Research Scientist, SCOT First Inbound

Amazon Science; New York (NY); On-site; USD 157,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Science's SCOT team seeks a Research Scientist to advance inbound placement decisions and capacity management for our global fulfillment network. You will design models, run simulations, and evaluate benefits in cost, reliability, and speed, collaborating with scientists, BI engineers, and product managers.

Requirements include a PhD in a quantitative field, experience with Python/Java/C++, and expertise in ML or causal modeling.

Qualifications

• PhD in engineering, technology, CS, ML, robotics, OR, statistics, math or equivalent quantitative field.
• Experience in quantitative field research.
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++.

Responsibilities

• Design models for inbound placement and capacity management.
• Run simulations to evaluate costs, reliability, and speed impacts.
• Collaborate with scientists, BI engineers, and product managers on research projects.

Skills

PhD in quantitative field

Quantitative research experience

Statistical modeling

Education

PhD in engineering/ CS/ OR statistics

Tools

Python

Java

C++

Job description

Description

The Supply Chain Optimization Technologies (SCOT) organization owns Amazon’s global inventory management systems: we decide what, when, where, and how much we should buy to meet Amazon’s business goals and to make our customers happy. We do this for millions of items, for hundreds of product lines worth billions of dollars of inventory world-wide. Our systems are built entirely in-house, and are automated large-scale business operations, inventory and supply chain planning and optimization systems. We foster new game-changing ideas, creating ever more intelligent and self-learning systems to maximize the efficiency of Amazon's inventory investment and placement decisions. The Inbound Systems team within SCOT seeks a Research Scientist to innovate in SCOT inbound placement decision and capacity management systems. As a research scientist, you will use your experience to initiate the design, development, execution and implementation of scientific research projects. Working closely with fellow scientists, BI engineers and product managers, you will use your experience in modeling, statistics, and simulation to design models of new policies, simulate their performance, and evaluate their benefits and impacts to cost, reliability, and speed of our fulfillment network. Our teams are looking for experience in network and combinatorial optimization, statistical inference, and machine learning. This position requires superior analytical thinking, and ability to apply their technical and statistical knowledge to identify opportunities for real world applications.

Basic Qualifications

• PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
• Experience in quantitative field research
• Experience with any programming language such as Python, Java, C++

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in causal modeling like graphical models, causal Bayesian network, potential outcomes, A/B testing, experiments, quasi-experiments, and data science workflows
• Experience in machine learning, statistics, and deep learning

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. USA, NY, New York - 157,300.00 - 212,800.00 USD annually USA, WA, Bellevue - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually