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Applied Scientist, Amazon Ads, Forecasting, Insights and Guidance (FIG)

Help build Amazon's world-class advertising business by applying machine learning and generative AI to hard problems in campaign optimization. As an Applied Scientist, you'll take models from problem formulation to production, working close

Company

Amazon

Location

Palo Alto, California, USA

Status

Open

Posted

2026-09-21T00:00:00+00:00

An applied scientist role in Amazon Ads' Forecasting, Insights and Guidance group, on-site in Palo Alto. The work is machine learning and generative AI applied to advertising campaign optimization: leading projects from problem framing to production, building models that improve advertiser outcomes, running experiments and statistical analyses, and researching new techniques. The posting asks for 3+ years building models for business applications, a PhD or a master's plus 4 years, programming in Java, C++, Python or similar, and experience with large language models, optimization under uncertainty, causal inference and PyTorch.