Have you ever thought about what it takes to detect and prevent fraudulent activity among hundreds of millions of eCommerce transactions across the globe? What would you do to increase trust in an online marketplace where millions of buyers and sellers transact? How would you build systems that evolve over time to proactively identify and neutralize new and emerging fraud threats?
Our mission in Buyer Risk Prevention (BRP) is to make Amazon the safest place to transact online. BRP designs and builds systems, risk models and operational processes that minimize risk and maximize trust in Amazon. The Principal Applied Scientist will lead research, design and implementation of state-of-the-art solutions, specially Reinforcement learning, that optimize and simplify our decision making strategy. We are looking for a strong technical leader to help develop advanced scientific solutions and drive critical customer, partner, and business impact. You will collaborate closely with engineering peers as well as business stakeholders to drive end-to-end business problems/metrics and directly impact the profitability of the company.
Key job responsibilities
Provide technical leadership, driving innovation and strategic direction for decision optimization
Design, experiment and implement machine learning models, agents and software prototypes
Partner with Sr. Leaders across the organization to frame business problems and establish Scientific vision
Partner with Product and Engineering teams to bring modeling solutions to frontline applications across the business.
