Sr Applied Scientist, CreativeX Ad Formats

Amazon • Santa Monica, CA

9d

About The Position

Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers reach Amazon customers on Amazon owned and operated sites, other high quality sites across the web, and on millions of TV, tablet, and mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you're interested in working in a world-class organization with a relentless focus on the customer, you've come to the right place!

Our team within the CreativeX organization drives engaging user experiences through content and interactivity enrichment, enabling advertisers to reach target audiences at scale. We are looking for a passionate, talented, and resourceful Senior Applied Scientist in the field of Personalization and Recommender Systems to invent and build scalable solutions for more engaging and customized ads for brands of all sizes across the marketing funnel.

Requirements

• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning

Nice To Haves

• Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
• Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.
• Experience in A/B testing
• Experience in professional software development
• Experience with written and verbal communication and presentation

Responsibilities

• The scientist will lead research and development for streaming TV dynamic creative optimization and content personalization to drive measurable improvements in user engagement and advertising performance.
• Partner with cross-functional engineering, product, and business teams to execute our product vision, design and implement scalable machine learning solutions that leverage generative AI capabilities, drive innovation in AI-powered content optimization and audience engagement, and demonstrate strong technical leadership, stakeholder management, and project execution skills.

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