Have you ever ordered a product on Amazon and when that box with the smile arrived, wondered how it got to you so fast? Wondered where it came from and how much it cost Amazon? If so, the Amazon Global Supply Chain Optimization team is for you. We build systems that peer into the future and estimate the distribution of tens of millions of products every week among Amazon’s warehouses and from the warehouses to customers in the most cost-effective way. When customers place orders, our systems use real time, large scale optimization techniques to optimally choose where to ship from and how to consolidate multiple orders so that customers get their shipments on time or earlier with the lowest possible transportation costs. This team is focused on saving hundreds of millions of dollars using cutting edge science, machine learning, and scalable distributed software on the Cloud that automates and optimizes inventory and shipments to customers under the uncertainty of demand, pricing and supply
* Strong business judgment and record of making the right decisions * Experience hiring and developing engineers * Experience simplifying both processes and technical implementations * Passion for insisting on high standards (to the point that most other people would think they are being unreasonable) * Expects and requires innovation of her/his team * Deep understanding of software engineering best practices * Ability to write clearly and concisely * Bachelor degree in a technical field or equivalent experience, MBA or advanced degree preferred * Online distributed systems and platform infrastructure