Sr Data Scientist, GenAI Economics and Analytics
About the role
The Alexa For Shopping (formerly Rufus) Analytics team is seeking a customer-obsessed Sr Data Scientist to own and drive analytics strategy for GenAI-powered Shopping experiences. This role will partner closely with senior leaders to deliver high-quality insights that inform executive decision-making for the AI shopping assistant, Alexa for shopping. Successful candidate will demonstrate strong attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to influence across organizations.
Responsibilities
- Own the development of customer and shopping-mission cohorts to understand behavior with and without Alexa for shopping engagement across the end-to-end shopping journey.
- Identify which query shapes and interaction patterns drive the most customer value for specific customer cohorts and shopping missions.
- Build predictive models to estimate customer re-engagement and long-term adoption of Rufus based on interaction quality and downstream shopping outcomes.
- Invent, operationalize, and publish scalable metrics and dashboards that surface actionable insights, enabling data-driven product growth and executive decision-making.
- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Economics teams to translate analytical insights into roadmap priorities and customer-focused improvements.
About the team
The Alexa for shopping Analytics team focuses on understanding how GenAI-powered shopping tools are transforming customer behavior across the shopping lifecycle - from inspiration and problem-solving, to product research, selection, purchase, and post-purchase support. We build the foundational measurement frameworks that enable teams to evaluate performance, identify what AI experiences resonate most with customers, and uncover opportunities for improvement. Our work directly influences customer-centric product roadmap decisions and helps scale impactful, high-quality AI shopping experiences.
Basic qualifications
- 5+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
- 4+ years of data scientist experience
- Experience with statistical models e.g. multinomial logistic regression
Preferred qualifications
- 2+ years of data visualization using AWS QuickSight, Tableau, R Shiny, etc. experience
- Experience managing data pipelines
- Experience as a leader and mentor on a data science team
Pay
USA, WA, Seattle - 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Benefits
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
- Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans
- EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Parental leave