Senior AI Scientist - Self-Service Ads & Automation

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Inc. Ads is seeking a Sr. Applied Scientist to lead AI-powered automation and intelligence within Advertising Services. You will own the research and development of ML systems that improve self-service experiences, power autonomous agents, and raise operational efficiency.

The role emphasizes building ML models for business applications and advancing large-scale distributed systems with tools like Spark and Hadoop, collaborating across teams to deliver measurable impact.

Qualifications

• 3+ years building ML models for business applications.
• PhD or MS + 6+ years of applied research experience.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.

Responsibilities

• Own research and development of machine learning systems to improve advertiser self-service experiences.
• Develop ML models that power autonomous workflow agents and operational intelligence.
• Collaborate with product teams to translate data into actionable product improvements.

Skills

3+ years machine learning models

Java

C++

Python

neural deep learning

Education

PhD

Masters + 6+ years applied research

Tools

R

scikit-learn

Spark MLLib

MxNet

Tensorflow

numpy

scipy

Job description

Amazon Inc. Ads is seeking a Sr. Applied Scientist to lead AI-powered automation and intelligence within Advertising Services. You will own the research and development of ML systems that improve self-service experiences, power autonomous agents, and raise operational efficiency.

The role emphasizes building ML models for business applications and advancing large-scale distributed systems with tools like Spark and Hadoop, collaborating across teams to deliver measurable impact.