Applied Scientist II, Detail Page

Amazon.com Inc.; Bengaluru; Remote; INR 2,500,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Bengaluru is seeking an Applied Scientist to design and develop scalable, multi-tier shopping applications, applying machine learning to optimize detail and search experiences. You will tackle complex problems and drive customer-centric improvements.

As part of a cross-functional team, you will work with senior scientists to set standards in optimization, analytics, and simulation techniques, and collaborate with product, engineering and UX teams to deliver measurable impact for

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business applications.
• PhD or Master's degree.
• Experience publishing in top-tier conferences or journals.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience in algorithms, data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, or high-performance computing.

Responsibilities

• Build and evaluate optimization models for shopping experiences.
• Collaborate across teams to deploy algorithms on Detail Page and Search Page.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Algorithms

Distributed computing

Data mining

Numerical optimization

Education

PhD or Master's degree

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Amazon.com's Product Detail Page team is looking for talented, motivated and passionate applied scientist to be part of the design and development of a highly scalable multi-tiered shopping application to provide the best possible online shopping experience for Amazon customers world-wide. Our team is comprised of talented applied scientists, developers, testers, program managers, designers and product managers tasked with the singular goal to create THE world's best buying experience. Scientists on this team develop the next-generation technologies and experiences that change how millions interact and shop online. To provide the best possible online shopping at the scale of the web requires ideas from every area of computer science, including distributed computing, large-scale system design, machine learning, natural language processing, data compression and user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. We need our scientists to be versatile and always eager to tackle new problems as we continue to push technology forward. Our team leverages sophisticated econometric, machine learning, and big data technologies to help customers to discover the right products at the right prices from millions of trusted sellers billions of times a day. If you are looking for a career-defining opportunity on one of the most customer centric and business impacting teams within Amazon, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for an Applied Scientist to help build the next generation of Detail Page optimization algorithms. These new set of algorithms will incorporate the continually changing preferences of our customers and continue to scale with numerous new programs that Amazon is introducing for our customers. You will work with multiple Amazon businesses and programs to identify big business opportunities and propose new business features and technical systems to improve customer experience on Amazon Detail Page, Search Page and many other widgets throughout the website. You will be responsible for the quality of algorithm design and will get the opportunity to present your ideas and share results of your deliverables with Amazon executives on a frequent basis. You will get an opportunity to work with senior scientists to define and enforce broad, company-wide technical standards in optimization techniques, statistical modeling and simulation techniques, and/or data analytics.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business application experience
• PhD, or Master's degree
• Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Unix/Linux
• Experience in professional software development

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