Responsibilities

• Leverage deep expertise in one or more scientific disciplines to invent solutions to ambiguous ads measurement problems
• Disambiguate problems to propose clear evaluation frameworks and success criteria
• Work autonomously and write high quality technical documents
• Implement a significant portion of critical-path code, and partner with engineers to directly carry solutions into production
• Partner closely with other scientists to deliver large, multi-faceted technical projects
• Share and publish works with the broader scientific community through meetings and conferences
• Communicate clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Contribute new ideas that shape the direction of the team's work
• Mentor more junior scientists and participate in the hiring process

Requirements

• 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 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

• Experience in professional software development

Benefits

• Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave.