Senior Applied Scientist, AI for Advertising

Amazon Inc.

Seattle, Northern (WA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 143,000 - 193,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking an Applied Scientist II for Sponsored Products and Brands to design and implement ML models powering advertiser-facing AI experiences at scale. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deploy solutions that impact millions of advertisers and customers.

The role emphasizes applied research, rigorous experimentation, and mentoring junior scientists within a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

3+ years of building models for business application experience.
PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.

Responsibilities

Design and implement machine learning models and algorithms that power advertiser-facing AI experiences, ensuring scientific rigor from research through production deployment.
Conduct applied research to extend or invent new approaches for complex advertising problems where no textbook solutions exist, working backwards from advertiser needs.
Collaborate with engineering, product, and science teams to integrate your solutions directly into large-scale production systems serving millions of advertisers.
Analyze experimental results and system performance to identify improvement opportunities, making informed tradeoffs between model complexity, latency, and business impact.
Mentor other scientists, provide peer feedback on research procedures and results, and contribute to the team's scientific roadmap and technical direction.