Applied Scientist II, Amazon B2B Payments and Lending

About the role

Amazon B2B Payments & Lending is seeking an Applied Scientist II to combine technical expertise with business acumen to generate critical insights that will set the strategic direction of the business. You will be a thought leader on the team, help set the team's strategic focus and roadmaps, and design and build systems/solutions that support financial products, working closely with business/product partners and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Utilize ML/GenAI/Causal Inference/Reinforcement Learning/Experimentation methodologies, data and coding skills, problem solving and analytical skills, and excellent communication to deliver customer value.
• Combine technical expertise with business acumen to generate critical insights that will set the strategic direction of the business.
• Help set the team's strategic focus and roadmaps.
• Design and build systems/solutions that support financial products, working closely with business/product partners and engineers.

Requirements

• 3+ years of building models for business applications experience.
• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
• Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing.

Qualifications

• Experience using Unix/Linux.

Skills

• Experience using ML/GenAI/Causal Inference/Reinforcement Learning/Experimentation methodologies.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage.
• Maternity and Parental Leave Options.
• Paid Time Off (PTO).
• 401(k) Plan.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $142,800.00 - $193,200.00 USD annually.

Schedule

Not specified.