Senior Applied Scientist, Sourcing Performance

Amazon; Factoria (WA); On-site; USD 167,100 - 226,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist for the SCOT OSS - Sourcing Execution & Performance team in Bellevue, WA. You will lead advanced analytics initiatives that measure supplier capabilities, identify disruptions, and optimize inbound freight.

This role demands deep ML/RL/GenAI expertise, ability to translate business needs into scalable models, and a track record of delivering production-grade analytics at scale.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building ML models for business applications.
• PhD or MS with 6+ years applied research experience.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python.
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision and drive best practices for the team's science solutions, including model evaluation frameworks, experimentation standards, code quality, and documentation
• Mentor junior scientists and raise the bar across the organization
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with product managers, science, and engineering teams to define problem frameworks, identify high-impact opportunities, and architect end-to-end model solutions for Sourcing Execution & Performance systems
• Design and execute rigorous studies and predictive modeling pipelines on large-scale datasets and experiments, establishing methodological standards for statistical validity, reproducibility, and business interpretability
• Partner with engineering to productionize science workflows driving the automation of analysis processes, building scalable measurement solutions, and ensuring models are robust, monitored, and maintainable in production environments

Skills

Machine learning

Deep learning

Statistical analysis

Model evaluation

Mentorship

Education

PhD

MS + 6+ years applied research

Tools

Java

C++

Python

TensorFlow

Spark

Hadoop

Job description

Amazon is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist for the SCOT OSS - Sourcing Execution & Performance team in Bellevue, WA. You will lead advanced analytics initiatives that measure supplier capabilities, identify disruptions, and optimize inbound freight.

This role demands deep ML/RL/GenAI expertise, ability to translate business needs into scalable models, and a track record of delivering production-grade analytics at scale.