Principal Data Scientist, Amazon

• The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is comfortable upholding high standards across a wide range of domains, can manage responsibility for large scale business impact and can communicate effectively with executive audiences
• They are comfortable working with other engineering teams to architect their required data and infrastructure environments as well as with non-tech audiences to quantify business impact and establish roadmaps
• You will be the science advisor to the Creators LT
• You will influence strategic decisions around which domains Creators should invest science resources in, and how to augment the science capabilities on the team through development and hiring
• PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field
• 10+ years of experience working in data science
• Deep understanding and practical experience in several of the following areas: machine learning, statistics, optimization, forecasting, NLP, deep learning, recommendation systems, dialogue systems, information retrieval
• Demonstrated problem-solving skills with the ability to apply algorithms, which may include data profiling, clustering, anomaly detection, and predictive modeling methodologies

Desirable

• We are looking for an experienced Principal Data Scientist to tackle our most complex problems in the Creators team, including leading the development of data models and analysis tools to represent the ground truth about creator measurement and test results to facilitate important business decisions, both off and on Amazon
• This role will oversee the work of and mentor 15+ scientists on the team without direct people management responsibilities, and partner with other science teams in the company
• This role will provide oversight for all the models within Creators and Shoppable Content, direct the approach with a long-term mindset and uphold high standards for how science work is performed in the organization
• You will work with multiple engineering, software, economics and business teams to specify requirements, define data collection, interpretation strategies, data pipelines and implement data analysis and reporting tools
• Your focus will be in optimizing the analysis of test results to enable the efficient growth of the Creator channel
• Provide guidance to the scientists on the team to ensure we are solving the right problems, using the right techniques for the problem at hand, drawing the right conclusions and communicating appropriately to both the tech and non-tech stakeholders
• Understand drivers, impacts, and key influences on test results. Drive actions at scale to optimize test methodology and drive increases to growth in Creator and Shoppable Content foundational metrics
• Lead a science panel facilitating this oversight of the data scientists, research scientists and economists on the Creator and Shoppable Content teams. You will raise the standards of science development and delivery and improve the review mechanism to deliver high quality outcomes while minimizing overhead
• Take the lead in solving the most challenging science problems on the roadmap
• Serve as a key scientific resource in full-cycle development (conception, design, implementation, testing to documentation, delivery, and maintenance)
• Automate feedback loops for test result algorithms in production
• As the Principal Data Scientist, you will work closely with the engineering, product, and data leaders to ensure we are prioritizing the right problems, ensuring long-term and resilient designs, and meeting the high quality bar and deadlines
• You will take ownership over select problems and work with the team to implement into production
• You will also spend time reviewing designs and mentoring our junior Science team members
• You will also participate in learning opportunities for the broader NA Stores community