Sr. Applied Scientist, Last Mile Science
Are you passionate about solving complex logistics challenges that directly impact millions of customers? Our Logistics Analytics team is at the forefront of revolutionizing delivery experiences through data-driven solutions and innovative technology.
As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will join a team dedicated to optimizing our delivery network, ensuring customers receive their packages reliably and efficiently. We are seeking an enthusiastic, customer-centric professional with good analytical capabilities to drive impactful projects, implement advanced scheduling solutions, and develop scalable processes.
In this role, you will have immediate ownership of business-critical challenges and the opportunity to make strategic, data-driven decisions that shape the future of last-mile delivery. Your work will directly influence customer experience and operational excellence. The ideal candidate will possess both research science capabilities and program management skills, thriving in an environment that requires independent decision-making and comfort with ambiguity. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on one of the world's most sophisticated logistics networks while working with pioneering technology and data science applications.
About the team
Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and when that box with the smile arrived you wondered how it got to you so fast? Have you wondered where it came from and how much it cost Amazon to deliver it to you? If so, the WW Amazon Logistics, Business Analytics team is for you. We manage the delivery of tens of millions of products every week to Amazon’s customers, achieving on-time delivery in a cost-effective manner.
Minimum Requirements:
1. 6+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
2. Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl
3. Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
4. Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
5. PhD in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
6. 15+ years of relevant, broad research experience
7. Deep expertise in Machine Learning
8. Proficiency in programming
9. Core competency in mathematics and statistics
10. Track record of successful projects in algorithm design and product development
11. Publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
12. Prior experience with mentorship and/or management of scientists
13. Thinks strategically, but stays on top of tactical execution
14. Exhibits excellent business judgment; balances business
15. Effective verbal and written communication skills
16. Experience working with real-world data sets and building scalable models from big data
17. Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow
18. Experience with large scale distributed systems
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