Applied Scientist Retail Ad Service (Sponsor Products & Brands)

Amazon Jobs; Toronto; On-site; CAD 149,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Toronto is seeking a candidate to join their Sponsored Products and Brands team, focused on innovating advertising through generative AI technologies. This role involves collaborating with business and engineering leaders, developing models for optimization, and mentoring other scientists. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in model building and strong programming skills, alongside a relevant advanced degree. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Health insurance

Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business applications.
• PhD or Master's degree with 4+ years experience.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leaders to establish optimization roadmap.
• Drive alignment for engineering and product strategies.
• Lead scientists and engineers to improve solutions.

Skills

Model building for business applications

Algorithms and data structures

Programming in Java, C++, Python

Numerical optimization

Data mining

Experience using Unix/Linux

Education

PhD or Master's degree in CS, CE, ML or related field

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Overview

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re-imagining the advertising landscape through generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com 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're energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising.

Key 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.

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
• Experience using Unix/Linux
• Experience in professional software development

Equal opportunity

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

Accommodations

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.

Salary and benefits

The base salary range for this position is listed below. As a total compensation company, Amazon's package may include other elements such as sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), Deferred Profit Sharing Plan (DPSP), paid time off, and other resources to improve health and well-being. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those interviewed will be advised as to hiring status.

CAN, ON, Toronto - 149,300.00 - 249,300.00 CAD annually