Applied Scientist, Seller Partner Trust and Store Integrity Science - Global Risk Intelligence and Prevention

Amazon

Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Salary range
USD $142,800 – $193,200 base
Workplace
In office
Level
Individual contributor
Job family
Investigations
Posted
3 months ago

The T&S Network estimates this role to be P3, Senior. The typical base salary for that level in Investigations & Threat Intel is $140k to $200k at an employer this size in Seattle. Key skills at this level: runs an investigation end to end, from signal to enforcement to writeup, builds and maintains the tradecraft others on the team follow, and works law enforcement and external referral pathways correctly.

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Why this level

Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: asks for 4+ years · posts $143k to $193k base at a company over 5,000 in Seattle · the title reads as P2.

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The role, in T&S terms

Written by the T&S Network from Amazon's posting.

Builds ML risk detection models that find bad sellers and marketplace abuse across the full seller lifecycle, from registration through ongoing account management, on Amazon's global stores. Sits within GRIP Science, the detection engine of TSI Science, which blocks bad sellers across 24 marketplaces.

What you'd do

  • Design and build predictive risk models using graph-based and network analysis to spot bad actors
  • Build interpretability pipelines that explain model decisions to enforcement and seller experience teams
  • Turn investigation patterns from risk programs into automated detection systems and set priorities
  • Work with engineering to deploy models and with operations and verification teams to measure detection effectiveness

What it asks for

  • PhD, or Master's plus 4+ years in CS, CE, ML or a related field
  • Programming experience in Java, C++, Python or a related language
  • Experience in algorithms, data mining, distributed computing, or similar areas
  • Hands-on grounding in machine learning and large language models, from architecture through training and inference
  • Working command of deep learning, classical machine learning and statistics
  • Track record turning ambiguous business problems into ML solutions
  • Professional software development experience (preferred)

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Marketplaces and commerce · Media and streaming · Seattle, WA · More than 100,000 people · Founded 1994

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