Amazon Applied Scientist 

United States, Washington, Seattle 

594139117

Key job responsibilities
- Translating business questions and concerns into specific quantitative questions that can be answered with available data using sound methodologies. In cases where questions cannot be answered with available data, work with engineers to produce the required data.
- Retrieving, synthesizing, and presenting data in a format that is immediately useful to answering specific questions or improving system performance.
- Conducting written and verbal presentations to provide insights and recommendations to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication to aid in with making decisions.
A day in the life
Benefits summary:1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage
2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options
3. Paid Time Off (PTO)
4. 401(k) Plan

- 3+ years of building models for business application experience
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

- Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in professional software development