Offers “Amazon”

Expires soon Amazon

Data Scientist

  • Internship
  • Seattle (King)
  • IT development

Job description



DESCRIPTION

Design and implement scalable and reliable approaches to support or automate decision making throughout the business. Apply a range of science techniques and tools combined with subject matter expertise to solve difficult business problems and cases in which the solution approach is unclear. Acquire data by building the necessary SQL / ETL queries. Import processes through various company specific interfaces for accessing Oracle, RedShift, and Spark storage systems. Build relationships with stakeholders and counterparts. Analyze data for trends and input validity by inspecting univariate distributions, exploring bivariate relationships, constructing appropriate transformations, and tracking down the source and meaning of anomalies. Build models using statistical modeling, mathematical modeling, econometric modeling, network modeling, social network modeling, natural language processing, machine learning algorithms, genetic algorithms, and neural networks. Validate models against alternative approaches, expected and observed outcome, and other business defined key performance indicators. Implement models that comply with evaluations of the computational demands, accuracy, and reliability of the relevant ETL processes at various stages of production.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

A PhD degree in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent)
· 7+ years of experience working in data or applied science in a consumer product company
· 4+ years of experience leading Data Scientists, Research Scientists, or Machine Learning Scientists and/or Economists
· Skilled with Python, Java, C++, or other programming language, as well as with R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language; some experience in NLP
· Professional experience in software development (software design and development life cycle)
· Ability to distill informal customer requirements into problem definitions, dealing with ambiguity and competing objectives
· Ability to manage and quantify improvement in customer experience or value for the business resulting from research outcomes

“Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation”

Desired profile



BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Position Requirements:
Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Statistics, Applied Math, Operations Research, Economics, or a related field and two years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation. Employer will accept a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Statistics, Applied Math, Operations Research, Economics, or a related field and five years of experience in the job offered or a related field as equivalent to the Master’s degree and two years of experience. Must have two years of experience in the following skills: building statistical models and machine learning models using large datasets from multiple resources; working with Customer, Product, or Content data modeling and extraction; using database technologies including SQL, ETL, Oracle, or SPSS; applying specialized modeling software including SAS, R, Python, Matlab, or Stata; and working in a Linux environment.
“Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation”

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