DataScientistII

The WW Operations IPAT team is revolutionizing Amazon’s financial forecasting through TrendCast, an innovative, automated, science-based top-down forecast modeling engine. As we expand our scope into Generative AI, we are building a sophisticated, LLM-powered Finance Knowledge Base to streamline decision-making. We are seeking a strong Data Scientist II to drive the technical strategy for these advanced analytical and AI-driven solutions. In this role, you will act as a technical lead, translating high-level business ambiguity into scalable, production-grade systems while influencing cross-functional roadmaps. Key job responsibilities • Own and solve difficult business problems where the solution approach is unclear, delivering high-quality artifacts that directly influence financial decisions for senior leadership • Apply a range of data science methodologies (statistical modeling, machine learning, time series analysis, econometrics) to solve complex forecasting challenges • Design and implement scalable, reliable approaches to extract insights from large, complex datasets across multiple domains • Develop metrics to quantify the benefits of solutions and measure project progress and success • Design and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and LLM-based solutions to enhance financial knowledge retrieval and decision support • Proactively identify and solve challenges related to GenAI solutions including accuracy, latency, and context management • Partner with finance stakeholders, engineers, and other scientists to identify data requirements and deliver solutions that meet customer needs • Write clear, factually correct documents with substantial analytical components; explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences • Provide peer feedback on solutions and results; mentor and teach less experienced data scientists Basic Qualifications: - 2+ years of data scientist experience - 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting langu