Research Scientist II AMZ9898222
NEW YORK, NYFull-time$158–213K/yrSeen 3w agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago
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The Research Scientist II will work with software and business groups to understand requirements and build machine learning systems, optimization models, and operational tools for supply chain, transportation, and logistics. The role involves developing mathematical models, analyzing system performance under uncertainty, creating simulations and prototypes, and integrating validated solutions into production systems. Candidates need a qualifying graduate degree and experience, or an accepted bachelor's-degree and experience alternative, plus specified programming and optimization experience.
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MULTIPLE POSITIONS AVAILABLE Employer: AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLCOffered Position: Research Scientist IIJob Location: New York, New YorkJob Number: AMZ9898222 Position Responsibilities: Interact with various software and business groups to develop an understanding of their business requirements and operational processes. Utilize acquired knowledge and business judgment to build scalable machine learning systems, optimization models and operational tools to improve the bottom line. Build quantitative mathematical models to represent a wide range of supply chain, transportation and logistics systems. Implement these models and tools using modeling languages and engineering code in software languages such as Python, C++, or JAVA. Gather required data for analysis and mathematical model building by writing ad-hoc scripts and database queries. Perform quantitative, economic, and numerical performance analyses of these systems under uncertainty using statistical and optimization tools. Create computer simulations to support operational decision-making. Identify areas with potential for improvement and work with internal teams to generate requirements to realize improvements. Design optimal or near optimal solution methodologies to be used by in-house decision support tools and software. Create software prototypes to verify and validate the devised solutions methodologies. Integrate prototypes into production systems using standard software development tools and methodologies. Position Requirements: Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and one year of research or work experience in the job offered, or as a Research Scientist, Research Assistant, Software Engineer, or a related occupation. Employer will accept a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Operations Research, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field and five years of progressive post-baccalaureate research or work experience in the job offered or a related occupation as equivalent to the Master's degree and one year of experience. Must have one year of research or work experience in the following skill(s): (1) programming with a major programming language including Java, C++, C#, C, or Python; and (2) formulating and solving both discrete and continuous optimization problems. Amazon.com is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer Minority / Gender / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation. 40 hours / week, 8:00am-5:00pm, Salary Range $158,440/year to $212,800/year. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, visit:https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. Apply online search using Job Number: www.amazon.jobs.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,123 open Research Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$158–213K/yr
- New York median$100–133K/yr280 salary ranges
- US median$137–217K/yr1,498 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $186K, is 58% above the New York median midpoint ($118K) — in the middle half of Research Scientist salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 348 open Research Scientist jobs in New York and 2,123 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- New York University51 open
- City of New York39 open
- Mount Sinai Health System31 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Research Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 4 years, across 1,179 postings).
- Education
- 1,078 of the 2,123 open Research Scientist jobs (51%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 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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