Manager III, Software Development, SCOT-Fulfillment Optimization, Outbound Optimization

Full-time IT & Technology

Description

Join the Fulfillment Optimization team and help drive optimization of Amazon's outbound volume for maximized flow efficiency! You will lead systems that calibrate continuous optimization of Amazon package flow, handle hundreds of millions of orders per week globally, capture and visualize big data from the order and shipment flow, and simulate what-if scenarios that help make billion dollar decisions.

Today, Amazon fulfillment network faces new challenges associated with faster-than-ever speeds, and higher-than-ever volumes. Amazon fulfills most orders using First Party network resources, which represent sunk cost investment that needs to be utilized to the full. This calls for a shift from the myopic problem of per-package assignment to solving global optimality problems, sometimes resulting in making intelligent suboptimal choices locally for the sake of globally optimal network that follows a well-coordinated system built around a consistent...