Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Sr Applied Scientist, Core Shopping Data Science
Seattle, Washington, USA · Senior
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$35,762 more — $202,862 — moves this role to Level III and 3 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $202,862 would place this position at wage Level III. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Computer and Information Research Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Computer and Information Research Scientists (15-1221) · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- We are a small team, which means your work is visible and your scope grows as fast as you do.
Requirements
- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
Nice to have
- Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc..
- Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.
- USA, WA, Seattle
Skills
- A customer may encounter a recommendation that is irrelevant, two widgets offering similar products, and confusing labels.
- LLMs changed that.
- Every shopping session passes through those systems under latency and cost budgets that leave no room for one.
- It is an unusual combination of problems:
Compensation
- $167k-$226k
Company info
- Key job responsibilities - You will model how customers respond to the defects they encounter.
- Core Shopping Data Science owns the measurement of shopping quality across Amazon's Homepage, Search, and Detail Page experiences, including the company-level defect metrics reviewed by Amazon's most senior leadership.
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