Applied Science Manager, Advertising Demand Tech

Amazon Science; Seattle (WA); On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Science is seeking a proven leader to head a team focused on state‑of‑the‑art machine learning for real‑world impact. You will drive research and production systems, shaping how advertisers and customers experience Amazon at scale.

You will collaborate with research and engineering to deliver robust services and datasets, applying rigorous analysis and rapidly iterating on solutions that improve performance and customer experience.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• Proven leadership of scientists or ML engineers in a product setting.
• Experience building ML models for business impact and cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a team delivering live ML services and datasets.
• Design, prototype, and operate systems at global scale.
• Apply scientific rigor to business problems and measure impact.

Skills

Team leadership

Machine learning

Information retrieval

Java

Python

C++

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Master's degree

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Job description

Description

The Advertising Demand Tech Organization is on a mission to make Amazon the best in class destination for shoppers to discover, engage and build affinity with brands, making shopping beautiful, delightful, and personal. We enable any advertiser – regardless of budget size, advertising experience, or technical expertise to set up display and streaming video campaigns to run on key placements across Amazon retail website and apps, Twitch, IMDB, Amazon Devices, Freevee, Prime Video and third party websites (e.g. nytimes.com) and mobile apps.

Description

The Advertising Demand Tech Organization is on a mission to make Amazon the best in class destination for shoppers to discover, engage and build affinity with brands, making shopping beautiful, delightful, and personal. We enable any advertiser – regardless of budget size, advertising experience, or technical expertise to set up display and streaming video campaigns to run on key placements across Amazon retail website and apps, Twitch, IMDB, Amazon Devices, Freevee, Prime Video and third party websites (e.g. nytimes.com) and mobile apps.

You will lead a team within Performance & Ad Serving which owns, develops and operates robust services, datasets and machine learning models that are able to handle large volume of transactions and data and operating at a global scale. In this role you will lead a team that designs, prototypes, builds, delivers and operates live systems for Amazon’s business worldwide. You will have a track record building and managing teams that deliver on projects that require significant innovation. You will apply analysis and scientific rigor to build systems that surprise and delight our customers, using data to determine areas of highest impact, bring the latest scientific thinking from inside and outside Amazon to bear on the problem. Your team will develop fundamental new approaches. You will form a pillar between best-of-breed research thinking and real products and systems, with an opportunity to innovate and iterate at pace and scale.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience leading a team that uses state-of-the-art machine learning for real-world problems that deliver meaningful business impact. Strong computer science and algorithmic skills, exposure to internet-scale businesses, working in cross-functional teams, and a track record of peer-reviewed publication in a relevant area are desirable.

We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. We are passionate about building scalable, well-designed software services, and strive to constantly improve our technical foundation and user experience. As an manager, you’ll have a direct impact on our customers by making it easy and efficient for these suppliers to advertise their brands and products, increase sales and improve the Amazon shopper experience.

We’re working hard, having fun, and making history!

Basic Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics
• Experience directly managing scientists or machine learning engineers
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience in building machine learning models for business application
• Experience in applied research

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building complex software systems, especially involving deep learning, machine learning and computer vision, that have been successfully delivered to customers

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