Senior Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products and Brands Ads Response Prediction

The Sponsored Products and Brands team at Amazon Ads is re‑imagining the advertising landscape through industry‑leading generative AI technologies, revolutionizing how millions of customers discover products and engage with brands across Amazon.com and beyond. We are at the forefront of reinventing advertising experiences, bridging human creativity with artificial intelligence to transform every aspect of the advertising lifecycle from ad creation and optimization to performance analysis and customer insights. We are a passionate group of innovators dedicated to developing responsible and intelligent AI technologies that balance the needs of advertisers, enhance the shopping experience, and strengthen the marketplace. If you’re energized by solving complex challenges and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with AI, join us in shaping the future of advertising.

Amazon Ads Response Prediction team is your choice if you want to join a highly motivated, collaborative, and fun‑loving team with a strong entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action. We are seeking an experienced and motivated Machine Learning Applied Scientist who loves to innovate at the intersection of customer experience, deep learning, and high‑scale machine‑learning systems.

Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, and is investing heavily in building a world‑class advertising business. We are defining and delivering a collection of self‑service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. Our products are strategically important to our Retail and Marketplace businesses driving long‑term growth. We deliver billions of ad impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground to create world‑class products to improve both shopper and advertiser experience.

We are looking for a talented Machine Learning Applied Scientist for our Amazon Ads Response Prediction team to grow the business. We are providing advanced real‑time machine learning services to connect shoppers with the right ads on all platforms and surfaces worldwide. Through a deep understanding of both shoppers and products, we help shoppers discover new products they love, be the most efficient way for advertisers to meet their customers, and help Amazon continuously innovate on behalf of all customers.

Key job responsibilities

• Conduct deep data analysis to derive insights for the business and identify gaps and new opportunities
• Develop scalable and effective machine‑learning models and optimization strategies to solve business problems
• Run regular A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis
• Work closely with software engineers to deliver end‑to‑end solutions into production
• Improve the scalability, efficiency, and automation of large‑scale data analytics, model training, deployment, and serving
• Conduct research on new machine‑learning modeling to optimize all aspects of Sponsored Products and Brands business

About the team

We are pioneers in applying advanced machine learning and generative AI algorithms in Sponsored Products and Brands business. We empower every customer with a customized discovery experience from back‑end optimization (such as customized response prediction models) to front‑end CX innovation (such as widgets), to help shoppers feel understood and shop efficiently on and off Amazon.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• PhD or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit‑learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, TensorFlow, NumPy, SciPy, etc.
• Experience with large‑scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark, etc.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

For applicants, Amazon provides inclusive support. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, you can find more information at https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations.

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, parental leave, and more. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Palo Alto – 192,200.00 – 260,000.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle – 167,100.00 – 226,100.00 USD annually