Amazon

DESCRIPTION

We are seeking an Applied Scientist for our Device Ad Products science team. This team addresses challenging optimization problems related to how advertisements are priced, selected, allocated and shown to customers on Amazon devices including Fire TV, Alexa and Fire Tablet. As Applied Scientist, you will be responsible for improving advertising performance and delivering innovative advertising experiences for display and video ads on Amazon Devices. This team leads initiatives to improve advertising fundamentals such as relevance, coverage, CTR, and CPSU (cost per sign up for streaming services) which in turn increase advertising revenue across Amazon's devices worldwide. You will own the scoping, implementation, and launch of science based ad solutions and experiences specifically for these entertainment focused environments.

Key job responsibilities

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of the customer lifecycle journey with Amazon Ads, and develop sophisticated models to optimize various conversion KPIs for enhanced marketing effectiveness.
• Develop scalable data processing pipelines and architectures to ingest, transform, and enrich Customer data from various sources (Retail, Prime Video, FireTV and AppStore).
• Build machine learning models, perform proof-of-concept, experiment, optimize, and deploy your models into production; work closely with product managers and engineers to launch your models to customers.
• Drive innovation within your team and partner closely with other scientists, engineers and Product Managers to build science roadmaps
• Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analysis, machine-learning model development, model validation and serving.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in machine learning, natural language processing, knowledge representation, and related fields, and identify opportunities to apply them to Advertising Use Cases.
• Effectively communicate complex science problems and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.

A day in the life

In this role, you will regularly work with scientists and technical leaders across the advertising organization, including other science teams, product management, and senior leadership. You will also collaborate with science leaders across Amazon Devices and Prime Video organizations to build company-wide alignment. You will manage and work closely alongside your team of applied and data scientists to guide them through high-ambiguity problems and deliver robust, scalable solutions.

About the team

This role is on Device Ads and Personalization (DAPP) team, which is under Amazon Publisher Monetization (APM). This team has a vision to create innovative Ad experiences on Amazon Devices, providing customers better convenience and more selection.

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 an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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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.