Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products and Brands

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through novel 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 ecosystem. 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
As an Applied Scientist on our team you will

* Develop AI solutions for Sponsored Brands advertiser and shopper experiences. Build recommendation systems that leverage generative models to develop and improve campaigns.
* You invent and design new solutions for scientifically-complex problem areas and/or opportunities in new business initiatives.
* You drive or heavily influence the design of scientifically-complex software solutions or systems for which you personally write significant parts of the critical scientific novelty. 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 Sponsored Brands advertising business driven from our customers needs translating that direction into specific plans for applied scientists and engineering teams. 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;
* Think big about the arc of development of Gen AI over a multi-year horizon and identify new opportunities to apply these technologies to solve real-world problems
* Effectively communicate technical and non-technical ideas with teammates and stakeholders;
* 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.
* Stay up-to-date with advancements and the latest modeling techniques in the field

About the team
We are on a mission to make Amazon the best in class destination for shoppers to discover engage and purchase relevant products from brands that are relevant to this role you will design and implement Gen AI solutions that help millions of advertisers create more effective ad campaigns with intelligent recommendations while improving the overall experience at Amazons global scale.

- 3 years of building models for business application experience
- PhD or Masters 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

- 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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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 NY New York - 172400.00 - 223400.00 USD annually
USA WA SEATTLE - 142800.00 - 193200.00 USD annually