Data Scientist, North America Sort Centers, Amazon Transportation Services
Core
Design, build, and ship machine learning and optimization models to drive middle miles planning decisions for North America Sort Centers and Transportation Operations.
Role type
Senior IC data scientist (operations research & ML)
Builds
Deployed ML/optimization models for network, labor, and capacity planning
Domain
Logistics & Transportation Operations
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Machine learning, time-series forecasting, optimization (MIP/LP), statistical modeling, Python, SQL, model validation, feature engineering, CI/CD for models
Preferred skills
AWS services (S3, Redshift, SageMaker, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda, EC2), GenAI/agentic systems, experience at large tech company
Technologies
Python, SQL, MIP, LP, Deep learning, foundation models, AWS
Responsibilities
Design and implement complex ML and optimization solutions; Drive end-to-end delivery of scalable models from data exploration to deployment; Develop new modeling patterns for forecasting and optimization; Build robust model validation, backtesting, and monitoring pipelines; Define and own model performance metrics tied to business outcomes; Partner with Data Engineering and Software Development to productionize models
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC