Sr Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products and Brands

Amazon.com • New York, NY

73d • $150,400 - $260,000

About The Position

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through cutting-edge 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, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. 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

• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
• Master's degree, or a PhD and experience with generative deep learning models applicable to the creation of synthetic humans like CNNs, GANs, VAEs and NF

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 auctions or mechanism design
• Experience with large scale machine learning systems such as profiling and debugging and understanding of system performance and scalability

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business, engineering and science leaders to establish science optimization and monetization roadmap for Amazon Retail Ad Service
• Drive alignment across organizations for science, engineering and product strategy to achieve business goals
• Lead/guide scientists and engineers across teams to develop, test, launch and improve of science models designed to optimize the shopper experience and deliver long term value for Amazon advertisers and third party retailers
• Develop state of the art experimental approaches and ML models to keep up with our growing needs and diverse set of customers
• Participate in the Science hiring process as well as mentor other scientists - improving their skills, their knowledge of your solutions, and their ability to get things done.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Financial benefits
• Equity options
• Sign-on payments
• Comprehensive employee benefits package

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: General Merchandise Retailers
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees