Senior Applied Scientist, Advertising Trust

Amazon; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Machine Learning Engineer to join their San Diego team. The role focuses on building and developing machine learning models aimed at improving ad relevance and compliance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in programming, machine learning, and large-scale systems. This position offers competitive compensation and a chance to work within a collaborative and innovative environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical benefits

Equity and sign-on payment options

Inclusive work culture

Opportunities for career advancement

Qualifications

• 3+ years building machine learning models for business application experience.
• 6+ years of applied research experience required if have Master's.
• Experience with modeling tools and large-scale systems mentioned.

Responsibilities

• Build and develop ML models for content understanding in Ads.
• Collaborate with engineers and scientists to train and deploy models.
• Create production level code for ad moderation.

Skills

Machine Learning

Content Understanding

Programming in Java

Programming in C++

Programming in Python

Neural Deep Learning

Distributed Systems

Education

PhD or Master's degree

Tools

R

scikit-learn

TensorFlow

Hadoop

Spark

Job description

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 ATT team, based in San Diego, is responsible for ensuring that ads are relevant and compliant to policies, leading to higher conversion for the sellers and providing a great experience for the customers. We deal with one of the world’s largest product catalog, handling billions of requests a day with plans to grow by an order of magnitude and use automated systems to validate tens of millions of offers submitted by thousands of merchants in multiple countries and languages.



Key job responsibilities
In this role, you will build and develop ML models to address content understanding problems in Ads. These models will rely on a variety of visual and textual features requiring expertise in both domains. These models need to scale to multiple modalities, languages, and countries. You will collaborate with engineers and other scientists to build, train and deploy these models. As part of these activities, you will develop production level code that enables moderation of millions of ads submitted each day.- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning- Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
- Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.

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

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $150,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $260,000/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 https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.