Applied Science Manager, Marketplace Intelligence & AI Ads

Amazon Science; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Science is seeking an Applied Science Manager to lead a team of scientists and engineers building production ML and bandit solutions to customize the search experience. You will own the experimentation systems, models, and online model serving infrastructure to support these solutions.

This role offers broad business impact, direct influence on customers and the search experience, and opportunities to grow with a cross-functional team spanning ML, economics, and optimization disciplines.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of applied research experience.
• 3+ years of scientists or ML engineers management experience.
• 3+ years of building ML models for business applications.
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
• Knowledge of ML, NLP, Information Retrieval and Analytics.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of scientists and engineers in building scalable machine learning solutions.
• Develop a vision for contextualizing and personalizing SP ads in Amazon search.
• Create, develop, and drive a data-driven product strategy to define shopper impact measures.
• Tackle and solve challenging science and business problems balancing advertisers, shoppers, and Amazon.
• Own a portfolio of long-term investments for ads and retail growth.
• Develop real-time LLM and ML algorithms to allocate billions of ads per day.
• Develop efficient algorithms for multi-objective optimization and AI control methods.
• Develop scientists and ML engineers around ML, economics, and optimization for Advertising.

Skills

Applied research

Management experience

ML models for business

Advanced degree

ML/NLP/IR/Analytics

Programming: Java/C++/Python

Education

PhD or MS +6 years applied research

Job description

Amazon Science is seeking an Applied Science Manager to lead a team of scientists and engineers building production ML and bandit solutions to customize the search experience. You will own the experimentation systems, models, and online model serving infrastructure to support these solutions.

This role offers broad business impact, direct influence on customers and the search experience, and opportunities to grow with a cross-functional team spanning ML, economics, and optimization disciplines.