Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products and Brands

Amazon • Seattle, WA

1d • $142,800 - $223,400 • Onsite

About The Position

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through industry leading generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of re-inventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers and enhance the shopping experience, for customers. If you're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising.

Requirements

• 3+ years of building models for business application experience
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Gen AI

Responsibilities

• Design and build core components of the prompt generation pipeline.
• Develop new prompt themes.
• Improve quality frameworks that drive coverage expansion across all surfaces.
• Define and run experiments to improve CTR, helpfulness, and advertiser outcomes.
• Contribute to the science roadmap for prompt generation and personalization.
• Work across organizational boundaries with engineering, product, and business teams to turn science investments into measurable business impact.

Benefits

• 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
• parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior