Amazon · 1 day ago
Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon
New York, New York, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$199K/yr - $269K/yr
8+ years expAmazon is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business and we are responsible for defining and delivering a collection of self-service performance advertising products that drive discovery and sales. As a Principal Applied Scientist, you will mentor applied scientists, design ML roadmaps, and lead initiatives to enhance the shopping experience through advanced machine learning solutions.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Seek to understand in depth the Sponsored Products offering at Amazon and identify areas of opportunities to grow our business via principled ML solutions
Mentor and guide the applied scientists in our organization and hold us to a high standard of technical rigor and excellence in ML
Design and lead organization wide ML roadmaps to help our Amazon shoppers have a delightful shopping experience while creating long term value for our sellers
Work with our engineering partners and draw upon your experience to meet latency and other system constraints
Identify untapped, high-risk technical and scientific directions, and simulate new research directions that you will drive to completion and deliver
Be responsible for communicating our ML innovations to the broader internal & external scientific community
Qualification
Required
PhD in Computer Science, Statistics or related field
8+ years of applied ML experience in deploying ML solutions to customer facing products
2+ years hands-on experience leading multiple ML teams to design products that satisfy a customer need
Track record of delivering large-scale and high-quality ML solutions
Experience in taking on & using ML to deliver on business goals
Preferred
Experience in shipping large-scale deep learning models for online recommendation, personalization, or search
Experience partnering with engineering teams to ensure deep learning solutions meet latency requirements
Experience in building GenAI-based product strategy
Evidence of producing internal or external publications that motivate new lines of research
Excellent verbal and written communication
Benefits
Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage)
401(k) matching
Paid time off
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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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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