applied scientist ii prime video personalization and discovery science

Amazon.com

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">DESCRIPTION</h2><div>
Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports &ndash; including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads. 
 
Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience.
 
 
As a Prime Video technologist, you&rsquo;ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You&rsquo;ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You&rsquo;ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people.
 
 
We&rsquo;ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you! 
 
 
 
Key job responsibilities 
<ul><li>Develop ML models for various recommendation &amp; search systems using deep learning, online learning, and optimization methods</li><li>Work closely with other scientists, engineers and product managers to expand the depth of our product insights with data, create a variety of experiments to determine the high impact projects to include in planning roadmaps</li><li>Stay up-to-date with advancements and the latest modeling techniques in the field</li><li>Publish your research findings in top conferences and journals</li></ul> 
A day in the life 
We're using advanced approaches such as foundation models to connect information about our videos and customers from a variety of information sources, acquiring and processing data sets on a scale that only a few companies in the world can match. This will enable us to recommend titles effectively, even when we don't have a large behavioral signal (to tackle the cold-start title problem). It will also allow us to find our customer's niche interests, helping them discover groups of titles that they didn't even know existed. We are looking for creative &amp; customer obsessed machine learning scientists who can apply the latest research, state of the art algorithms and ML to build highly scalable page personalization solutions. You'll be a research leader in the space and a hands-on ML practitioner, guiding and collaborating with talented teams of engineers and scientists and senior leaders in the Prime Video organization. You will also have the opportunity to publish your research at internal and external conferences.
 
 
About the team 
Prime Video Recommendation Science team owns science solution to power recommendation and personalization experience on various Prime Video surfaces and devices. We work closely with the engineering teams to launch our solutions in production.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience</li><li>3+ years of building models for business application experience</li><li>Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language</li><li>Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>Experience in state-of-the-art deep learning models architecture design and deep learning training and optimization and model pruning</li><li>Experience in professional software development</li></ul> 
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 
 
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company&rsquo;s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
 
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you&rsquo;re applying in isn&rsquo;t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 
The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &amp; AD&amp;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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. 
USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually 
USA, NY, New York - 172,400.00 - 223,400.00 USD annually 
USA, WA, Seattle - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually</div>

Applied Scientist II, Prime Video Personalization and Discovery Science

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">DESCRIPTION</h2><div>
Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports &ndash; including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video add-on subscriptions such as Apple TV+, Max, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads. 
 
Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience. 
 
As a Prime Video technologist, you&rsquo;ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You&rsquo;ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You&rsquo;ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. 
 
We&rsquo;ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you! 
 
We are looking for a self-motivated, passionate and resourceful Applied Scientist to bring diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. You will spend your time as a hands-on machine learning practitioner and a research leader. You will play a key role on the team, building and guiding machine learning models from the ground up. At the end of the day, you will have the reward of seeing your contributions benefit millions of Amazon.com customers worldwide. 
 
Key job responsibilities 
<ul><li>Develop AI solutions for various Prime Video Recommendation and Personalization systems using Deep learning, GenAI, Reinforcement Learning, and optimization methods;</li><li>Work closely with engineers and product managers to design, implement and launch AI solutions end-to-end;</li><li>Design and conduct offline and online (A/B) experiments to evaluate proposed solutions based on in-depth data analyses;</li><li>Effectively communicate technical and non-technical ideas with teammates and stakeholders;</li><li>Stay up-to-date with advancements and the latest modeling techniques in the field;</li><li>Publish your research findings in top conferences and journals.</li></ul> 
A day in the life 
We're using advanced approaches such as foundation models to connect information about our videos and customers from a variety of information sources, acquiring and processing data sets on a scale that only a few companies in the world can match. This will enable us to recommend titles effectively, even when we don't have a large behavioral signal (to tackle the cold-start title problem). It will also allow us to find our customer's niche interests, helping them discover groups of titles that they didn't even know existed. We are looking for creative &amp; customer obsessed machine learning scientists who can apply the latest research, state of the art algorithms and ML to build highly scalable page personalization solutions. You'll be a research leader in the space and a hands-on ML practitioner, guiding and collaborating with talented teams of engineers and scientists and senior leaders in the Prime Video organization. You will also have the opportunity to publish your research at internal and external conferences.
 
