Data Scientist, Private Brand Analytics

Amazon • Vancouver, BC

47d

About The Position

This role is on the Core Tech Private Brands Analytics (PBA) team, a
cross-functional team (software engineering, data science, data engineering,
business intelligence) that owns Amazon Private Brands (APBs) central data
infrastructure and builds platforms and models that help improve business
performance. In this job you will build and improve forecasting and planning
models across APB, partnering with business, science, and tech stakeholders.
Day-to-day work includes end-to-end pipeline development (feature engineering
through training and deployment) on SageMaker, S3, and Datanet, replacing manual
spreadsheet-driven processes with reproducible code-driven pipelines and
dashboards, evaluating model accuracy across business segments, and contributing
to APB's science standards alongside a senior scientist assessing the org's AI
framework and experimentation rigor.

Requirements

• 1+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
• 2+ years of data/research scientist, statistician or quantitative analyst in an internet-based company with complex and big data sources experience
• 1+ years of creating or contributing to mathematical textbooks, research papers, or educational content experience
• Master's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), or experience working in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of statistical packages and business intelligence tools such as SPSS, SAS, S-PLUS, or R
• Knowledge of machine learning concepts and their application to reasoning and problem-solving
• Experience with clustered data processing (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Map-reduce, and Hive)
• Experience working with or evaluating AI systems
• Experience applying quantitative analysis to solve business problems and making data-driven business decisions
• Experience effectively communicating complex concepts through written and verbal communication

Benefits

• health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance)
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
• Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP)
• paid time off
• other resources to improve health and well-being

What This Job Offers

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