Lead Scientist, Full-Funnel Ads Optimization

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 199,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

Career growth

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle seeks a Principal Applied Scientist for Full-Funnel Campaign optimization to invent models that allocate budget across sponsored ad products, maximizing advertiser outcomes and long-term customer value. You will set technical direction for a growing team, prototype and productionize ML and optimization solutions, and guide experiments and measurements across the shopper journey.

The role emphasizes mentorship, collaboration with engineering and product, and publishing impactful

Qualifications

• PhD in a related technical field or equivalent.
• 5+ years in predictive modeling and analysis.
• Ability to translate customer needs into concrete problems.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term scientific vision for full-funnel optimization.
• Invent, prototype, and productionize ML solutions for budget allocation.
• Develop incrementality and long-term sales modeling approaches.
• Design and lead large-scale experiments to guide product direction.
• Partner with engineering and product to deploy models to production.
• Mentor and grow junior scientists; publish research internally.

Skills

PhD required

Predictive modeling

Leadership

Programming: Java/C++/Python

Ambiguity handling

Education

PhD in EE/CS/Math

Tools

Experimentation tools

Job description

Amazon in Seattle seeks a Principal Applied Scientist for Full-Funnel Campaign optimization to invent models that allocate budget across sponsored ad products, maximizing advertiser outcomes and long-term customer value. You will set technical direction for a growing team, prototype and productionize ML and optimization solutions, and guide experiments and measurements across the shopper journey.

The role emphasizes mentorship, collaboration with engineering and product, and publishing impactful