Applied Scientist, People Experience Forecasting & ML

Amazon.com LLC; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon in Bellevue, WA, seeks an interdisciplinary data scientist for its Central Science Team within PXTCS to design forecasting models for workforce planning and optimization.

You will build production-grade models, partner with economists, and extend solutions across sites and shifts, turning ambiguous problems into measurable improvements. Join a team blending science and software to impact Amazonians.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business applications.
• PhD, or Master’s +4 years in CS/CE/ML or related field.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop forecasting and prediction models that feed Amazon's workforce planning and optimization systems.
• Build models and algorithms from prototype to production-level systems, and support them once planners depend on them.
• Partner with the team's economists to connect forecasts with causal estimates of policy levers.
• Extend models to new sites, shifts, and business lines as the platform expands.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into modeling approaches, and drive the technical design with planning, engineering, and operations partners.

Skills

Modeling for business

Forecasting

Production systems

Unix/Linux experience

Education

PhD in a related field

Master's degree + 4+ years in CS/CE/ML

Tools

Java

C++

Python

Unix/Linux

Job description

Amazon in Bellevue, WA, seeks an interdisciplinary data scientist for its Central Science Team within PXTCS to design forecasting models for workforce planning and optimization.

You will build production-grade models, partner with economists, and extend solutions across sites and shifts, turning ambiguous problems into measurable improvements. Join a team blending science and software to impact Amazonians.