Amazon Data Scientist

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Posted date: Jan 30, 2026

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Location: Seattle, WA

Estimated salary: $160,000
Range: $136,000 - $184,000


Description

Are you passionate about applying machine learning and advanced statistical techniques to protect one of the world's largest online marketplaces? Do you want to be at the forefront of developing innovative solutions that safeguard Amazon's customers and legitimate sellers while ensuring a fair and trusted shopping experience? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where diverse perspectives drive breakthrough solutions?

If yes, we invite you to join the Amazon Global Risk Intelligence Science Team. We're seeking an exceptional scientist who can revolutionize how we protect our stores. As a key member of our team, you'll develop and deploy machine learning systems that analyze millions of seller interactions daily, ensuring the integrity and trustworthiness of Amazon's marketplace while scaling our operations to new heights. Your work will directly impact the shopping experience for hundreds of millions of customers worldwide, while supporting the growth of our selling partners.

Key job responsibilities

• Use machine learning and statistical techniques to create scalable abuse detection solutions that identify fraudulent seller behavior, rings of accounts, identity change, holistic seller risk and marketplace manipulation schemes

• Innovate with the latest GenAI technology to build highly automated solutions for efficient transaction monitoring, and risk assessment

• Design, develop and deploy end-to-end machine learning solutions in the Amazon production environment to prevent and detect sophisticated abuse patterns across the marketplace

• Learn, explore and experiment with the latest machine learning advancements to protect customer trust and maintain marketplace integrity while supporting legitimate selling partners

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive risk models that can adapt to evolving abuse patterns and emerging threats

About the team

You'll be working closely with business partners, science and engineering teams to create end-to-end scalable machine learning solutions that address real-world problems. You will build scalable, efficient, and automated processes for large-scale data analyses, model development, model validation, and model implementation.

You will also be providing clear and compelling reports for your solutions and contributing to the ongoing innovation and knowledge-sharing that are central to the team's success.



Qualifications

- Master's degree in Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or related science field

- 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience

- 3+ years of data scientist experience

- 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience

- Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment



Extended Qualifications

- PhD in Math, Statistics, Computer Science, or related science field

- Experience in a ML or data scientist role with a large technology company

- Experience in Python, Perl, or another scripting language

- Experience effectively communicating complex concepts through written and verbal communication

- Experience working on multi-team, cross-disciplinary projects

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually



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