Applied Scientist II, Search Ranking
Company: Amazon
Location: Seattle
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
The Amazon Search team creates customer-focused search solutions
and technologies. Whenever a customer visits an Amazon site
worldwide and types in a query or browses through product
categories, Amazon Product Search services go to work. We design,
develop, and deploy high performance, fault-tolerant distributed
search systems used by millions of Amazon customers every day. Our
Search Relevance team works to maximize the quality and
effectiveness of the search experience for visitors to Amazon
websites worldwide. The Search Relevance team focuses on several
technical areas for improving search quality. In this role, you
will invent universally applicable signals and algorithms for
training machine-learned ranking models. The relevance improvements
you make will help millions of customers discover the products they
want from a catalog containing millions of products. You will work
on problems such as predicting the popularity of new products,
developing new ranking features and algorithms that capture unique
characteristics, and analyzing the differences in behavior of
different categories of customers. The work will span the whole
development pipeline, including data analysis, prototyping, A/B
testing, and creating production-level components. Joining this
team, you’ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic,
entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of
Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world’s leading Internet companies.
We provide a highly customer-centric, team-oriented environment in
our offices located in Palo Alto, California. Please visit
https://www.amazon.science for more information - PhD, or Master's
degree and 4 years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience -
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language -
Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data
structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel
and distributed computing, high-performance computing - Experience
using Unix/Linux - Experience in professional software development
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate
on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other
legally protected status. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians
to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a
disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during
the application and hiring process, including support for the
interview or onboarding process, please visit
https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more
information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed,
please contact your Recruiting Partner. The base salary range for
this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include
sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final
compensation will be determined based on factors including
experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers
comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental,
vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option
for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical
Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy
Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and
parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at
https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits . USA, WA, Seattle - 142,800.00 -
193,200.00 USD annually
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