Amazon
Principal Research Scientist , Product Knowledge
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127
Principal Research Scientist , Product Knowledge
Job ID: 2776096 | Amazon.com Services LLCDoes the idea of setting the strategic direction for the product ontology that supports Amazon stores sound exciting? Would it be your dream job to generate, curate and manage product knowledge highlighting all of Amazon's mammoth selection and services from door knobs to books to dishwasher installation to things that haven’t even been invented yet? Do you want to help use data to make finding and understanding Amazon's product space easier?
The vision of the Product Knowledge Ontology Team is to provide a standardized, semantically rich, easily discoverable, extensible, and universally applicable body of product knowledge that can be consistently utilized across customer shopping experiences, selling partner listing experiences, and product catalog enrichment. As a Principal Research Scientist you will lead the design and build world-class, intuitive, and comprehensive taxonomy and ontology solutions to optimize product discovery and classification.Key job responsibilities
Work with Product Knowledge leadership team to set strategic direction for ontology platform developmentDesign and create knowledge models that leverage cutting-edge technology to meet the needs of Amazon customersInfluence across a broad set of internal and external team stakeholders (engineers, designers, program and business leaders) while delivering impactful results for both manufacturers and customersEvangelize the powerful solutions that ontologies can offer to solve common and complex business problemsUse Generative Artificial Intelligence (generative AI) models to solve complex schema management use cases at scaleAnalyze knowledge performance metrics, customer behavior data and industry trends to make intelligent data-driven decisions on how we can evolve the ontology to provide the best data for customers and internal usersOwn business requirements related to knowledge management tools, metrics and processesIdentify and execute the right trade-offs for internal and external customers and systems operating on the ontologySupport a broad community of knowledge builders across Amazon by participating in knowledge sharing and mentorshipBASIC QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years of tech industry or equivalent experiencePhD in a quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science, or any related quantitative fieldExperience working effectively with science, data processing, and software engineering teamsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience implementing models and tools through the use of high-level modeling languages (AMPL, Mosel, R, Matlab, Julia)Amazon 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.
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Job ID: 2776096 | Amazon.com Services LLCDoes the idea of setting the strategic direction for the product ontology that supports Amazon stores sound exciting? Would it be your dream job to generate, curate and manage product knowledge highlighting all of Amazon's mammoth selection and services from door knobs to books to dishwasher installation to things that haven’t even been invented yet? Do you want to help use data to make finding and understanding Amazon's product space easier?
The vision of the Product Knowledge Ontology Team is to provide a standardized, semantically rich, easily discoverable, extensible, and universally applicable body of product knowledge that can be consistently utilized across customer shopping experiences, selling partner listing experiences, and product catalog enrichment. As a Principal Research Scientist you will lead the design and build world-class, intuitive, and comprehensive taxonomy and ontology solutions to optimize product discovery and classification.Key job responsibilities
Work with Product Knowledge leadership team to set strategic direction for ontology platform developmentDesign and create knowledge models that leverage cutting-edge technology to meet the needs of Amazon customersInfluence across a broad set of internal and external team stakeholders (engineers, designers, program and business leaders) while delivering impactful results for both manufacturers and customersEvangelize the powerful solutions that ontologies can offer to solve common and complex business problemsUse Generative Artificial Intelligence (generative AI) models to solve complex schema management use cases at scaleAnalyze knowledge performance metrics, customer behavior data and industry trends to make intelligent data-driven decisions on how we can evolve the ontology to provide the best data for customers and internal usersOwn business requirements related to knowledge management tools, metrics and processesIdentify and execute the right trade-offs for internal and external customers and systems operating on the ontologySupport a broad community of knowledge builders across Amazon by participating in knowledge sharing and mentorshipBASIC QUALIFICATIONS
10+ years of tech industry or equivalent experiencePhD in a quantitative discipline such as statistics, mathematics, economics, computer science, or any related quantitative fieldExperience working effectively with science, data processing, and software engineering teamsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Experience implementing models and tools through the use of high-level modeling languages (AMPL, Mosel, R, Matlab, Julia)Amazon 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.
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