Applied Scientist Manager, Worldwide Returns & ReCommerce
Amazon · Bellevue, WA · Research Science
About this role
Amazon is hiring a manager-level Applied Scientist in the machine learning function based in Bellevue, WA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, NLP, Computer Vision. Compensation is listed at $183,800–$248,700 per year.
- Role
- Applied Scientist
- Function
- machine learning
- Level
- manager
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Bellevue, WA
- Department
- Research Science
- Posted
- Mar 24, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersWelcome to the Worldwide Returns ReCommerce team (WWR R) at Amazon.com. WWR R is an agile, innovative organization dedicated to ‘making zero happen’ to benefit our customers, our company, and the environment. Our goal is to achieve the three zeroes: zero cost of returns, zero waste, and zero defects. We do this by developing groundbreaking products and driving truly innovative operational excellence to help customers keep what they buy, recover returned and damaged product value, keep thousands of tons of waste from landfills, and create the best customer returns experience in the world. We have an eye to the future – we create long-term value at Amazon by focusing not just on the bottom line, but on the planet. We are building the most sustainable re-use channel we can by driving multiple aspects of the Circular Economy for Amazon – Returns ReCommerce. Amazon WWR R is comprised of business, product, operational, program, software engineering and data teams that manage the life of a returned or damaged product from a customer to the warehouse and on to its next best use. Our work is broad and deep: we train machine learning models to automate routing and find signals to optimize re-use;…