Scaled Abuse Investigator: Data-Driven Fraud Expert

Amazon Inc.; Arizona; Hybrid; USD 102,000 - 178,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Scaled Abuse Specialist for Special Projects & Investigations in Tempe, AZ. You will lead risk and fraud analysis, leverage SQL/Python/R, and scale detection efforts across Amazon stores worldwide.

The role requires 3+ years in risk or fraud investigations, strong data skills, and the ability to work with stakeholders to implement solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 3+ years of relevant industry experience in risk or fraud investigations, analytics, or security.
• Proficient with deriving insights from big data using SQL & experience manipulating/processing data with Python and AI tools.
• Proven ability to deliver complex projects across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Complete risk analyses and manipulate data in complex data sets (SQL, Python, R).
• Use high-level judgment to inform our most complex enforcement decisions.
• Identify gaps and risks in Amazon's current mechanisms and policies and recommend solutions to product/policy owning teams.
• Use data and/or technical skills to discover new ways to scale deep dive signals and identify many bad actors.
• Owning the complete life cycle of one or more complex problems - from identification through scaling the solutions.
• Break problems into manageable pieces, prioritizing and delivering results in an ambiguous environment.
• Conduct large scale deep dives to derive insights about tactics used to conduct abuse on our stores.
• Write documents for partner teams and executives that identify problems and drive alignment.
• Own partnerships with stakeholder teams and guide appropriate trade-offs, clearly communicate goals, roles and responsibilities.
• Utilize agentic AI systems to automate workflows, scale pattern detection, and accelerate investigation and detection projects.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Machine Learning

Data Science

Big Data

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

AWS Redshift

AWS technologies

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking a Scaled Abuse Specialist for Special Projects & Investigations in Tempe, AZ. You will lead risk and fraud analysis, leverage SQL/Python/R, and scale detection efforts across Amazon stores worldwide.

The role requires 3+ years in risk or fraud investigations, strong data skills, and the ability to work with stakeholders to implement solutions in a fast-paced environment.