Amazon Senior Research Scientist Amazon Connect 

United States, New York, New York 

106698770

As a Senior Research Scientist on our team, you will find optimal combinatorial solutions to very large scale scheduling problems. You will work closely with other senior technical leaders within the team and across AWS. Our team is still at an early stage, so you will have significant impact on our deliverables with no operational load from existing models/systems.
About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.Mentorship & Career Growth
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- PhD, or Master's degree and 5+ years of quantitative field research experience
- 3+ years of investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products experience
- Experience with big data technologies such as AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive etc.
- Experience communicating qualitative research methods and findings to non-qualitative researchers

- Experience converting research studies into tangible real-world changes
- Experience with discrete and continuous optimization methodologies and algorithms