Applied Scientist, Amazon Ads
Core
Build large-scale ML models and pipelines for supply optimization in real-time ad decision systems, processing millions of requests per second to filter traffic and maximize advertiser value.
Role type
Senior Applied Scientist (Machine Learning)
Builds
Production ML models and optimization pipelines for Amazon Ads supply-side
Domain
Programmatic advertising, real-time bidding, large-scale distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Large-scale ML, algorithms and data structures, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing, Java/C++/Python
Preferred skills
Unix/Linux, professional software development
Technologies
Java, C++, Python, Unix/Linux
Responsibilities
Conduct hands-on data analysis and build large-scale ML models for supply optimization; Design and run A/B experiments and causal analysis on petabyte-scale data; Research and apply advanced ML including generative AI and LLMs for demand prediction; Drive end-to-end optimization projects for traffic monetization; Partner with engineers to productionize models.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC