Applied Scientist, Amazon Ads, Forecasting, Insights and Guidance (FIG)

Help build Amazons world-class advertising business by applying machine learning and generative AI to hard problems in campaign optimization. As an Applied Scientist youll take models from problem formulation to production working closely with engineering and product partners to deliver measurable advertiser impact.
- Experience training or adapting large language models
- Experience with sequential decision-making or optimization under uncertainty
- Experience with causal inference or rigorous evaluation of ML systems
- Experience designing experiments and performing statistical analysis of results
- Experience with modern deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch





Key job responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end ML initiatives with high ambiguity scale and complexity from problem framing through production deployment
- Develop models that improve advertiser outcomes on Amazons advertising platform
- Design and execute experiments and statistical analyses to validate real-world impact
- Partner with engineering and product to ship science into customer-facing products responsibly
- Advance the state of the art by researching new techniques and applying them to advertising problems

About the team
Youll join a highly motivated collaborative and entrepreneurial team with a broad mandate to experiment innovate and break new ground. Your work will directly influence advertiser success and shape the future of Amazon Advertising.

- 3 years of building models for business application experience
- PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of CS CE ML or related field experience
- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures parsing numerical optimization data mining parallel and distributed computing high-performance computing

- Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application
- Experience in designing experiments and statistical analysis of results

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 Companys 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 CA Palo Alto - 171600.00 - 222200.00 USD annually