Amazon.com Services LLC

Research Science, Applied Science, alexa and amazon devices

AppliedScientist-OperationsResearch/Optimization,SalesPlanningandInventoryOptimizationScience

$142–193k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Applied Scientist - Operations Research/Optimization, Sales Planning and Inventory Optimization Science at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Operations Research, Optimization, Supply Chain, Inventory Management. Design mathematical models. Design simulation models”

What You'll Achieve.

Efficiently match Devices with customers; Make tremendous financial impacts

Industry & Context.

Research Science, Applied Science, alexa and amazon devices
Problems you'll solve

Optimization; Problem solving

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Master's degree and 4+ years science experience, 3+ years building models for business, Programming in Java, C++, Python, Experience in algorithms and data structures, Experience in parsing, Experience in numerical optimization, Experience in data mining, Experience in parallel and distributed computing, Experience in high-performance computing

Nice to Have

Optimization mathematics experience, PhD in quantitative discipline, Associate's degree and optimization models experience, Technical support experience, Training and deploying ML systems experience, Developing, deploying, managing AI products at scale, Building optimization models on OR tools

What You'll Do.

Design mathematical models

Design simulation models

Design optimization models

Apply models to business needs

Drive business solutions

Drive technical solutions

Apply optimization techniques

Design optimal solution methodologies

Design near optimal solution methodologies

Experiment with models

Participate in deployment

Create technical documentation

Enhance technical documentation

Maintain technical documentation

Present to Scientists

Present to Product teams

Present to Engineering teams

Manage product features

Manage technical risks

Influence long-term roadmap

Onboard new technologies

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Demand Science Optimization; Demand forecasting teams; Material procurement teams; Production planning teams; Finance teams; Logistics teams; Product teams; Engineering teams

Communication Scope

Presentations

Process & Methodology

Project plans

Full Job Description

Are you interested in working with top talents in Optimization, Operations Research and Supply Chain to help Amazon to efficiently match our Devices with worldwide customers? We have challenging problems and need your innovative solutions to make tremendous financial impacts! The Amazon Demand Science Optimization organization is looking for an Applied Scientist with background in Operations Research, Optimization, Supply Chain, Simulation, and Gen AI to support science efforts to integrate across inventory management functionalities. Our team is responsible for science models (both deterministic and stochastic) that power world-wide inventory allocation, promotion optimization for Amazon Devices business that includes Echo, Kindle, Fire Tablets, Amazon TVs, Amazon Fire TV sticks, Ring, and other smart home devices. We formulate and solve challenging large-scale financially-based optimization problems which ingest demand forecasts and produce optimal price promotion strategies, procurement, production, distribution, and inventory management plans. In addition, we also work closely with the demand forecasting, material procurement, production planning, finance, and logistics teams to co-optimize the inventory management and supply chain for Amazon Devices given operational constraints. Key job responsibilities The successful candidate will be a self-starter, comfortable with ambiguity, with strong attention to detail, and an ability to work in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment and a desire to help shape the overall business. Responsibilities include: - Design and develop advanced mathematical, simulation, and optimization models and apply them to define strategic and tactical needs and drive appropriate business and technical solutions in the areas of inventory management and distribution, network flow, supply chain optimization, and demand planning - Apply mathematical optimization techniques (linear, quadratic, SOCP, robust, stochastic, dynamic, mixed-inte

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