Amazon
Principal Applied Scientist, WW Fulfillment by Amazon - Global Supply Chain & Economics Science
$199K–$269K
Bellevue, WA · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 13, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of applied research experience with a Master's degree; alternatively, a PhD.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree and 10+ years of applied research experience.
About the job
Leads the science strategy and development of optimization and decision systems for FBA’s global supply chain, from product procurement through warehousing and fulfillment.
What you'll do
- Own and develop supply-chain algorithms for inventory routing, replenishment, product selection, mechanism design, and transportation distribution.
- Design large-scale optimization algorithms and incentive-compatible mechanisms, including auctions and pricing strategies, and deploy production-grade solutions.
- Set technical direction, influence senior leaders, identify science investments, and mentor junior scientists.
What they ask for
- PhD, or Master's degree and 10+ years of applied research experience.
Nice to have
- Experience in supply chain optimization, forecasting, inventory, transportation/logistics, mechanism design, auction or game theory, reinforcement learning, or assortment optimization.
- Ability to influence leadership, align organizations, translate ambiguous problems into measurable science solutions, and work across product, engineering, and science teams.
Pay
198,900.00 - 269,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Operations Research, Reinforcement Learning, machine learning
AI focus
Adopting frontier AI approaches to accelerate science delivery across the team.
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