 
About the team 
Prime Video Recommendation Science team owns science solution to power recommendation and personalization experience on various Prime Video surfaces and devices. We work closely with the engineering teams to launch our solutions in production.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience</li><li>5+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience</li><li>Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language</li><li>Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.</li><li>Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.</li></ul> 
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 
 
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company&rsquo;s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
 
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you&rsquo;re applying in isn&rsquo;t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 
The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &amp; AD&amp;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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. 
USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 192,200.00 - 260,000.00 USD annually 
USA, NY, New York - 183,800.00 - 248,700.00 USD annually 
USA, WA, Seattle - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually</div>

Sr. Applied Scientist, Prime Video - Personalization and Discovery Science

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">DESCRIPTION</h2>
Prime Video is a first-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one app available across thousands of devices. Prime members can customize their viewing experience and find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports &ndash; including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies; licensed fan favorites; and programming from Prime Video subscriptions such as Apple TV+, HBO Max, Peacock, Crunchyroll and MGM+. All customers, regardless of whether they have a Prime membership or not, can rent or buy titles via the Prime Video Store, and can enjoy even more content for free with ads. 
 
Are you interested in shaping the future of entertainment? Prime Video's technology teams are creating best-in-class digital video experience. 
 
As a Prime Video team member, you&rsquo;ll have end-to-end ownership of the product, user experience, design, and technology required to deliver state-of-the-art experiences for our customers. You&rsquo;ll get to work on projects that are fast-paced, challenging, and varied. You&rsquo;ll also be able to experiment with new possibilities, take risks, and collaborate with remarkable people. 
 
We&rsquo;ll look for you to bring your diverse perspectives, ideas, and skill-sets to make Prime Video even better for our customers. With global opportunities for talented technologists, you can decide where a career Prime Video Tech takes you! 
 
Key job responsibilities 
As a highly experienced and seasoned science leader, you will apply state of the art natural language processing and computer vision research to video centric digital media, while also responsible for creating and maintaining the best environment for applied science in order to recruit, retain and develop top talent. You will lead the research direction for a team of deeply talented applied scientists, creating the roadmaps for forward-looking research and communicate them effectively to senior leadership. You will also hire and develop applied scientists - growing the team to meet the evolving needs of our customers. 
 
 
 
About the team 
This team's mission is to deeply understand all content and empower all customers with relevant language options, innovative accessibility assists, and rich title-information across all their content-experiences on Prime Video. We create and publish content on-time that's meaningful, accurate, and accessible to every customer globally. We delight our customers by pushing the boundaries of content understanding and enrichment. Through inclusion and innovation, we do the most fulfilling work of our career. 
 
<h2 class="jobSectionHeader">BASIC QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>3+ years of building models for business application experience</li><li>PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience</li><li>Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language</li><li>Experience developing and implementing deep learning algorithms, particularly with respect to computer vision algorithms</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>Experience using Unix/Linux</li><li>Experience in professional software development</li><li>Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals</li></ul> 
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 
 
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you&rsquo;re applying in isn&rsquo;t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 
The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &amp; AD&amp;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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. 
USA, WA, Seattle - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually</div>

Applied Scientist, Prime Video - Content Localization, Understanding & Enrichment

<div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">DESCRIPTION</h2><div>
Amazon Music is an immersive audio entertainment service that deepens connections between fans, artists, and creators. From personalized music playlists to exclusive podcasts, concert livestreams to artist merch, Amazon Music is innovating at some of the most exciting intersections of music and culture. We offer experiences that serve all listeners with our different tiers of service: Prime members get access to all the music in shuffle mode, and top ad-free podcasts, included with their membership; customers can upgrade to Amazon Music Unlimited for unlimited, on-demand access to 100 million songs, including millions in HD, Ultra HD, and spatial audio; and anyone can listen for free by downloading the Amazon Music app or via Alexa-enabled devices. Join us for the opportunity to influence how Amazon Music engages fans, artists, and creators on a global scale. 
 
The Data, Insights, Science and Optimization, Consumer Product and Tech (DISCO CPT) team is looking for a Data Scientist to join a team of Data Scientists, Analytics Leads, Business Intelligence Engineers and Data Engineers who analyze big data, provide analytics and insights as well as build models and algorithms that power product for personalized experiences. The team focuses on accelerating Amazon Music customer growth by empowering Product teams to make sound, customer-centric decisions through data and insights. We build data pipelines, science models, self-service analytics, insights and dashboards, deliver engagement and retention at scale. In this role, you will pioneer and execute advanced analytics and experimentation efforts for the Amazon Music product team. You will work with stakeholders and partners to deliver experimentation insights, author scientific artifacts, build scalable models to advance our analytics and science products. The ideal candidate must be willing to effectively lead science solutions, prioritize across multiple stakeholders and projects and be ready to jump into a fast-paced, dynamic and fun environment. 
 
Key job responsibilities 
<ul><li>Data Scientist II on this role will be a thought partner to Product and Engineering organizations through their expertise in experimentation, statistical modeling and advanced analytics</li><li>Conceptualize and drive strategic growth areas: retention, voice + visual engagement, experimentation, Gen AI initiatives, and product excellence.</li><li>Bridge science, analytics, and engineering to deliver solutions informing strategic decisions on AM technology investments and long-term business performance</li><li>Drive experimentation, measurement efficiency tooling, and ROI tracking for AM leadership</li><li>Build and maintain causal models to understand customer sentiment and its impact on key engagement/retention metrics</li><li>Develop structural and predictive models using data science workflows to deliver measurable customer results</li></ul> 
A day in the life 
<ul><li>Lead strategic initiatives across visual and voice experiences, experimentation and customer retention stakeholders</li><li>Conduct experimentation, build causal models to better understand key drivers for customer retention
</li><li>Evaluate existing metrics and lead deep dives to ensure the right measurement framework is leveraged to measure and enhance user adoption through visual and voice interfaces</li><li>Partner with product managers to translate business questions into actionable science projects</li><li>Influence product roadmaps through data-driven insights on customer behavior patterns</li><li>Identify and resolve customer experience friction points with cross-functional teams</li><li>Drive adoption of best practices and innovative solutions across the organization</li></ul></div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>Bachelor's degree</li><li>2+ years of data scientist experience</li><li>3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience</li><li>3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience</li><li>Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>Knowledge of machine learning concepts and their application to reasoning and problem-solving</li><li>Experience in Python, Perl, or another scripting language</li><li>Experience in defining and creating benchmarks for assessing GenAI model performance</li><li>Experience applying quantitative analysis to solve business problems and making data-driven business decisions</li></ul> 
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 
 
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company&rsquo;s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
 
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
 
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you&rsquo;re applying in isn&rsquo;t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 
The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &amp; AD&amp;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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. 
USA, CA, San Francisco - 157,300.00 - 212,800.00 USD annually 
USA, WA, Seattle - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually</div>

