Data Scientist II, ADSP Product Operations & Analytics

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

In this role, you will build scalable solutions and sophisticated models that
identify and drive growth opportunities for Amazon Ads teams, specifically
within Amazon's Demand Side Platform (ADSP). You will leverage machine learning,
simulation, and advanced statistical techniques to explain complex patterns,
quantify business impact, predict future trends, and prescribe actionable
strategies that inform critical business decisions at the highest levels of the
organization. You will work with various stakeholders to align on priorities,
with the understanding that scope and direction may evolve based on
organizational needs. You will translate business goals into agile, insightful
analytics that create tangible value for both stakeholders and customers, and
communicate your findings clearly and actionably to managers and senior leaders
so they can quickly understand insights and take decisive action.

You will set the strategy for ads delivery and quality and establish the
measurement and decision frameworks. A core mandate for this role is to
identify, instrument, and operationalize the input metrics that most directly
drive ads delivery, quality, and performance, ensuring we optimize the levers
that move outcomes rather than simply reporting on lagging KPIs.

Requirements

• 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
• 2+ years of data scientist experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment
• 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Python, Perl, or another scripting language
• Experience in a ML or data scientist role with a large technology company

Responsibilities

• You will define and execute in-depth data analysis that drives data-informed decision making for product, sales, and finance teams who speak on behalf of advertisers.
• You will establish and drive data hygiene best practices to ensure coherence and integrity of data feeding into production ML/AI solutions.
• You will identify, instrument, and operationalize the input metrics that most directly drive ads delivery, quality, and performance, creating robust measurement frameworks.
• You will collaborate with colleagues across science and engineering disciplines for fast turnaround proof-of-concept prototyping at scale.
• You will partner with product managers and stakeholders to define forward-looking product visions and prospective business use cases.
• You will set the strategy for ads delivery and quality, establishing decision frameworks that enable teams to move from reactive reporting to proactive optimization.
• You will drive and lead a culture of data-driven innovations within the Amazon AdTech org.

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: Mid Level