Principal Applied Scientist, Advertiser Growth, Amazon Sponsored Products & Brands

About the role

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 re-inventing 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.

Key job responsibilities

The Principal Applied Scientist in Advertiser Guidance team will lead 50+ builders in pioneering a new generation of agentic AI applications for Amazon advertisers. You will:

• Define and lead the science roadmap of developing agentic experiences for recommendations and guidance delivered to +1.6MM Sponsored Products and Brand advertisers across multiple channels (Ad Console, Sales-managed, and 3P partners).
• Work at the forefront of applied AI, developing methods for fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, and preference optimization, while helping create evaluation frameworks that ensure safety, reliability, and trust at scale.
• Work backwards from the needs of advertisers—delivering customer-facing products that directly help them create, optimize, and grow their campaigns.
• Play a critical role in elevating the team's scientific and technical rigor, identifying and implementing best-in-class algorithms, methodologies, and infrastructure that enable rapid experimentation and scaling.
• Communicate learnings to leadership and mentor and grow Applied AI talent across the Ads Org.

Basic Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Statistics or related field.
• 5+ years of applied ML experience in building customer-facing recommender systems involving AI, ML, and NLP.
• Hands-on experience with designing and prototyping AI solutions for real world applications.

Preferred Qualifications

• Research publications or patents in generative AI technologies.
• Experience with natural language processing and generative model architectures.
• Background in advertising technology or e-commerce platforms.
• Demonstrated track record of innovative AI solution development.

Pay

The base pay for this position ranges from $179,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $309,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits.