Applied Scientist Manager, Tax Engine
Amazon · Vancouver, Canada · Data Science
principal
machine learning
Applied Scientist
hybrid
· Posted May 11, 2026
C$222,800 – C$372,000
CAD per year
About this role
Amazon is hiring a principal-level Applied Scientist in the machine learning function based in Vancouver, Canada. The posting calls out experience with LLMs, NLP, Computer Vision, Deep Learning. Compensation is listed at C$222,800–C$372,000 per year.
- Role
- Applied Scientist
- Function
- machine learning
- Level
- principal
- Track
- hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Vancouver, Canada
- Department
- Data Science
- Posted
- May 11, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersAmazon ‘s Tax engine organisation is looking for a passionate and innovative science leader to take its science initiatives to new heights.
Amazon Tax Engine platform backs all of the orders placed across Amazon e-commerce. We serve Amazon customers and sellers by correctly computing and collecting the tax amounts when an Amazon order is placed globally. We are responsible for correctly attributing products to the correct Tax categories applicable for the specific country, state and county, providing core calculation services that calculate taxes (sales tax and VAT) for all Amazon sales, physical and digital. Our challenges include staying on top of the complex and ever-changing global tax legislations as well as computing calculations correctly and quickly, thousands of times a second, with accuracy close to 100%.
We use language models at scale for Tax classification of the diverse products in Amazon catalogue We have a growing portfolio of science problems that includes balance of predictive and generative AI -including language comprehension, causal reasoning and active learning.
Key job responsibilities
- Manage and mentor a talented team of senior Appleid Scientists and SDEs.
- Improve process and methodologies pertaining to deliverables of the team.
- Strike the right balance between experimentation and delivery for sustained impact and long term gains.
- Partner with stakeholders and customers to build roadmap for new products and services.
Amazon Tax Engine platform backs all of the orders placed across Amazon e-commerce. We serve Amazon customers and sellers by correctly computing and collecting the tax amounts when an Amazon order is placed globally. We are responsible for correctly attributing products to the correct Tax categories applicable for the specific country, state and county, providing core calculation services that calculate taxes (sales tax and VAT) for all Amazon sales, physical and digital. Our challenges include staying on top of the complex and ever-changing global tax legislations as well as computing calculations correctly and quickly, thousands of times a second, with accuracy close to 100%.
We use language models at scale for Tax classification of the diverse products in Amazon catalogue We have a growing portfolio of science problems that includes balance of predictive and generative AI -including language comprehension, causal reasoning and active learning.
Key job responsibilities
- Manage and mentor a talented team of senior Appleid Scientists and SDEs.
- Improve process and methodologies pertaining to deliverables of the team.
- Strike the right balance between experimentation and delivery for sustained impact and long term gains.
- Partner with stakeholders and customers to build roadmap for new products and services.
Basic Qualifications
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