Amazon
Sr. Applied Scientist, International Emerging Stores Payments
$167K–$226K
Seattle, WA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years building ML models for business applications; PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
About the job
Develop machine learning solutions and apply LLM and GenAI techniques to improve payments customer experiences across international emerging markets.
What you'll do
- Define science problem statements from ambiguous opportunities, select ML algorithms, and build model features.
- Partner with the IML team to apply GenAI development strategies that accelerate model development.
- Publish papers at internal and external conferences.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of experience building machine learning models for business applications.
- PhD, or a Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
- Programming experience in Java, C++, Python, or a related language.
- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning.
Nice to have
- Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, or scipy.
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems such as Hadoop or Spark.
Pay
167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C++, Python, R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, Tensorflow, Hadoop
AI focus
Apply LLM techniques to improve customer experience and partner with the IML team on GenAI strategies to accelerate model development.
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