Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon

Amazon; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 179,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to lead innovative machine learning solutions in advertising. This role involves mentoring teams, designing strategic ML roadmaps, and driving research directions to enhance customer experiences. With a focus on deep learning and GenAI, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of advertising products. Join a vibrant and inclusive culture that values collaboration and innovation, where your contributions will significantly impact the success of the business and the satisfaction of millions of shoppers. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of technology in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Financial benefits

Equity options

Sign-on payments

Qualifications

• 8+ years of applied ML experience in deploying solutions to customer-facing products.
• Experience leading ML teams and delivering large-scale ML solutions.

Responsibilities

• Understand Sponsored Products and identify ML opportunities to grow the business.
• Mentor applied scientists and ensure high standards in ML solutions.
• Design ML roadmaps for enhancing shopper experience and seller value.

Skills

Machine Learning

Deep Learning

Statistical Analysis

Mentoring

Communication Skills

Education

PhD in Computer Science

PhD in Statistics

Tools

GenAI

Machine Learning Pipelines

Job description

Job ID: 2941720 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Amazon is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business and we are responsible for defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses driving long term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world-class products. We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing at an unprecedented rate with a seemingly endless range of new opportunities.

The Ad Response Prediction team in the Sponsored Products organization builds GenAI-based shopper understanding and audience targeting systems, along with advanced deep-learning models for Click-through Rate (CTR) and Conversion Rate (CVR) predictions. We develop large-scale machine-learning (ML) pipelines and real-time serving infrastructure to match shoppers' intent with relevant ads across all devices, contexts, and marketplaces. Through precise estimation of shoppers' interactions with ads and their long-term value, we aim to drive optimal ad allocation and pricing, helping to deliver a relevant, engaging, and delightful advertising experience to Amazon shoppers. As our business grows and we undertake increasingly complex initiatives, we are looking for entrepreneurial, and self-driven science leaders to join our team.

Key job responsibilities

As a Principal Applied Scientist in the team, you will:

1. Seek to understand in depth the Sponsored Products offering at Amazon and identify areas of opportunities to grow our business via principled ML solutions.
2. Mentor and guide the applied scientists in our organization and hold us to a high standard of technical rigor and excellence in ML.
3. Design and lead organization wide ML roadmaps to help our Amazon shoppers have a delightful shopping experience while creating long term value for our sellers.
4. Work with our engineering partners and draw upon your experience to meet latency and other system constraints.
5. Identify untapped, high-risk technical and scientific directions, and simulate new research directions that you will drive to completion and deliver.
6. Be responsible for communicating our ML innovations to the broader internal & external scientific community.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

1. PhD in Computer Science, Statistics or related field.
2. 8+ years of applied ML experience in deploying ML solutions to customer facing products.
3. 2+ years hands-on experience leading multiple ML teams to design products that satisfy a customer need.
4. Track record of delivering large-scale and high-quality ML solutions.
5. Experience in taking on & using ML to deliver on business goals.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

1. Experience in shipping large-scale deep learning models for online recommendation, personalization, or search.
2. Experience partnering with engineering teams to ensure deep learning solutions meet latency requirements.
3. Experience in building GenAI-based product strategy.
4. Evidence of producing internal or external publications that motivate new lines of research.
5. Excellent verbal and written communication.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit this link for more information.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $179,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $309,400/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 this link.