Sr Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products and Brands
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Yearly Salary:
$ 150400 - 260000
Posted on:
27 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 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 youre energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of whats possible with AI join us in shaping the future of advertising.
Key job 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.
About the team
Amazon Retail Ad Service within Sponsored Products and Brands is an ad-tech solution that enables retailers to monetize their online web and app traffic by displaying contextually relevant sponsored products ads.
Our mission is to provide retailers with ad-solution for every type of supply to meet their advertising goals. At the same time enable advertisers to manage their demand across multiple supplies (Amazon offsite third-party retailers) leveraging tools they are already familiar with.
Our problem space is challenging and exciting in terms of different traffic patterns varying product catalogs based on retailer industry and their shopper behaviors.
- PhD or Masters 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
- Masters degree or a PhD and experience with generative deep learning models applicable to the creation of synthetic humans like CNNs GANs VAEs and NF
- 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
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt 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 $150400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260000/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Key job 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.
About the team
Amazon Retail Ad Service within Sponsored Products and Brands is an ad-tech solution that enables retailers to monetize their online web and app traffic by displaying contextually relevant sponsored products ads.
Our mission is to provide retailers with ad-solution for every type of supply to meet their advertising goals. At the same time enable advertisers to manage their demand across multiple supplies (Amazon offsite third-party retailers) leveraging tools they are already familiar with.
Our problem space is challenging and exciting in terms of different traffic patterns varying product catalogs based on retailer industry and their shopper behaviors.
- PhD or Masters 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
- Masters degree or a PhD and experience with generative deep learning models applicable to the creation of synthetic humans like CNNs GANs VAEs and NF
- 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
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 for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt 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 $150400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260000/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 This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Laboratory Experience
- Immunoassays
- Machine Learning
- Biochemistry
- Assays
- Research Experience
- Spectroscopy
- Research & Development
- cGMP
- Cell Culture
- Molecular Biology
- Data Analysis Skills
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