Amazon

DESCRIPTION

The Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS) team at Amazon Ads is at the forefront of developing cutting-edge solutions that help our tens of millions of advertisers understand the value of their ad spend while prioritizing customer privacy and measurement quality. We develop cutting-edge deterministic algorithms, machine learning models, causal models, and statistical approaches to empower advertisers with insights on the effectiveness of their ads in guiding customers from awareness to purchases. Our insights help advertisers build full-funnel advertising strategies. We maximize the information we extract from incomplete traffic signals and alternative sources to capture the impact of their ad spending for both Amazon recognized and anonymous traffic. Our vision is to lead the industry in extracting and combining information from several sources to enable advertisers to optimize their return on their ad spend.

As an Applied Scientist on this team, you will:

• Drive end-to-end Machine Learning projects that have a high degree of ambiguity, scale, complexity.
• Perform hands-on analysis and modeling of enormous data sets to develop insights that increase traffic monetization and merchandise sales, without compromising the shopper experience.
• Build machine learning models, perform proof-of-concept, experiment, optimize, and deploy your models into production; work closely with software engineers to assist in productionizing your ML models.
• Run A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis.
• Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analysis, machine-learning model development, model validation and serving.
• Research new and innovative machine learning approaches.
• Recruit Applied Scientists to the team and provide mentorship.

Why you will love this opportunity: Amazon is investing heavily in building a world-class advertising business. This team defines and delivers a collection of advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our solutions generate billions in revenue and drive long-term growth for Amazon’s Retail and Marketplace businesses. We deliver billions of ad impressions, millions of clicks daily, and break fresh ground to create world-class products. We are a highly motivated, collaborative, and fun-loving team with an entrepreneurial spirit - with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate.

Impact and Career Growth: You will invent new experiences and influence customer-facing shopping experiences to help suppliers grow their retail business and the auction dynamics that leverage native advertising; this is your opportunity to work within the fastest-growing businesses across all of Amazon! Define a long-term science vision for our advertising business, driven from our customers' needs, translating that direction into specific plans for research and applied scientists, as well as engineering and product teams. This role combines science leadership, organizational ability, technical strength, product focus, and business understanding.

Team video https://youtu.be/zD_6Lzw8raE

Key job responsibilities

• Lead the development of ad measurement models and solutions that address the full spectrum of an advertiser's investment, focusing on scalable and efficient methodologies.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including engineering, product management, and business teams to define and implement measurement solutions.
• Use state-of-the-art scientific technologies including Generative AI, Classical Machine Learning, Causal Inference, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision to develop cutting-edge models that measure the impact of ad spend across multiple platforms and timescales.
• Drive experimentation and the continuous improvement of ML models through iterative development, testing, and optimization.
• Translate complex scientific challenges into clear and impactful solutions for business stakeholders.
• Mentor and guide junior scientists, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
• Foster collaborations between scientists to move faster, with broader impact.
• Regularly engage with the broader scientific community with presentations, publications, and patents.

A day in the life

You will solve real-world problems by getting and analyzing large amounts of data, generate business insights and opportunities, design simulations and experiments, and develop statistical and ML models. The team is driven by business needs, which requires collaboration with other Scientists, Engineers, and Product Managers across the advertising organization. You will prepare written and verbal presentations to share insights to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication.

Team video https://advertising.amazon.com/help/G4LNN5YWHP6SM9TJ

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• 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

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience using Unix/Linux
• Experience in professional software development

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.