Applied Scientist III, Sponsored Products — AI & Measurement

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 184,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking an Applied Scientist III for the Sponsored Products team in New York. You will develop ML methods to understand how traffic sources and customer journeys influence purchasing, using experimentation, causal inference, and large-scale models to drive business decisions.

You will translate findings into actionable recommendations for product, engineering, and business partners, and mentor junior scientists while advancing generative AI capabilities within

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building ML models for business application experience.
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Develop methods to understand how traffic sources, customer journeys, and onsite experiences drive purchasing and revenue, using experimentation, causal inference, and machine learning to separate correlation from true business impact.
• Drive or heavily influence the design of scientifically complex software solutions or systems, taking ownership of components and providing system-wide design guidance for both new and evolving systems.
• Define a long-term science vision and roadmap, combining science leadership, technical depth, and business understanding.
• Translate complex findings into clear recommendations for product, engineering, and business partners, and build tools that support faster diagnosis and better investment decisions.
• Mentor junior scientists, raise the scientific bar across the team, and identify opportunities where generative AI can accelerate learning and efficiency.

Skills

ML modeling

Causal inference

Experimentation

Java

C++

Python

Education

PhD

MS + 6 years applied research

Tools

Java

C++

Python

R

scikit-learn

Spark MLLib

MxNet

TensorFlow

NumPy

SciPy

Hadoop

Spark

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking an Applied Scientist III for the Sponsored Products team in New York. You will develop ML methods to understand how traffic sources and customer journeys influence purchasing, using experimentation, causal inference, and large-scale models to drive business decisions.

You will translate findings into actionable recommendations for product, engineering, and business partners, and mentor junior scientists while advancing generative AI capabilities within