Amazon Principal Applied Scientist - Machine Learning SPS Fulfillment Amazon 

United States, Washington, Bellevue 

139998489

Key job responsibilities• Research and develop automated LLM-based assistant to Sellers - an indefinitely patient, infinitely knowledgeable co-pilot that present growth opportunities, cost-out recommendations to maximize business outcomes for Sellers.
• Research and develop machine learning models to solve diverse business problems faced in Seller inventory management systems.
• Define a long-term science vision and roadmap for the team, driven fundamentally from our customers' needs, translating those directions into specific plans for research and applied scientists, as well as engineering and product teams.
• Drive and execute machine learning projects/products end-to-end: from ideation, analysis, prototyping, development, metrics, and monitoring.
• Review and audit modeling processes and results for other scientists, both junior and senior.
• Advocate the right ML solutions to business stakeholders, engineering teams, as well as executive level decision makersA day in the lifeBellevue, WA, USA

• Ph.D. degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Math, Operations Research, or a related field with publications in refereed academic journals
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in solving difficult machine learning problems
• Expert at more than one major programming languages (C++, Java, or similar) and at least one scripting language (Perl, Python, or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a technical lead
• Excellent writing skills for presenting business cases and scientific models with rigorous analyses that support results/conclusions to influence important decisions.
• Strong fundamentals in problem solving, algorithm design and complexity analysis
• Proven track in leading, mentoring, and growing teams of scientists

• Deep technical knowledge of machine learning and statistical methodologies
• Experience with deep learning toolkits and frameworks
• Solid software development experience
• Algorithm and model development experience for large-scale applications
• Experience with defining research and development practices in an applied environment
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with technical and business people.
• Professional traits, that are not unique to this position but are necessary for Amazon leaders, including exhibiting excellent judgment; maintaining relentlessly high standards; thinking strategically while staying on top of tactical execution; expecting innovation from collaborators; thinking big; having convictions; being results oriented; and inspiring passion in others about learning, research, and implementation