Data Scientist, Amazon Alexa Smart Home (Anomaly Detection and GenAI Analytics), Bengaluru
Job Description
Amazon’s Alexa Smart Home team is hiring a data scientist in Bengaluru. The team handles hundreds of millions of customer actions a week across many device types, makers and APIs. This role builds ML models, anomaly detection, experiments and GenAI-powered tools that spot customer-facing problems early and improve smart home reliability. The posting also refers to the level as Data Scientist II.
At a glance
- Role: Data Scientist, Alexa Smart Home
- Posted: 9 May 2026
- Focus: Anomaly detection, A/B testing and causal analysis, GenAI analytics
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Job ID: 10415498
- Apply: open until filled (re-checked 13 October 2026)
About the Smart Home data scientist role
- Design and build AI/ML models, anomaly detection and statistical frameworks on customer interaction data
- Own model development from exploration and feature engineering to deployment and monitoring
- Design and run A/B tests and causal analyses
- Build analytics that surface actionable insight on device reliability
- Partner with product, engineering and science teams
What Amazon is looking for
- At least 3 years of data scientist experience
- At least 3 years with SQL, Python or statistical software such as R, SAS or MATLAB
- At least 3 years with ML and statistical modelling tools and techniques
- At least 1 year working with or evaluating AI systems
Nice to have
- A PhD in a STEM field
- Defining benchmarks for assessing GenAI model performance
- Multi-team, cross-disciplinary projects and quantitative business analysis
Pay and location
Amazon’s posting does not state a salary; pay is discussed during the hiring process. The role is based in Bengaluru, India.
How to apply
Apply through the official Amazon job posting. Amazon’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 13 October 2026. Amazon lists the minimum and preferred qualifications on the posting; read both before applying. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.
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Hiring institution: Amazon
Official advertisement: www.amazon.jobs
How to prepare for this application
- Device data: think about how you would find a failing device type among millions of events.
- Causality: be ready to design a test when a randomised experiment is not possible.
- GenAI evaluation: the posting values benchmark design for GenAI; prepare an example.
- Related role: a senior applied scientist post on the same team is also open.
- Leadership Principles: Amazon interviews lean on them; prepare two or three STAR stories for each.
About Amazon in India
Amazon runs large science and engineering teams in India, including in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Gurugram. Applied scientists and data scientists work on machine learning problems across retail, logistics, advertising, devices, payments and cloud services.
