Senior Data Scientist - Ad Tech & Publisher Monetization

Amazon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 175,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Publisher Services (APS) is seeking a Sr Data Scientist to help publishers monetize content through server-side header bidding and data-driven optimization. You will acquire and analyze large-scale datasets, design experiments, develop statistical and machine-learning models, and partner with Scientists, Engineers, BIEs, and Product Managers to translate insights into action.

The role requires writing code (Python, R, Scala, etc.), applying rigorous analysis to business problems,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab) experience
• 4+ years of data scientist experience
• Bachelor's degree
• Experience with statistical models e.g. multinomial logistic regression

Responsibilities

• Solve real-world problems by getting and analyzing large amounts of data, diving deep to identify business insights and opportunities, design simulations and experiments, developing statistical and ML models by tailoring to business needs, and collaborating with Scientists, Engineers, BIE's, and Product Managers.
• Write code (Python, R, Scala, etc.) to analyze data and build statistical models to solve specific business problems.
• Apply statistical and machine learning knowledge to specific business problems and data.
• Build decision-making models and propose solution for the business problem you define.
• Retrieve, synthesize, and present critical data in a format that is immediately useful to answering specific questions or improving system performance.
• Analyze historical data to identify trends and support optimal decision making.
• Formalize assumptions about how our systems are expected to work, create statistical definition of the outlier, and develop methods to systematically identify outliers.
• Conduct written and verbal presentations to share insights to audiences of varying levels of technical sophistication.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

SAS

Matlab

Multinomial logistic regression

Statistical modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS QuickSight

Tableau

R Shiny

Job description

Amazon Publisher Services (APS) is seeking a Sr Data Scientist to help publishers monetize content through server-side header bidding and data-driven optimization. You will acquire and analyze large-scale datasets, design experiments, develop statistical and machine-learning models, and partner with Scientists, Engineers, BIEs, and Product Managers to translate insights into action.

The role requires writing code (Python, R, Scala, etc.), applying rigorous analysis to business problems,