Applied Scientist, Ad Catalyst, Ad Catalyst

Amazon

DESCRIPTION

Amazon Advertising is one of Amazon's fastest growing and most profitable businesses, responsible for defining and delivering a collection of advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products and solutions are strategically important to enable our Retail and Marketplace businesses to drive long-term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks and break fresh ground in product and technical innovations every day!

Our team owns personalization, guidance and experimentation science and is placed centrally in the organization which owns the Amazon Advertising Console from UX design to components and services. We leverage a breadth of state-of-the-art techniques such as deep learning, reinforcement learning, LLMs, long term causal modeling as well as sophisticated A/B testing to develop personalized experiences with directly quantifiable business and advertiser success outcomes. We are looking for an accomplished machine learning expert to lead the Applied Science strategy for our recommendation creation and recommendation personalziation program.

In this role, you will work closely with business leaders, stakeholders and cross-functional teams to drive program success through ML-driven solutions. You will shape the applied science roadmap, promote a culture of data-driven decision-making, and deliver significant business impact for millions of advertisers worldwide and the company using advanced data techniques and applied science methodologies.

Key job responsibilities

As an Applied Scientist on this team, you will

  • Served as the owner of Machine Learning projects, collaborated with engineers on the team and partnered with other teams.
  • Conduct hands-on analysis and modeling of large-scale data to generate insights that boost ads revenue while maintaining a positive advertiser and shopper experience.
  • Completed end-to-end Machine Learning projects with ambiguous solutions.
  • Build, experiment, optimize, and deploy machine learning models, collaborating with software engineers to bring your models into production.
  • Run A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis to validate your models.
  • Develop scalable and automated processes for large-scale data analysis, model development, validation, and serving.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field
  • Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
  • Experience with SQL and an RDBMS (e.g., Oracle) or Data Warehouse

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience implementing algorithms using both toolkits and self-developed code
  • Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, 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 $129,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/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.

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