Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Shipping (Forecasting and Optimisation), Gurugram

Amazon Shipping is hiring a senior applied scientist in Gurugram to lead a team building large-scale forecasting and optimisation systems for Amazon’s global transportation network. The role sets scientific direction, mentors applied scientists and works with engineering and product leaders to put models into production. The posting names tree-based models, deep learning such as LSTMs and transformers, LLMs and reinforcement learning among the techniques used. At a glance Role: Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Shipping Posted: 11 September 2026 Focus: Transportation forecasting and optimisation, team leadership Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India Job ID: 10537086 Apply: open until filled (re-checked 13 October 2026) About the Amazon Shipping science role Lead and grow a team of applied scientists, with technical guidance and career development Own the science vision and roadmap for ML in transportation planning and execution Guide model and system design across tree-based models, deep learning, LLMs and reinforcement learning Make models production-ready, scalable and robust, and own end-to-end business metrics for cost, reliability and customer experience Contribute to the wider ML community through publications and knowledge sharing What Amazon is looking for At least 3 years of building machine learning models for business applications A PhD, or a master’s degree and at least 6 years of applied research experience Programming in Java, C++, Python or a related language Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning Nice to have Modelling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLlib, MXNet, TensorFlow, NumPy and SciPy Large-scale distributed systems such as Hadoop and Spark Pay and location Amazon’s posting does not state a salary; pay is discussed during the hiring process. The role is based in Gurugram, India. How to apply Apply through the official Amazon job posting. Amazon’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 13 October 2026. Amazon lists the minimum and preferred qualifications on the posting; read both before applying. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply. See all our artificial intelligence jobs, or browse more research jobs on ResearchJobs.in. Related

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