Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.

Technology

SeniorAppliedScientist,EC2OptimizationScience

$100–226k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Applied Scientist, EC2 Optimization Science at Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.. Skills: Mathematical optimization, Machine learning, Algorithm development. Design decision-making algorithms. Implement decision-making algorithms”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Mathematical decomposition; Resolving issues

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Master's degree and 4+ years experience, Knowledge of optimization mathematics, Knowledge of databases (querying and analyzing), In-depth knowledge of optimization methods, Experience in prototyping and developing software, Good writing skills

Nice to Have

PhD preferred, Knowledge of quantitative data analysis, Machine learning with applications to optimization, Experience in decision-making under robust or stochastic optimization

What You'll Do.

Design decision-making algorithms

Implement decision-making algorithms

Scale decision-making algorithms

Manage virtual capacity systems

Manage physical capacity systems

Develop prescriptive optimization models

Validate solution approaches

Analyze large volumes of data

Develop optimization models

Match end-customer demand

Match physical resource supply

Decompose mathematical problems

Design interface between inputs and outputs

Navigate ambiguity of design choices

Understand project phases

Resolve issues after rollout

Deliver production systems

Design engineering systems

Review approaches by scientists

Review approaches by engineers

Mentor junior scientists

Lead junior scientists

Guide business direction

Work with software development teams

Implement ideas in code

Write technical documents

Write business documents

Develop creative approaches

Develop novel approaches

Develop data-driven approaches

Improve cloud compute offerings

Define new cloud offerings

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Engineering and product management orgs; AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain; Other scientists; Software engineers; Product managers

Communication Scope

Presenting business cases; Communicating results

Full Job Description

AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Capacity Org is looking for an experienced applied optimization expert. This leader will join the Optimization Science Team to design, implement, and scale decision-making algorithms to manage EC2’s virtual and physical capacity systems. EC2 Capacity owns EC2’s top-level customer satisfaction metric capacity availability and the forecasting & decision-making systems which drive significant capex investments in server ordering for AWS data centers. Optimization Science is a core team involved in the end-to-end design and implementation of various decision-making systems, which manage the trade-off between capex and capacity availability while matching demand and supply at different planning horizons. The stakeholders and partners include engineering and product management orgs within EC2 as well as the AWS Infrastructure Supply Chain (AIS) organization. We are seeking an expert with a strong background in mathematical optimization with excellent modeling skills, and expertise in the numerical solution of continuous and discrete problems using exact and and heuristic methods applied to very large-scale problems. Experience with decision-making under uncertainty; e.g., robust or stochastic optimization is an advantage. Candidates at the OR/ML interface, and particularly those who have experience applying ML / Gen AI methods to enhance and improve optimization algorithms or optimization-based decision-making systems, are encouraged to apply. The candidate will apply their knowledge to match the end-customer demand for virtual machines to physical resource supply at horizons ranging from five minutes to 13 years. The variety of problems requires principled mathematical decomposition and a good interface design between inputs and outputs at various horizons. Navigating the ambiguity of design choices across horizons is a critical component of the role. In a typical project, we analyze large volumes of data, and then develop a prescriptive o

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