Applied Scientist I, Amazon Fulfillment Technology , Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT)

Amazon • Bellevue, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Amazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) Science team is looking for an exceptional Applied Scientist, with strong optimization and analytical skills, to develop production solutions for one of the most complex systems in the world: Amazon’s Fulfillment Network. At AFT Science, we design, build and deploy optimization, simulation, and machine learning solutions to power the production systems running at world wide Amazon Fulfillment Centers. We solve a wide range of problems that are encountered in the network, including labor planning and staffing, demand prioritization, pick assignment and scheduling, and flow process optimization. We are tasked to develop innovative, scalable, and reliable science-driven solutions that are beyond the published state of art in order to run frequently (ranging from every few minutes to every few hours per use case) and continuously in our large scale network.

Requirements

• Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

Nice To Haves

• PhD with industry applied research experience and expertise in Operations Research, Optimization, ML/AI, Statistics, or an equivalent field
• Proven track record of translating research into production systems and deploying production-grade code
• Experience in data analysis and leveraging analytics to make decisions

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding and domain knowledge of operational processes, system architecture and functions, and business requirements
• Deep dive into data and code to identify opportunities for continuous improvement and/or disruptive new approach
• Develop scalable mathematical models for production systems to derive optimal or near-optimal solutions for existing and new challenges
• Create prototypes and simulations for agile experimentation of devised solutions
• Advocate technical solutions to business stakeholders, engineering teams, and senior leadership
• Partner with engineers to integrate prototypes into production systems
• Design experiment to test new or incremental solutions launched in production and build metrics to track performance

Benefits

• sign-on payments
• restricted stock units (RSUs)
• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level