Leveling The People Science (PS) team is hiring a L5 or L6 Applied Scientist. The role is based in Seattle, WA co-located with the PS team. The Team The PS team is a science team that supports Amazon Connections for WW Ops and creates innovative products that can be used in WW Operations to enhance the employee experience and develop leaders. Examples of projects we own include Engagement Index (EI) which provides leaders with a pulse on employee engagement in their orgs, Safety Leadership Index (SLI) which provides perceptions of safety sentiment to building leaders in CF and Recommendations, a product that provides messages and tips to frontline leaders in CF and CS to enable their development based on how their teams respond to “manager” questions asked through Connections. The team is comprised of Research scientists, Data Scientists, BIEs and Product managers. Candidates will need to be comfortable operating quickly and autonomously, strike the right balance between speed and scope,
·Basic Qualifications · M.S. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Operational Research, Statistics or a related quantitative field · 1+ years of hands-on experience in predictive modeling and analysis · Evidence of passing SDE1 coding bar at Amazon · Strong algorithm development experience · Skills with Java, C++, or other programming language, as well as with R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language · The ideal candidate will have a PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Economics or a related quantitative field, and 2+ years of relevant work experience including significant