Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur? A builder? A dreamer? This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the company’s Think Big leadership principle to the limits. If you’re interested in innovating at scale to address big challenges in the world, this is the team for you.
As a Data Scientist on our team, you'll analyze complex data, develop statistical methodologies, and provide critical insights that shape how we optimize our solutions. Working closely with our Applied Science team, you'll help build robust analytical frameworks to improve healthcare outcomes. This role offers a unique opportunity to impact healthcare through data-driven innovation.
Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will:
- Analyze complex healthcare data to identify patterns, trends, and insights
- Develop and validate statistical methodologies
- Create and maintain analytical frameworks
- Provide recommendations on data collection strategies
- Collaborate with Applied Scientists to support model development efforts
- Design and implement statistical analyses to validate analytical approaches
- Present findings to stakeholders and contribute to scientific publications
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions are built on sound statistical foundations
- Design and implement causal inference analyses to understand underlying mechanisms
- Develop frameworks for identifying and validating causal relationships in complex systems
- Work with stakeholders to translate causal insights into actionable recommendations
A day in the life
You'll work with large-scale healthcare datasets, conducting sophisticated statistical analyses to generate actionable insights. You'll collaborate with Applied Scientists to validate model predictions and ensure statistical rigor in our approach. Regular interaction with product teams will help translate analytical findings into practical improvements for our services.
About the team
We represent Amazon's ambitious vision to solve the world's most pressing challenges. We are exploring new approaches to enhance research practices in the healthcare space, leveraging Amazon's scale and technological expertise. We operate with the agility of a startup while backed by Amazon's resources and operational excellence. We're looking for builders who are excited about working on ambitious, undefined problems and are comfortable with ambiguity.
