Research Scientist III - AMZ9443129
About The Position
Design, prototype, analyze, and improve optimization models which are crucial components of our Seller inventory management systems. Work closely with software development teams as well as business partners to integrate prototypes into production systems and ensure that models are implemented properly to meet business requirements and performance scalability requirements. Apply domain knowledge and business judgment to identify new opportunities and quantify the impact aligning research direction to business requirements and make the right judgment on research project prioritization. Develop scalable mathematical models to derive optimal or near-optimal solutions to existing and new inventory planning challenges. Create prototypes and simulations to test devised solutions.
Requirements
- Ph.D. degree or foreign equivalent degree in Operations Research, Management Science, or a related field and three years of research or work experience in the job offered or related occupation.
- Three years of experience in building quantitative mathematical models to represent a wide range of supply chain, transportation, and logistics systems.
- Three years of experience working with Python, SQL, Java, C++ or Scala.
- Three years of experience performing quantitative, economic, and numerical analysis of the performance of Amazon systems under uncertainty using statistical and optimization tools such as Python, R or XPRESS to find both exact and heuristic solution strategies for optimization problems.
- Three years of experience with mathematical optimization, including linear programming, combinatorial optimization, integer programming, dynamic programming, network flows and algorithms to design optimal or near optimal solution methodologies to be used by in-house decision support tools and software.
Responsibilities
- Design, prototype, analyze, and improve optimization models which are crucial components of our Seller inventory management systems.
- Work closely with software development teams as well as business partners to integrate prototypes into production systems and ensure that models are implemented properly to meet business requirements and performance scalability requirements.
- Apply domain knowledge and business judgment to identify new opportunities and quantify the impact aligning research direction to business requirements and make the right judgment on research project prioritization.
- Develop scalable mathematical models to derive optimal or near-optimal solutions to existing and new inventory planning challenges.
- Create prototypes and simulations to test devised solutions.
Benefits
- equity
- sign-on payments
- other forms of compensation
- full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
