Amazon Principal Research Scientist Optimal Sourcing Systems 

United States, Washington, Bellevue 

226775349

Key job responsibilities
Key job responsibilities include:- Design, implement and evaluate models, agents and software prototypes
- Technical leadership for a group of highly motivated and talented scientists- Raise the bar of scientific research by innovating and publishing- Communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders to drive alignment and build consensus on key initiatives.A day in the life

- PhD in one of the following disciplines: Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Operations Research or a related quantitative field
- 7+ years of relevant, broad research experience after PhD
- Have production coding experience in one of the object-oriented programming languages such as Java, Python, C++, etc.
- Strong algorithm development experience
- Depth and breadth in state-of-the-art machine learning and Optimization technologies
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in building machine learning or optimization models in business environment
- Strong prior experience with mentorship and/or management of senior scientists and engineers

- Knowledge of the latest trends in related areas in Machine Learning
- Expertise in Machine Learning or Reinforcement Learning. Exposure to Operations Research is a plus.
- Proven track record of innovation in creating novel algorithms and advancing the state of the art