Senior Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products and Brands Offsite

The Sponsored Products and Brands (SPB) team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through industry leading generative AI technologies revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across 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 are energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of whats possible with AI join us in shaping the future of advertising.


About our team
The Sponsored Products and Brands -- Offsite team builds solutions that extend campaigns beyond the Amazon store reaching shoppers across third-party environments where they discover and shop. We combine large-scale low-latency systems with advanced machine learning and AI to deliver high-quality sponsored experiences in high-intent surfaces.

Key job responsibilities
As a Senior Applied Scientist on this team you will:
* Effectively communicate technical and non-technical ideas with teammates and stakeholders adjusting your delivery to the audience to maximize impact.
* Drive or heavily influence the design of scientifically-complex software solutions or systems. You take ownership of these components providing a system-wide view and design guidance. These systems or solutions can be brand new or evolve from existing ones.
* Define a long-term science vision and roadmap for our Offsite advertising business driven from our customers needs. This role combines science leadership organizational ability technical strength product focus and business understanding.
* Work closely with engineers and product managers to design implement and launch AI solutions end-to-end.
* Design and conduct A/B experiments to evaluate proposed solutions based on in-depth data analyses.
* Identify opportunities where GenAI solutions can accelerate learning and efficiency and drive greater advertiser outcomes.
* Mentor and guide junior scientists fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
* Stay up-to-date with advancements and the latest modeling techniques in the field

- 3 years of building machine learning models for business application experience
- PhD or Masters degree and 6 years of applied research experience
- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language

- 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.

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including 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 and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at VA Arlington - 167100.00 - 226100.00 USD annually

Required Experience:

Senior IC

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