Senior Decision Scientist, Amazon 1P Lending Decision Sciences, Pune

The Decision Sciences team supporting Amazon’s 1P lending business is hiring a senior decision scientist in Pune (the posting lists the employing entity as Axio Digital Pvt Ltd). The role designs, builds and deploys machine learning models and analytical frameworks for credit risk, income estimation, fraud detection and portfolio optimisation, using credit bureau data, transaction data and alternative behavioural signals that feed directly into lending decisions. At a glance Role: Senior Decision Scientist, Decision Sciences Posted: 19 August 2026 Focus: Credit risk, income prediction, fraud detection, collections, model governance Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India Job ID: 10506445 Apply: open until filled (re-checked 13 October 2026) About the lending decision science role Design and implement ML solutions across the credit lifecycle: risk scoring, income prediction, collections and sales optimisation, and fraud detection Build model validation, monitoring and governance that meet regulatory requirements Help the decision-engine team deploy models in production with sub-second latency Develop new modelling approaches for new lending products and new geographies, and deliver scalable data pipelines Mentor junior team members and present recommendations to senior leadership What Amazon is looking for At least 5 years of data scientist experience At least 5 years with SQL, Python, or statistical software such as R, SAS or MATLAB A master’s degree in a STEM field, or equivalent STEM work experience Experience applying theoretical models in an applied setting Knowledge of machine learning concepts and their use in reasoning and problem solving Nice to have AWS services such as S3, Redshift, SageMaker, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda and EC2 Clustered data processing with Hadoop, Spark or Hive Multi-team, cross-disciplinary projects Defining benchmarks for assessing GenAI model performance Pay and location Amazon’s posting does not state a salary; pay is discussed during the hiring process. The role is based in Pune, 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. See all our artificial intelligence jobs, or browse more research jobs on ResearchJobs.in. Related

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