Data Scientist, AI-Driven Ad Sales

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 153,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Advertising is expanding its central AI/ML team in New York to build science-backed services that empower advertising account teams. This role focuses on turning complex data into actionable insights and integrating Generative AI across workflows to boost efficiency and outcomes.

You will work with a team of data scientists and engineers, applying rigorous quantitative methods and communicating results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of data scientist experience.
• 3+ years of SQL or Python or statistical software experience.
• 3+ years of ML/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques.
• 1+ years of guiding and coaching a group of researchers.
• 1+ years of working with or evaluating AI systems.
• 1+ years of creating or contributing to mathematical textbooks, research papers, or educational content.
• Master's degree in STEM or related field.

Responsibilities

• Build and apply LLM-based solutions (retrieval-augmented generation, prompting, and agentic workflows) to solve Ad Sales problems and generate seller-facing insights and recommendations.
• Translate ambiguous business problems into data science problems, and build the statistical and machine learning models that complement LLM workflows, such as ranking, retrieval evaluation, segmentation, and forecasting.
• Analyze large, complex datasets, including conversation and LLM interaction data, to surface insights, quantify gaps, and identify opportunities to improve our generative AI products.
• Design and run experiments (A/B tests, offline and online evaluations, causal inference) and define metrics that measure the quality, accuracy, and business impact of LLM-driven solutions.
• Write code (Python, SQL) to acquire, transform, and analyze data at scale, and partner with applied scientists and engineers to move solutions into production.
• Present findings and recommendations clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, and mentor junior data scientists on your team.

Skills

Data science

Machine learning

Experimentation

Mentoring

AI systems evaluation

Statistical modeling

Communication

Education

Master's degree in STEM

Ph.D. in STEM (preferred)

Tools

Python

SQL

R

SAS

Matlab

Perl

Job description

Amazon Advertising is expanding its central AI/ML team in New York to build science-backed services that empower advertising account teams. This role focuses on turning complex data into actionable insights and integrating Generative AI across workflows to boost efficiency and outcomes.

You will work with a team of data scientists and engineers, applying rigorous quantitative methods and communicating results to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.