Data Scientist, Amazon Music - DISCO

Starbucks

<div>Now Brewing &ndash; Lead Data Scientist, Data &amp; Analytics! #tobeapartner
From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. We are known for developing extraordinary leaders who share this passion and are guided by their service to others.
Are you driven to uncover meaningful insights and build data-powered solutions that shape the future of the world&rsquo;s leading coffeehouse brand?
As a Lead Data Scientist on the Digital Data Science team, you will lead the development of advanced AI/ML models powering personalization &amp; recommendations for Starbucks digital surfaces such as the mobile app, web, digital menu boards and digital drive thru screens. You will drive the evolution of existing models and apply rigorous statistical methods to help achieve 1:1 personalization at the customer level, contextual personalization based on external signals and operational personalization that aligns with our ecosystem of stores. Your work will directly impact millions of Starbucks customers and coffee occasions at scale.
The D&amp;A organization spans four key pillars: Customer, Retail Operations, Supply Chain, and Enterprise. Each domain is focused on solving unique and complex challenges through data science. Whether personalizing marketing campaigns, optimizing store operations, improving inventory flow, or unlocking enterprise-wide initiatives, our data scientists apply advanced analytics, experimentation, and modeling to elevate the Starbucks experience. This centralized recruiting approach allows us to match candidates with the most relevant opportunities based on their skills and interests, ensuring alignment with business needs and personal growth. Join a team where data meets purpose to shape what&rsquo;s next for Starbucks. 
As a lead data scientist, you will&hellip;<ul><li> 
 Lead the design and development of scalable data science solutions from the start to the finish by utilizing machine learning, and statistical analysis. Build scalable processes for cleaning, aggregating, and loading data.</li><li> Understanding business initiatives, challenges, questions, concerns, or ideas, transforming them into successful data science solutions, and monitor data science metrics and KPIs</li><li> Mentor data analysts &amp; data scientists on best practices, processes, frameworks, and KPIs</li><li> Contribute to project planning, and assist the team with estimations, timelines, and prioritization. Assists in developing the analytical roadmap, data, and technology strategy.</li><li> Own the end-to-end lifecycle of AI/ML solutions, from ideation and prototyping to production deployment, ensuring robust offline evaluation and real-time performance monitoring.</li></ul> 
We&rsquo;d love to hear from people with:<ul><li> Education: BS+ with a concentration in a quantitative discipline - Stats, Math, Comp Sci, Engineering, Econ, Quantitative Social Science or similar discipline. Master&rsquo;s and/or PhD preferred</li><li> Minimum of 8+ years of progressive experience in data science, with a proven track record of end-to-end data product and model deployment that delivers measurable business impact.</li><li> Strong foundation in machine learning and statistical techniques, including regression, classification, clustering, and causal inference</li><li> Demonstrated track record of delivering AI/ML models into production with measurable business impact, including expertise in evaluation techniques (A/B testing, lift analysis) and model governance</li><li> Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to influence leadership teams at different levels</li><li> Strong SQL, databases, and ETL / ELT skills required including cleaning and managing data.</li><li> Advanced competency and expertise in Python, R, or some combination</li><li> Experience working with distributed data processing frameworks such as Spark and Databricks, and languages such as Java, PySpark, or Scala</li><li> Strong collaboration instincts &ndash; desire &amp; ability to work with partners to achieve the best outcome for the business.</li><li> Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills. The role requires effective communication with colleagues, stakeholders, and leaders from diverse backgrounds.</li><li> Proven ability to manage multiple, time-sensitive projects and competing priorities simultaneously to drive projects to completion with minimal guidance and high attention to details.</li></ul> 
Preferred skills:<ul><li> Experience building personalization and recommendation systems (e.g., collaborative filtering, content-based, or hybrid approaches) for digital platforms or mobile apps.</li><li> Familiarity with ranking algorithms, reinforcement learning, and contextual bandits for optimizing customer experiences.</li><li> Hands-on experience with model deployment in production environments, including monitoring, retraining, and performance optimization at scale.</li><li> Strong understanding of offline and online evaluation techniques for recommendation systems (e.g., precision/recall, NDCG, A/B testing).</li><li> Knowledge of feature engineering for behavioral and transactional data, and experience leveraging real-time data streams for model updates.</li></ul> 
As a Starbucks partner, you (and your family) will have access to medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, and other voluntary insurance benefits. Partners have access to short-term and long-term disability, paid parental leave, family expansion reimbursement, paid vacation from date of hire*, sick time (accrued at 1 hour for every 25 hours worked), eight paid holidays, and two personal days per year. Starbucks also offers eligible partners participation in a 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, a discounted company stock program (S.I.P.), Starbucks equity program (Bean Stock), incentivized emergency savings, and financial well-being tools. Additionally, Starbucks offers 100% upfront tuition coverage for a first-time bachelor&rsquo;s degree through Arizona State University&rsquo;s online program via the Starbucks College Achievement Plan, student loan management resources, and access to other educational opportunities. You will also have access to backup care and DACA reimbursement. Starbucks will comply with any applicable state and local laws regarding employee leave benefits, including, but not limited to providing time off pursuant to the Colorado Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, and in accordance with its plans and policies. This list is subject to change depending on collective bargaining in locations where partners have a certified bargaining representative. For additional information regarding partner perks and more detailed information about benefits, go to starbucksbenefits.com.<ul><li>If you are working in CA, CO, IL, LA, ME, MA, NE, ND or RI, you will accrue vacation up to a maximum of 120 hours (190 in CA) for roles below director and 200 hours (316 in CA) for roles at director or above. For roles in other states, you will be granted vacation time starting at 120 hours annually for roles below director and 200 hours annually for roles director and above.</li></ul> 
The actual base pay offered to the successful candidate will be based on multiple factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, and internal equity. At Starbucks, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate. 
We believe we do our best work when we're together, which is why we're onsite four days a week. 
Join us and inspire with every cup. Apply today!
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity and expression, genetic information, or any other factor protected by law.
We are committed to creating a diverse and welcoming workplace that includes partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We believe that enables us to better meet our mission and values while serving customers throughout our global communities. People of color, women, LGBTQIA+, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal state and local ordinances. Starbucks Corporation is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at applicantaccommodation@starbucks.com.</div>

