Sr. Applied Scientist, Classification and Policy Platform

Sr. Applied Scientist, Classification and Policy Platform

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Ever wonder how you can keep the world’s largest selection also the world’s safest and legally compliant selection? Then come join a team with the charter to monitor and classify the billions of items in the Amazon catalog to ensure compliance with various legal regulations.

The Classification and Policy Platform team is looking for Applied Scientists to build technology to automatically monitor the billions of products on the Amazon platform. The software and processes built by this team are a critical component of building a catalog that our customers trust. You will have an opportunity to work with machine learning algorithms on large datasets and build Amazon‑scale applications running on Amazon Cloud that both leverage and create new technologies to process large volumes of data that derive patterns and conclusions from the data.

We are looking for highly motivated applied scientists and engineers interested in delivering the next level of innovation to product search for Amazon. As an Applied Scientist on the CPP team, you will be responsible for working across backend, client, business development, and data engineering teams to coordinate deep‑dives, inform roadmaps, visualize metrics, and create predictive models to determine how we can best serve our customers.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing new features and machine‑learned models, including the application of state‑of‑the‑art deep learning to solve search matching and ranking problems, including filtering, new content indexing, and apply document understanding.
• Conducting and coordinating process development leading to improved and streamlined processes for model development. Strong customer focus is essential.
• Working closely with Product Managers to expand depth of our product insights with data, create a variety of experiments, and determine the highest‑impact projects to include in planning roadmaps.
• Providing technical and scientific guidance to your team members.
• Communicating effectively with senior management as well as with colleagues from science, engineering, and business backgrounds.
• Being a cultural leader that ensures teams are collecting, understanding, and using data to inform every decision that impacts our customers.

Basic Qualifications

• 4+ years of applied research experience.
• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience.
• PhD, or Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit‑learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
• Experience with large‑scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.

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.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $150,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company.

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign‑on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please see

This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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