Amazon · 1 week ago
Sr. Applied Scientist, Sales AI
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $260K/yr
6+ years expAmazon is a leading global company focused on innovation and growth in the advertising sector. They are seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to lead research in Machine Learning and Generative AI to enhance advertising sales processes and deliver actionable insights.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Conceptualize and lead state-of-the-art research on new Machine Learning and Generative Artificial Intelligence solutions to optimize all aspects of the Ad Sales business
Guide the technical approach for the design and implementation of successful models and algorithms in support of expert cross-functional teams delivering on demanding projects
Conduct deep data analysis to derive insights to the business, and identify gaps and new opportunities
Run regular A/B experiments, gather data, and perform statistical analysis
Work closely with software engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions into production
Improve the scalability, efficiency and automation of large-scale data analytics, model training, deployment and serving
Qualification
Required
3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Applied research experience in Reinforcement Learning (RLHF, policy gradient methods), Large Language Models (fine-tuning, guardrails, distributed training) and/or Natural Language Processing
Preferred
Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc
Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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