lead data scientist - Seattle, WA

Amazon

<div>
 
 Description
 
 
 
 Are you passionate about solving unique customer-facing problems in the Amazon scale? Are you excited about utilizing statistical analysis, machine learning, data mining and leverage tons of Amazon data to learn and infer customer shopping patterns? Do you enjoy working with a diversity of engineers, machine learning scientists, product managers and user-experience designers? If so, you have found the right match!
 
 
 Fashion is extremely fast-moving, visual, subjective, and it presents numerous unique problem domains such as product recommendations, product discovery and evaluation. The vision for Amazon Fashion is to make Amazon the number one online shopping destination for Fashion customers by providing large selections, inspiring and accurate recommendations and customer experience.
 
 
 The NAS Shop and Keep (SHAKE) organization empowers customers to make confident, lasting purchase decisions by minimizing purchase anxiety and reducing returns. The NAS SHAKE science team advances this mission by innovating and developing scalable ML solutions tailored to these unique challenges. The team is hiring a Data Scientist who has a solid background in Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning and Data Mining and a proven record of effectively analyzing large complex heterogeneous datasets, and is motivated to grow professionally as a Data Scientist.
 
 
 Key job responsibilities
 
 
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 You will work on our Science team and partner closely with applied scientists, data engineers as well as product managers, UX designers, and business partners to answer complex problems via data analysis. Outputs from your analysis will directly help improve the performance of the ML based recommendation systems thereby enhancing the customer experience as well as inform the roadmap for science and the product.
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 You can effectively analyze complex and disparate datasets collected from diverse sources to derive key insights, build segmentation models and improve customer experience by reducing retail returns.
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 You have excellent communication skills to be able to work with cross-functional team members to understand key questions and earn the trust of senior leaders.
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 You are able to multi-task between different tasks such as gap analysis of algorithm results, integrating multiple disparate datasets, doing business intelligence, analyzing engagement metrics or presenting to stakeholders.
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 You thrive in an agile and fast-paced environment on highly visible projects and initiatives.
 
 
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 </ul>
 
 Basic Qualifications
 
 
 
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 1+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
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 2+ years of data/research scientist, statistician or quantitative analyst in an internet-based company with complex and big data sources experience
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 1+ years of creating or contributing to mathematical textbooks, research papers, or educational content experience
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 Master's degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM), or experience working in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
 
 
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 </ul>
 
 Preferred Qualifications
 
 
 
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 Ph.D. in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM)
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 Knowledge of statistical packages and business intelligence tools such as SPSS, SAS, S-PLUS, or R
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 Knowledge of machine learning concepts and their application to reasoning and problem-solving
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 Experience with clustered data processing (e.g., Hadoop, Spark, Map-reduce, and Hive)
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 Experience applying quantitative analysis to solve business problems and making data-driven business decisions
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 Usage of generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency, with a willingness to learn effective prompting and evaluation practices.
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 Ability to recognize opportunities where generative AI could enhance products, workflows, or customer experiences.
 
 
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 Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
 
 
 Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you&rsquo;re applying in isn&rsquo;t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
 
 
 The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &amp; AD&amp;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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
 
 
 USA, WA, Seattle - 108,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually
 
 
 
 
 Company
 
 - Amazon.com Services LLC
 
 
 Job ID: A3206663
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Data Scientist I, SHAKE

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About Sponsored Products and Brands 
The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising. 
 
About our team 
The SPB Offsite team builds solutions to extend campaigns to reach customers off the store and extend shopping experiences on third party sites where shoppers search and discover products. We use industry leading machine learning, high scale low latency systems, and AI technologies to create better sponsored customer experiences off the store. This role will have deep interest in building the next innovations in ad tech and shopping wherever shoppers go. You will work with external and internal partners to connect ad tech systems, understand customers, and drive results at scale. You are a deeply technical leader who operates with a GenAI first approach to product, engineering, and science based solutions. 
 
As an Applied Scientist on this team, you will:
 
<ul><li>Drive end-to-end Machine Learning projects that have a high degree of ambiguity, scale, complexity.</li><li>Perform hands-on analysis and modeling of enormous data sets to develop insights that increase traffic monetization and merchandise sales, without compromising the shopper experience.</li><li>Build machine learning models, perform proof-of-concept, experiment, optimize, and deploy your models into production; work closely with software engineers to assist in productionizing your ML models.</li><li>Run A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis.</li><li>Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analysis, machine-learning model development, model validation and serving.</li><li>Research new and innovative machine learning approaches.</li></ul> 
Why you will love this opportunity: Amazon is investing heavily in building a world-class advertising business. This team defines and delivers a collection of advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our solutions generate billions in revenue and drive long-term growth for Amazon&rsquo;s Retail and Marketplace businesses. We deliver billions of ad impressions, millions of clicks daily, and break fresh ground to create world-class products. We are a highly motivated, collaborative, and fun-loving team with an entrepreneurial spirit - with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate. 
 
Impact and Career Growth: You will invent new experiences and influence customer-facing shopping experiences to help suppliers grow their retail business and the auction dynamics that leverage native advertising; this is your opportunity to work within the fastest-growing businesses across all of Amazon! Define a long-term science vision for our advertising business, driven from our customers' needs, translating that direction into specific plans for research and applied scientists, as well as engineering and product teams. This role combines science leadership, organizational ability, technical strength, product focus, and business understanding.</div><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"> 
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>3+ years of building models for business application experience</li><li>PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience</li><li>Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language</li><li>Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing</li></ul><h2 class="jobSectionHeader">
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</h2><ul><li>Experience in professional software development</li><li>Experience in search advertising, search marketing, performance advertising, or similar digital advertising</li><li>Strong technical fluency in Generative AI</li><li>Deep understanding of large language models (LLMs), model fine tuning and prompt engineering</li><li>Ph.D. in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field</li></ul> 
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. 
 
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you&rsquo;re applying in isn&rsquo;t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. 
The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &amp; AD&amp;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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits. 
USA, NY, New York - 172,400.00 - 223,400.00 USD annually 
USA, VA, Arlington - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually 
USA, WA, SEATTLE - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually</div>

Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products

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