Principal Applied Scientist: Global FBA Optimization

Amazon Science; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 199,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Science in Bellevue, WA seeks a Principal Applied Scientist to own the science strategy for optimizing FBA's supply chain. You will lead large-scale inventory routing, mechanism design, and product selection, driving production-grade solutions across a vast network serving millions of sellers and customers worldwide.

You will collaborate with product managers, software engineers, and other scientists, mentoring junior researchers and advancing reinforcement learning and optimization

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's with 10+ years of applied research experience.
• Experience with supply chain optimization and RL in practice.
• Strong modeling and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the science strategy and development of inventory routing, replenishment, product selection, mechanism design, and transportation distribution algorithms that power FBA's supply chain across Amazon's fulfillment network.
• Design and implement large-scale optimization algorithms and incentive-compatible mechanisms for marketplace challenges, including auction design and pricing strategies.
• Partner with Product Managers and Software Engineers to translate ambiguous business challenges into well-scoped science initiatives, and build and deploy production-grade solutions that operate reliably at scale across a network serving millions of sellers.
• Influence senior leaders on technical and business direction, identify and propose new science investment areas, and represent the science perspective across organizations.
• Mentor and develop junior scientists, raise the technical bar for the broader science community, and drive adoption of emerging research methods across the team.

Skills

Supply chain optimization

Demand forecasting

Inventory management

Transportation/logistics algorithms

Reinforcement learning

Mechanism design

Auction theory

Game theory

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

PhD or Master's with 10+ years of applied research

Job description

Amazon Science in Bellevue, WA seeks a Principal Applied Scientist to own the science strategy for optimizing FBA's supply chain. You will lead large-scale inventory routing, mechanism design, and product selection, driving production-grade solutions across a vast network serving millions of sellers and customers worldwide.

You will collaborate with product managers, software engineers, and other scientists, mentoring junior researchers and advancing reinforcement learning and optimization