Sr Data Scientist, Amazon - Vertical Ads

Amazon Inc.; Palo Alto, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 183,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon is hiring a Senior Data Scientist for the Vertical Ads group to lead innovation in Ads Foundational Model (Ads-FM). You will apply advanced ML techniques across image, video, and audio content to improve advertiser performance and customer experience.

This is an individual contributor role with collaboration across business leaders and cross-functional teams to drive ML-powered ad solutions and contribute to the program's roadmap.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with data querying languages and scripting languages
• 4+ years of data scientist experience
• Experience with statistical models (e.g., multinomial logistic regression)
• 2+ years of data visualization experience (AWS QuickSight/Tableau/R Shiny)
• Experience managing data pipelines and mentoring a data science team

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive the science strategy for Ads Foundational Model (Ads-FM)
• Identify opportunities and lead ideation, planning, and execution of science initiatives
• Build and deploy ML models using CV, NLP, and deep learning to evaluate ad effectiveness
• Develop algorithms to extract signals from image, video, and audio content
• Create predictive models from large datasets to improve ad creative recommendations
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement ML-powered solutions
• Contribute to the ML roadmap for Ads-FM through innovation and research

Skills

SQL

Python

R

SAS

Matlab

Tools

AWS QuickSight

Tableau

R Shiny

Job description

Sr Data Scientist, Amazon - Vertical Ads

Job ID: 10566181 | Amazon.com Services LLC

Are you passionate about solving big problems from ground-up? Do you enjoy building new state-of-the-art products at internet scale? Come lead the innovation in this startup team, vertical ad products. This is a green field problem without a known answer or a pattern to follow.

We have ambitious vision to simplify full funnel advertising solutions, at scale, with specialized agentic AI-powered models and diversify the demand to strategic verticals including finserv, autos, locals.. etc.

We are seeking an experienced Sr Data Scientist to drive innovation in our Ads Foundational Model. In this individual contributor role, you will apply advanced machine learning techniques to improve advertiser performance and customer experience.

Key job responsibilities

1. Develop and drive the science strategy for Ads Foundational Model (Ads-FM), aligning it with the program's objectives and overall business goals.
2. Identify high-impact opportunities within Ads-FM program and lead the ideation, planning, and execution of science initiatives to address them.
3. Build and deploy machine learning models using computer vision, natural language processing, and deep learning to evaluate and enhance ad effectiveness.
4. Develop algorithms that extract meaningful signals from image, video, and audio content to predict and improve customer engagement.
5. Leverage Amazon's extensive data repository to create predictive models that generate actionable recommendations for more compelling ad creative.
6. Collaborate with business leaders and cross-functional teams to implement ML-powered solutions.
7. Contribute to the ML roadmap for the Ads-FM program through innovation and research.

Basic Qualifications

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

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of data visualization using AWS QuickSight, Tableau, R Shiny, etc. experience
• Experience managing data pipelines
• Experience as a leader and mentor on a data science team

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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Palo Alto - 183,000.00 - 247,600.00 USD annually