Applied Scientist II, Last Mile Science
Core
Designing and improving complex delivery network planning models to optimize capacity, routing, and network design for Amazon's Last Mile delivery.
Role type
Senior Applied Scientist (Operations Research & Machine Learning)
Builds
Core decision models for jurisdiction planning, delivery channel design, capacity planning, and routing optimization.
Domain
Logistics, Supply Chain, Transportation
Deliverable
production ML models (via careerplan.io/jobs/10570423-applied-scientist-ii-last-mile-science-at-amazon)
Required skills
Operations Research, Machine Learning, algorithms and data structures, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing, Java, C++, Python
Preferred skills
Unix/Linux, professional software development
Responsibilities
Develop solutions to manage and optimize delivery capacity, identify opportunities to improve existing algorithms, optimize system policies for external delivery service providers, mine and analyze data to support proposals, constructively critique peer research, coach and mentor junior scientists.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship