Senior Applied Scientist - AI-Driven Advertising Insights

Amazon Inc.; Seattle, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 167,000 - 226,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon seeks an Applied Scientist III for Sponsored Products to advance AI-driven advertising. You will design rigorous ML methods to understand how traffic sources and user journeys influence purchasing and revenue, using experimentation and causal inference.

You will translate findings into actionable recommendations for product and engineering, and mentor junior scientists to raise the team’s scientific bar.

Qualifications

• PhD or master's degree with significant applied research experience.
• Experience building ML models for business applications.
• Proficiency in Java, C++, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Develop rigorously methods to understand traffic sources, journeys, and onsite experiences using ML and causal inference.
• Design scientifically complex software solutions or systems and guide their development.
• Translate findings into clear recommendations for product, engineering, and business partners.
• Mentor junior scientists and explore generative AI opportunities to improve efficiency.

Skills

ML models

Java

C++

Python

Deep learning

Education

PhD or MS + 6+ years research

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

MxNet

Spark MLLib

Numpy

Scipy

Job description

Amazon seeks an Applied Scientist III for Sponsored Products to advance AI-driven advertising. You will design rigorous ML methods to understand how traffic sources and user journeys influence purchasing and revenue, using experimentation and causal inference.

You will translate findings into actionable recommendations for product and engineering, and mentor junior scientists to raise the team’s scientific bar.