All,

Erin Massey from Career Services has just shared this Amazon internship 
posting with us; please see below for details.  :)

Happy holidays!

- Zach



This position was shared by alum *Michelle Kim* ('07) <mskim at amazon.com 
<mailto:mskim at amazon.com>>. Students should submit their resumes to 
Michelle directly for consideration.  The posting is accepting 
applications on a rolling basis, but students are encouraged to apply ASAP.

Employer: Amazon
Division: Business Intelligence

Title: Business Intelligence Engineer - Intern

Description:
You will design and execute ongoing programs of experimentation and 
study which inform each of these efforts. You will work closely with 
software engineers to create innovative randomized experiments within 
the constraints of production software systems.
You will seek out hidden and valuable correlations between the 
easily-measurable and the hard-to-quantify, within immense volumes of 
real-world data. You will formulate quantitative metrics which allow us 
to track our progress, and then devise creative measurement and audit 
solutions which allow us to track those metrics with minimal cost and 
human effort. You will provide input into business and technical 
direction, steering broader solutions in support of these objectives. 
This role is expected to push the boundaries of measurability without 
sacrificing rigor.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Work closely with management, software engineering leaders, and 
business teams to plan catalog data improvements so as to maximize 
customer improvement impact.
• Triage many possible courses of action in a high-ambiguity 
environment, making use of both quantitative analysis and business judgment.
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to integrate experimental 
capabilities into large-scale, highly complex Amazon production systems.
• Report results in a manner which is both statistically rigorous and 
compellingly relevant.
• Assist in recruiting, mentoring, developing, and training other 
Research Scientists as well as other technical roles when needed.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:
• Pursuing degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, 
Computer Science or in a field of experimental science.
• Theory and practice of Design of Experiments and statistical analysis 
of results.
• Experience using operations research techniques for solution 
optimization and continuous process improvement.
• Programming skills sufficient to extract, transform, and clean large 
(multi-TB) data sets in a Unix/Linux environment.
• Proficiency in a statistics package such as SPSS, SAS, S-PLUS, or R.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Familiar with the techniques and limitations of observational studies.
• Familiar with theory and practice of information retrieval, relevance, 
machine learning, and data mining.
• Skilled at data visualization and presentation.
• Familiar with the core curriculum of Computer Science.
• Excellent critical thinking skills, combined with the ability to 
present your beliefs clearly and compellingly in both verbal and written 
form.
• Energy and willingness to formulate, test, and discard or revise many 
hypotheses to help Amazon improve its product catalog.
• Strong desire to push your ideas into production, overcoming 
obstacles, in order to benefit Amazon's customers.

Location: Seattle, WA
Position Type: Internship



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