Amazon
Research Scientist, WW Sustainability
$136K–$184K
Seattle, WA · Full-time · Posted Sep 25, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of quantitative field research experience with a Master's degree; alternatively, a PhD is listed without a stated years requirement.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience.
About the job
Develops scientific strategy and methods to evaluate and monitor the climate impact and quality of carbon reduction and carbon dioxide removal investments.
What you'll do
- Set scientific strategy and quality standards for carbon reduction and removal segments; assess existing market quantification methods and develop new approaches.
- Build relationships with external researchers, civil society, and suppliers; publish scientific work on quantification and credit quality.
- Collaborate with sustainability and project teams to apply scientific best practices, with periodic travel to project sites.
What they ask for
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of quantitative field research experience.
- Experience applying scientific principles to business problems and products.
- Experience analyzing experimental and observational data sets.
Nice to have
- Knowledge of R, MATLAB, Python or similar scripting language.
- Experience with agile development or building web based dashboards using common frameworks.
Pay
136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
R, MATLAB, Python
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