Amazon.com Services LLC

Applied Science, finance

AppliedScientist,AdsEcon

$172–223k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Applied Scientist, Ads Econ at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Machine learning, Econometrics, Data science. Build full life-cycle machine learning models. Perform data analysis”

What You'll Achieve.

Increase traffic monetization; Increase merchandise sales; Drive discovery and sales; Generate billions in revenue; Drive long-term growth; Deliver billions of ad impressions; Deliver millions of clicks daily; Influence customer-facing shopping experiences; Help suppliers grow retail business

Industry & Context.

Applied Science, finance
Problems you'll solve

Solve business problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

PhD or Master's degree plus 4+ years of experience in CS, CE, ML or related field, 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application, Experience programming in Python or related language, Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals, Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language, Experience in algorithms and data structures, Experience in parsing, Experience in numerical optimization, Experience in data mining, Experience in parallel and distributed computing, Experience in high-performance computing

Nice to Have

PhD preferred, Experience using Unix/Linux, Experience in professional software development

What You'll Do.

Build full life-cycle machine learning models

Perform data analysis

Deliver scalable solutions

Scale ad performance insights

Work closely with software engineers

Productionize ML models

Evaluate impact of optimizations

Establish scalable processes

Establish efficient processes

Establish automated processes

Research innovative machine learning approaches

Define science vision

Translate direction into plans

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work closely with software engineers; Communicate results to stakeholders; Cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Communicate data insights; Communicate scientific vision; Communicate results

Full Job Description

Amazon Advertising is one of Amazon's fastest growing and most profitable businesses. Our products are used daily to surface new selection and provide customers a wider set of product choices along their shopping journeys. The business is focused on generating value for shoppers as well as advertisers. Our team uses a combination of econometrics, machine learning, and data science to build disruptive products for all our Advertising products. We also generate insights to guide Amazon Advertising strategy, providing direct support to senior leadership. We are looking for an experienced Applied Scientists who have a deep passion for building machine-learning solutions, ability to communicate data insights and scientific vision, and execute strategic projects. As an Applied Scientist on this team, you will: • Build full life-cycle machine learning solutions; build models and perform data analysis to deliver scalable solutions to business problems. • Scale ad performance insights through agentic systems/LLMs. • Perform hands-on analysis and modeling with enormous data sets to develop insights that increase traffic monetization and merchandise sales without compromising shopper experience. • Work closely with software engineers on detailed requirements to productionize the ML models you build. • Run A/B experiments that affect hundreds of millions of customers, evaluate the impact of your optimizations and communicate your results to various business stakeholders. • Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analysis, machine-learning model development, model validation and serving. • Research innovative machine learning approaches. Why you will love this opportunity: Amazon is investing heavily in building a world-class advertising business. This team defines and delivers a collection of advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our solutions generate billions in revenue and drive long-term growth for Amazon’s Retail and Marketpla

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