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Applied Scientist, Search Ranking and Exploration

Seattle, Washington, United StatesFull-time$143k–$222k2026-11-12

Core

Build efficient machine learning models for early-stage search ranking to connect customers with products at Amazon's scale.

Role type

Applied Scientist (Search Ranking)

Builds

Search ranking models for billions of queries and hundreds of millions of customers

Domain

E-commerce, Search, Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Java, C++, Python, algorithms and data structures, numerical optimization, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

Preferred skills

Unix/Linux, professional software development

Technologies

Java, C++, Python, Unix/Linux

Responsibilities

Build ML models for early-stage ranking, analyze data from A/B tests, collaborate with software engineers to bring ideas to production, present proposals to business and tech leaders

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC