Sr. Data Scientist, Search Data Science

Amazon is one of the most popular sites in the US. Our product search engine, one of the most heavily used services in the world, indexes billions of products and serves hundreds of millions of customers world-wide.Our team leads the science and analytics efforts for the search page and we own multiple aspects of understanding how we can measure customer satisfaction with our experiences. This include building science based insights and novel metrics to define and track customer focused aspects.We are working on metrics and measurements to better quantify the customer pain points of the search customer experience and in turn reduce friction for the customers. We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist to lead the development and implementation of different metrics and tackle new and uncharted territories for search engines using LLMs.Key job responsibilities:We are looking for an experienced Sr. Data Scientist to lead ML and LLM based signals development and data analytics and drive critical product decisions for Amazon Search. In a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, you will perform multiple large, complex, and business critical analyses that will inform product design and business priorities. You will design and build AI based science solutions to allow routine inspection and deep business understanding as the search customer experience is being transformed. You will analyze A/B tests and recommend ways to making them faster and more robust.Keeping a department-wide view, you will focus on the highest priorities and constantly look for scale and automation, while making technical trade-offs between short term and long-term needs. With your drive to deliver results, you will quickly analyze data and understand the current business challenges to assess the feasibility of different science projects as well as help shape the analytics roadmap of the Search Science teams. Your desire to learn and be curious will help us look around corners for improvement opportunities and more efficient metrics development.In this role, you will partner with data engineers, business intelligence engineers, product managers, software engineers, economists, and other scientists.A day in the life:You are have expertise in Machine learning and statistical models. You are comfortable with a higher degree of ambiguity, knows when and how to be scrappy, build quick prototypes and proofs of concepts, innate ability to see around corners and know what is coming, define a long-term science vision, and relish the idea of solving problems that haven’t been solved at scale. As part of our journey to learn about our data, some opportunities may be a dead end and you will balancing unknowns with delivering results for our customers. Along the way, you’ll learn a ton, have fun and make a positive impact at scale.About the team:- 5+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience- 4+ years of data scientist experience- Experience with statistical models e.g. multinomial logistic regression- 2+ years of data visualization using AWS QuickSight, Tableau, R Shiny, etc. experience- Experience managing data pipelines- Experience as a leader and mentor on a data science teamAmazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit

https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us .Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/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 visit

https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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