Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products and Brands

About the role

The Applied Scientist on the Brand Beacon team will develop AI solutions for advertiser and shopper experiences. Responsibilities include building monetization and optimization systems that leverage generative models to value and improve campaign performance. The role involves defining a long-term science vision and roadmap, designing and conducting A/B experiments, and effectively communicating technical and non-technical ideas.

Responsibilities

• Develop AI solutions for advertiser and shopper experiences.
• Build monetization and optimization systems that leverage generative models to value and improve campaign performance.
• Define a long-term science vision and roadmap for our Brand Beacon advertising business, driven from our customers' needs.
• Design and conduct A/B experiments to evaluate proposed solutions based on in-depth data analyses.
• Effectively communicate technical and non-technical ideas with teammates and stakeholders.
• Stay up-to-date with advancements and the latest modeling techniques in the field.
• Think big about the arc of development of Gen AI over a multi-year horizon and identify new opportunities to apply these technologies to solve real-world problems.

Requirements

• 3+ years of building models for business applications experience.
• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing.
• 3+ years in digital advertising technology.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated track record of innovative AI solution development.
• Experience with generative model architectures.
• Research publications or patents in generative AI technologies.

Benefits

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