS QuickSight

Tableau

Job description

Overview

Description

Join our Amazon Private Brands Selection Guidance organization in building science and tech solutions at scale to delight our customers with products across our leading private brands such as Amazon Basics, Amazon Essentials, and by Amazon.

The Selection Guidance team applies Generative AI, Machine Learning, Statistics, and Economics solutions to drive our private brands product assortment, strategic business decisions, and product inputs such as title, price, merchandising and ordering. We are an interdisciplinary team of Scientists, Economists, Engineers, and Product Managers incubating and building day one solutions using novel technology, to solve some of the toughest business problems at Amazon.

As a Sr. Data Scientist you will invent novel solutions and prototypes, and directly contribute to bringing your ideas to life through production implementation. Current research areas include entity resolution, agentic AI, large language models, and product substitutes. You will review and guide scientists across the team on their designs and implementations, and raise the team bar for science research and prototypes.

This is a unique, high visibility opportunity for someone who wants to develop ambitious science solutions and have direct business and customer impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to deeply understand APB business problems and frame ambiguous business problems as science problems and solutions.
• Invent novel science solutions, develop prototypes, and deploy production software to solve business problems.
• Review and guide science solutions across the team.
• Publish and socialize your and the team's research across Amazon and external avenues as appropriate
• Leverage industry best practices to establish repeatable applied science practices, principles & processes.

Basic Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of data visualization using AWS QuickSight, Tableau, R Shiny, etc. experience
• Experience managing data pipelines
• Experience as a leader and mentor on a data science team

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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.

The base salary for this position ranges from $143,200/year up to $239,100/year. Salary is based on a number of factors 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. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.