Applied Scientist Jobs in Irvine, CA
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Top employerAmazon
Work type86% On-site
Top credentialBachelor's
Companies hiring6
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Applied Scientist II, Search Ranking
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Amazon.com
Applied Scientist II, Search Ranking
Irvine, California
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Applied Scientist, Customer360
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Amazon.com
Applied Scientist, Customer360
Irvine, California
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Applied Scientist
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Amazon.com
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Senior Data Scientist (Onsite)
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West Coast University
Senior Data Scientist (Onsite)
Irvine, California
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West Coast University
Senior Data Scientist (Onsite)
Irvine, California
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Applied Scientist II, Search Ranking
Amazon.com·Irvine, California
Job functions:
$143k - $222k/yr
4+ yrs exp.
Master's
Full Time
10,000+ employees
Job Description
DESCRIPTION
The Amazon Search team creates customer-focused search solutions and technologies. Whenever a customer visits an Amazon site worldwide and types in a query or browses through product categories, Amazon Product Search services go to work. We design, develop, and deploy high performance, fault-tolerant distributed search systems used by millions of Amazon customers every day. Our Search Relevance team works to maximize the quality and effectiveness of the search experience for visitors to Amazon websites worldwide.
The Search Relevance team focuses on several technical areas for improving search quality. In this role, you will invent universally applicable signals and algorithms for training machine-learned ranking models. The relevance improvements you make will help millions of customers discover the products they want from a catalog containing millions of products. You will work on problems such as predicting the popularity of new products, developing new ranking features and algorithms that capture unique characteristics, and analyzing the differences in behavior of different categories of customers. The work will span the whole development pipeline, including data analysis, prototyping, A/B testing, and creating production-level components.
Joining this team, you’ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world’s leading Internet companies. We provide a highly customer-centric, team-oriented environment in our offices located in Palo Alto, California.
Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information
Key job responsibilities
Your responsibilities include but not limited to:
The Search Relevance team focuses on several technical areas for improving search quality. In this role, you will invent universally applicable signals and algorithms for training machine-learned ranking models. The relevance improvements you make will help millions of customers discover the products they want from a catalog containing millions of products. You will work on problems such as predicting the popularity of new products, developing new ranking features and algorithms that capture unique characteristics, and analyzing the differences in behavior of different categories of customers. The work will span the whole development pipeline, including data analysis, prototyping, A/B testing, and creating production-level components.
Joining this team, you’ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world’s leading Internet companies. We provide a highly customer-centric, team-oriented environment in our offices located in Palo Alto, California.
Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information
Key job responsibilities
Your responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Analyze the data and metrics resulting from traffic into Amazon's product search service.
- Design, build, and deploy effective and innovative ML solutions to improve search ranking.
- Evaluate the proposed solutions via offline benchmark tests as well as online A/B tests in production.
- Publish and present your work at internal and external scientific venues in the fields of ML/NLP/IR.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in professional software development
- Experience in state-of-the-art deep learning models architecture design and deep learning training and optimization and model pruning
- Experience with Machine and Deep Learning toolkits such as MXNet, TensorFlow, Caffe and PyTorch
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Irvine - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
USA, CA, Palo Alto - 171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
Amazon.com
Applied Scientist II, Search Ranking
Irvine, California
Added 2w ago10,000+ employees
Job functions:
$143k - $222k/yr
4+ yrs exp.
Master's
Full Time
Job Description
DESCRIPTION
The Amazon Search team creates customer-focused search solutions and technologies. Whenever a customer visits an Amazon site worldwide and types in a query or browses through product categories, Amazon Product Search services go to work. We design, develop, and deploy high performance, fault-tolerant distributed search systems used by millions of Amazon customers every day. Our Search Relevance team works to maximize the quality and effectiveness of the search experience for visitors to Amazon websites worldwide.
The Search Relevance team focuses on several technical areas for improving search quality. In this role, you will invent universally applicable signals and algorithms for training machine-learned ranking models. The relevance improvements you make will help millions of customers discover the products they want from a catalog containing millions of products. You will work on problems such as predicting the popularity of new products, developing new ranking features and algorithms that capture unique characteristics, and analyzing the differences in behavior of different categories of customers. The work will span the whole development pipeline, including data analysis, prototyping, A/B testing, and creating production-level components.
Joining this team, you’ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world’s leading Internet companies. We provide a highly customer-centric, team-oriented environment in our offices located in Palo Alto, California.
Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information
Key job responsibilities
Your responsibilities include but not limited to:
The Search Relevance team focuses on several technical areas for improving search quality. In this role, you will invent universally applicable signals and algorithms for training machine-learned ranking models. The relevance improvements you make will help millions of customers discover the products they want from a catalog containing millions of products. You will work on problems such as predicting the popularity of new products, developing new ranking features and algorithms that capture unique characteristics, and analyzing the differences in behavior of different categories of customers. The work will span the whole development pipeline, including data analysis, prototyping, A/B testing, and creating production-level components.
Joining this team, you’ll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment, while leveraging the resources of Amazon.com (AMZN), one of the world’s leading Internet companies. We provide a highly customer-centric, team-oriented environment in our offices located in Palo Alto, California.
Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information
Key job responsibilities
Your responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Analyze the data and metrics resulting from traffic into Amazon's product search service.
- Design, build, and deploy effective and innovative ML solutions to improve search ranking.
- Evaluate the proposed solutions via offline benchmark tests as well as online A/B tests in production.
- Publish and present your work at internal and external scientific venues in the fields of ML/NLP/IR.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in professional software development
- Experience in state-of-the-art deep learning models architecture design and deep learning training and optimization and model pruning
- Experience with Machine and Deep Learning toolkits such as MXNet, TensorFlow, Caffe and PyTorch
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Irvine - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
USA, CA, Palo Alto - 171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon3
- Ingram Micro2
- West Coast University2
- Kia America1
- CorVel Corporation1
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- Technology & Software6
- Retail3
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces3
- Electronics & Hardware2
- Transportation & Logistics1
Applied Scientist Jobs in Irvine: Frequently Asked Questions
How many applied scientist jobs are there in Irvine?
There are 10+ applied scientist openings in Irvine, California on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. New positions post regularly as Irvine employers hire.
Which companies hire applied scientists in Irvine?
Companies currently hiring applied scientists in Irvine include Amazon, Ingram Micro, and West Coast University, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026.
Are there remote applied scientist jobs in Irvine?
Yes. About 14% of applied scientist openings tied to Irvine are remote or hybrid as of June 2026. The rest are on-site roles based in and around Irvine.
Which industries hire the most applied scientists in Irvine?
Most applied scientist openings in Irvine sit in Technology & Software, Retail, and E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026.
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