Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products Marketplace Intelligence, Sponsored Products and Brands

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 136,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an innovative Applied Scientist to join a dynamic team focused on enhancing sponsored product experiences. In this role, you will leverage your expertise in machine learning to develop algorithms that optimize advertising auctions, impacting millions of shoppers worldwide. You'll tackle complex problems, mentor fellow scientists, and contribute to a culture of creativity and experimentation. This position offers the chance to broaden your technical skills while making a significant revenue impact in a collaborative environment. If you're passionate about driving growth through innovative solutions, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building models for business applications.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related languages.

Responsibilities

• Solve challenging science and business problems balancing interests of advertisers and shoppers.
• Drive end-to-end Machine Learning projects with high ambiguity and scale.

Skills

Machine Learning

Algorithms and Data Structures

Programming in Java

Programming in C++

Programming in Python

Numerical Optimization

Data Mining

Parallel and Distributed Computing

High-Performance Computing

Education

PhD in Computer Science or related field

Master's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Unix/Linux

Job description

Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products Marketplace Intelligence, Sponsored Products and Brands

Job ID: 2934501 | Amazon.com Services LLC - A57

Calling all inventors to work on exciting new opportunities in Sponsored Products. Amazon is building a world-class advertising business and defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales of merchandise. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses, driving long-term growth. Sponsored Products (SP) helps merchants, retail vendors, and brand owners grow incremental sales of their products sold on Amazon through native advertising. SP achieves this by using a combination of machine learning, big data analytics, ultra-low latency high-volume engineering systems, and quantitative product focus. We are a highly motivated, collaborative, and fun-loving group with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action.

You will join a newly-founded team with a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, with a focus on driving growth of sponsored products ad experiences across Amazon stores worldwide. This broad charter gives us the flexibility to explore and apply scientific techniques to novel product problems. You will have the satisfaction of seeing your work improve the experience of millions of Amazon shoppers worldwide while driving quantifiable revenue impact. More importantly, you will have the opportunity to broaden your technical skills and be a science leader in an environment that thrives on creativity, experimentation, and product innovation.

Key job responsibilities

1. Tackle and solve challenging science and business problems that balance the interests of advertisers, shoppers, and Amazon.
2. Drive end-to-end Machine Learning projects that have a high degree of ambiguity, scale, and complexity.
3. Develop real-time machine learning algorithms to allocate billions of ads per day in advertising auctions.
4. Develop efficient algorithms for multi-objective optimization using deep learning methods to find operating points for the ad marketplace then evolve them.
5. Research new and innovative machine learning approaches.
6. Recruit Scientists to the team and provide mentorship.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. 3+ years of building models for business application experience.
2. PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
3. Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
4. Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience using Unix/Linux.
2. Experience in professional software development.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit here.