Data Scientist II - AMZ

Job Summary

Data Scientist II – Mountain View, CA. 40 hours per week, 8:00‑5:00 pm. Salary range: $157,300 – $212,800. Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is an Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation employer.

• Design and implement scalable and reliable approaches to support or automate decision‑making throughout the business.
• Acquire data by building necessary SQL/ETL queries and importing processes through various company‑specific interfaces for Oracle, Red Shift, and Spark storage systems.
• Build relationships with stakeholders and counterparts to understand requirements and validate solutions.
• Analyze data for trends and input validity by inspecting univariate distributions, exploring bivariate relationships, constructing appropriate transformations, and tracking the source and meaning of anomalies.
• Build models using statistical, mathematical, econometric, network, social network, natural language processing, machine learning, genetic, and neural‑network techniques.
• Validate models against alternative approaches, expected and observed outcomes, and business‑defined key performance indicators.
• Implement models that meet computational demands, accuracy, and reliability requirements across various stages of production.

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field and at least one year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Alternative:
  Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in the same fields with five years of progressive post‑baccalaureate experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• At least one year of experience building statistical and machine‑learning models using large datasets from multiple resources.
• Experience writing SQL scripts for analysis and data migration.
• Proficiency with specialized modelling software including R, Python, or MATLAB.

• Experience with Oracle, Red Shift, and Spark storage systems.
• Experience in designing ETL processes that are scalable and reliable.
• Experience validating models against key performance indicators and business outcomes.
• Knowledge of the AWS ecosystem and related data services.

Base salary within the advertised range, sign‑on bonus, restricted stock units, and a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits. Additional details provided during the hiring process.

Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.