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Amazon is Hiring a Senior Research Scientist Near San Francisco, CA
DESCRIPTION
Amazon Advertising Impact Team is looking for a Senior Research Scientist to help translate the cutting-edge causal inference and machine learning research into production solutions. The individual will have the opportunity to shape the technical and strategic vision of a highly ambiguous problem space, and deliver measurable business impacts via cross-team and cross-functional collaboration.
Amazon is investing heavily in building a world class advertising business. Our advertising products are strategically important to Amazon’s Retail and Entertainment businesses for driving long-term growth. The mission of the Advertising Impact Team is to make our advertising products most customer-centric in the world. We specialize in measuring and modeling the short- and long-term impact of advertising on customer behavior, and integrate measurement signals into decision-making process. With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are constantly advancing our experimentation methodology and infrastructure to accelerate learning and scale impacts. We are highly motivated, collaborative and fun-loving with an entrepreneurial spirit and bias for action.
Hiring location: San Francisco, CA, US
Key job responsibilities
• Function as a technical lead to shape the strategic vision and the science roadmap of a highly ambiguous problem space
• Develop experiment and estimation strategies to quantify the impact of ads for Amazon’s entertainment businesses, and develop algorithms to optimize advertising strategies on behalf of our customers
• Design, execute, and analyze experiments to verify the efficacy of different scientific solutions in production
• Partner with cross-team technical contributors (scientists, software engineers, product managers) to implement the solution in production
• Write effective business narratives and scientific papers to communicate to both business and technical audiences, including the most senior leaders in the company
We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:
San Francisco, CA, USA
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD, or Master's degree and 5 years of quantitative field research experience
- 3 years of investigating the feasibility of applying scientific principles and concepts to business problems and products experience
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- • Experience developing a technical vision and delivering the scientific roadmap of a highly-complex problem space to drive measurable business impacts
- • Expertise in reduce form causal analysis/modeling/experimental design, and/or broad exposure and hands-on experience across various machine learning domains
- • Experience working with large data
- • Proficiency in one or more scripting languages (Python, R)
- • Excellent writing skills for both technical and business audiences
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.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/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.
Job Summary
Full Time
Transportation
$141k-174k (estimate)
03/25/2024
04/05/2024
RANDALLSTOWN, MD
25 - 50
2018
$50M - $200M
Transportation
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