Applied Scientist, Ads Measurement Science

DescriptionThe Ads Measurement Science team in the Measurement, Ad Tech, and Data Science (MADS) team of Amazon Ads serves a centralized role developing solutions for a multitude of performance measurement products. We create solutions which measure the comprehensive impact of their ad spend, including sales impacts both online and offline and across timescales, and provide actionable insights that enable our advertisers to optimize their media portfolios. We leverage a host of scientific technologies to accomplish this mission, including Generative AI, classical ML, Causal Inference, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision.As an Applied Scientist on the team, you will lead measurement solutions end-to-end from inception to production. You will propose, design, analyze, and productionize models to provide novel measurement insights to our customers.Key job responsibilities

Leverage deep expertise in one or more scientific disciplines to invent solutions to ambiguous ads measurement problems

Disambiguate problems to propose clear evaluation frameworks and success criteria

Work autonomously and write high quality technical documents

Implement a significant portion of critical-path code, and partner with engineers to directly carry solutions into production

Partner closely with other scientists to deliver large, multi-faceted technical projects

Share and publish works with the broader scientific community through meetings and conferences

Communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

Contribute new ideas that shape the direction of the team's work

Mentor more junior scientists and participate in the hiring process

About the teamWe are a team of scientists across Applied, Research, Data Science and Economist disciplines. You will work with colleagues with deep expertise in ML, NLP, CV, Gen AI, and Causal Inference with a diverse range of backgrounds. We partner closely with top-notch engineers, product managers, sales leaders, and other scientists with expertise in the ads industry and on building scalable modeling and software solutions.Team Video: https://youtu.be/zD6Lzw8raEBasic Qualifications

2+ years of building models for business application 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 building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with popular deep learning frameworks such as MxNet and Tensor Flow

Experience in professional software development

Experience in building speech recognition, machine translation and natural language processing systems (e.g., commercial speech products or government speech projects)

Experience in designing experiments and statistical analysis of results

Experience in state-of-the-art deep learning models architecture design and deep learning training and optimization and model pruning

Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $222,200/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. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.