AdsEcon is a cross-functional team of Economists, Applied Scientists, Data Scientist and Engineers, with the charter of developing moonshot science solutions for Amazon Advertising. We favor projects that are ambitious, ambiguous, and risky. We use a combination of econometrics, machine learning, and randomized experiments to build disruptive initiatives for all our Advertising products. We also generate insights to guide Amazon Advertising strategy, providing direct support to the high level leaders.
Key job responsibilities
If you have a experience with building causal inference and other machine learning solutions at scale this is the job for you. Key responsibilities of Applied Scientist include the following:
- Partnering with economists and senior team members to drive science improvements and implement technical solutions at the state-of-the-art of machine learning and econometrics
- Design, implement, prototype, deploy, and maintain large-scale Causal/ML models. Models are often deployed in partner's teams code base, requiring good communication skills and collaborative spirit.
- Build interpretable statistical models and analyze experiment results to answer questions that will drive high impact decisions across Amazon.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 3+ 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 in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- 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
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application
- Experience in state-of-the-art deep learning models architecture design and deep learning training and optimization and model pruning
- Experience building Casual-ML solutions at scale
- Experience working in digital advertising is a plus, but not required.
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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 Company’s 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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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.