Applied Scientist II, Selling Partner Selection Success
Seattle, WAJob$143–193K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
Amazon’s Selling Partner Selection Success organization seeks an Applied Scientist II to develop seller recommendations that improve seller growth and success. The scientist will apply scientific methods and AI technologies, collaborate with engineering, research, and business teams to deliver AI-infused products and agentic experiences, and communicate insights to varied audiences. The role also contributes to the research community through collaboration and publication.
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Description
Join us in the evolution of Amazon’s Seller business! The Selling Partner Selection Success organization is the growth and development engine for our Store. Partnering with business, product, and engineering, we catalyze SP selection growth with comprehensive and accurate data, unique insights, and actionable recommendations and collaborate with WW SP facing teams to drive adoption and create feedback loops. We strongly believe that any motivated SP should be able to grow their businesses and reach their full potential supported by Amazon tools and resources.
We are looking for a Applied Scientist II to work on our growth agent vision on seller recommendation to improve our SP growth strategy and drive new seller success. As a successful Applied Scientist on our talented team of applied scientists and economists, you will leverage the latest scientific methods, including statistics, machine learning, deep learning and GenAI technology to solve complex problems, and collaborate with engineering, research, and business teams to deliver optimized experience (AI infused products, agentic experiences) on behalf of our sellers. You need to have deep understanding on the business domain and have the ability to connect business with science. You are also strong in AI/ML/GenAI technology and scientific foundation with the ability to collaborate with engineering to put models in production to answer specific business questions. You are an expert at synthesizing and communicating insights and recommendations to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication. You will continue to contribute to the research community, by working with scientists across Amazon, as well as collaborating with academic researchers and publishing papers (www.aboutamazon.com/research).
Key job responsibilities
As an Applied Scientist II in the team, you will:
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Identify opportunities to improve SP growth and translate those opportunities into science problems via principled GenAI solutions .
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Design and execute roadmaps for complex science projects to help SP have a delightful selling experience while creating long term value for our shoppers.
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Work with our engineering partners and draw upon your experience to meet latency and other system constraints.
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Be responsible for communicating our science innovations to the broader internal & external scientific community.
Basic Qualifications
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PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
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Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
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Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience using Unix/Linux
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Experience in professional software development
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Demonstrated experience leveraging generative AI tools to enhance workflow efficiency and productivity, with the ability to craft effective prompts and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs in a professional setting
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Experience identifying opportunities to integrate AI solutions into products and services to drive business value
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 - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
How this job compares
Set against the 1,075 open Applied Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$143–193K/yr
- Washington median$143–226K/yr242 salary ranges
- US median$158–264K/yr1,036 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $168K, is 15% below the Washington median midpoint ($197K) — in the middle half of Applied Scientist salary ranges in Washington.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 248 open Applied Scientist jobs in Washington and 1,075 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Washington
- Amazon (this employer)195 open
- Microsoft Corporation23 open
- Oracle8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Applied Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (918 postings).
- Education
- 582 of the 1,075 open Applied Scientist jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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