About the job
Amazon’s Middle Mile Science group is looking for a Senior Applied Scientist specializing in design and evaluation of algorithms for predictive modeling and optimization applied to large-scale transportation planning systems. This includes the development of novel machine learning, pattern detection, and artificial intelligence techniques to improve on marketplace optimization solutions.
Responsibilities
As a Sr. Applied Scientist responsible for middle mile transportation, you will be working closely with different teams including business leaders and engineers to design and build scalable products operating across multiple transportation modes. You will create experiments and prototype implementations of new learning algorithms and prediction techniques. You will have exposure to top level leadership to present findings of your research. You will also work closely with other scientists and engineers to implement your models within our production system. You will implement solutions that are exemplary in terms of algorithm design, clarity, model structure, efficiency, and extensibility, and make decisions that affect the way we build and integrate algorithms across our product portfolio.
Qualifications
Minimum
PhD in Computer Science, Operations Research, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related quantitative field; 5+ years of experience applying analytical and scientific methods to solve complex business problems; experience designing, building, and delivering ML/AI systems at scale; strong programming skills in Python, Java, C++, or similar languages; experience with statistical modeling, machine learning, optimization, or operations research.
Preferred
Experience with transportation logistics, supply chain optimization, or freight marketplace systems; experience with real-time decision systems; experience with large-scale distributed systems; publications in top-tier conferences or journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, KDD, INFORMS); experience mentoring junior scientists.