Applied Scientist II, Amazon Supply Chain

As part of the AWS Applied AI Solutions organization we have a vision to provide business applications leveraging Amazons unique experience and expertise that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. We blend vision with curiosity and Amazons real-world experience to build opinionated turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.

We are looking for an Applied Scientist to join our team that is building enterprise applications leveraging machine learning generative AI and agentic AI to help millions of companies worldwide manage their day-to-day supply chain operations. Our mission is to accelerate our customers businesses through intuitive differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring supply chain challenges. We blend strategic vision with curiosity and Amazons real-world operational experience to build opinionated turnkey solutions that make the buy versus build decision a no-brainer for our customers.

As an Applied Scientist you will design and develop machine learning models and algorithms that power intelligent supply chain applications at global scale. You will work at the intersection of research and real-world product impact translating scientific advances into production systems that serve millions of customers. We operate like a startup within AWS offering you the opportunity to tackle complex challenges while working with the latest technologies in deep learning large language models and optimization.

If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of applied science thrive in ambiguous problem spaces and want to shape the future of supply chain intelligence while having the backing of AWSs extensive resources we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
- Design develop and deploy machine learning models for demand forecasting inventory optimization anomaly detection and supply chain decision-making.
- Develop generative AI and agentic AI solutions that automate complex supply chain workflows and deliver intelligent adaptive recommendations to customers.
- Formulate real-world business problems as machine learning problems; define data requirements model architectures evaluation metrics and experimentation frameworks.
- Drive end-to-end applied science projects from ideation through experimentation offline evaluation A/B testing and production deployment at scale.
- Collaborate with engineering product management and business stakeholders to translate scientific capabilities into customer-facing product features and mentor other scientists to raise the teams technical bar.

A day in the life
You will start many mornings reviewing experiment results and model metrics before joining a science sync where you and your teammates discuss progress debug tricky modeling issues and brainstorm new approaches. From there you may spend focused time writing and testing model code in Python or PyTorch running offline evaluations or preparing an A/B test for a new forecasting algorithm. Expect regular working sessions with software engineers to integrate your models into production services and occasional deep-dive reviews where you present your scientific approach and findings to the broader team.

About the team
The AWS Applied AI Solutions team builds enterprise applications that leverage Amazons operational expertise to solve real-world supply chain challenges for millions of companies. We operate like a startup within AWS moving fast and shipping iteratively with modern AI technologies. We invest in your growth through mentorship from experienced scientists conference publication support and internal science reading groups. If your career hasnt followed a traditional path we encourage you to apply we value varied experiences and perspectives.

- 3 years of building models for business application experience
- PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of CS CE ML or related field experience
- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language

- Experience using Unix/Linux

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at WA Seattle - 142800.00 - 193200.00 USD annually