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We create solutions which measure the comprehensive impact of advertiser's ad spend, including sales impacts both online and offline and across timescales, and provide actionable insights that enable our advertisers to optimize their media portfolios. We also own the science solutions for AI tools that unlock new insights and automate high-effort customer workflows, such as custom query and report generation based on natural language user requests. We leverage a host of scientific technologies to accomplish this mission, including Generative AI, classical ML, Causal Inference, Natural Language Processing, and Computer Vision.\nAs an Applied Scientist on the team, you will lead measurement solutions end-to-end from inception to production. You will propose, design, analyze, and productionize models to provide novel measurement insights to our customers.\nKey job responsibilities\nLeverage deep expertise in one or more scientific disciplines to invent solutions to ambiguous ads measurement problems\nDisambiguate problems to propose clear evaluation frameworks and success criteria\nWork autonomously and write high quality technical documents\nImplement a significant portion of critical-path code, and partner with engineers to directly carry solutions into production\nPartner closely with other scientists to deliver large, multi-faceted technical projects\nShare and publish works with the broader scientific community through meetings and conferences\nCommunicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences\nContribute new ideas that shape the direction of the team's work\nMentor more junior scientists and participate in the hiring process\nAbout the team\nWe are a team of scientists across Applied, Research, Data Science and Economist disciplines. You will work with colleagues with deep expertise in ML, NLP, CV, Gen AI, and Causal Inference with a diverse range of backgrounds. We partner closely with top-notch engineers, product managers, sales leaders, and other scientists with expertise in the ads industry and on building scalable modeling and software solutions.\nBasic qualifications\n- 3+ years of building models for business application experience\n- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience\n- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language\n- Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing\nPreferred qualifications\n- Experience using Unix/Linux\n- Experience in professional software development\nAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.\nOur inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. 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