Principal Data Scientist, Amazon
AWS Marketing Science
The largest online retailer and technology provider
Job no longer available
The largest online retailer and technology provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To be Earth's most customer-centric company.
Role
Who you are
- Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field
- 7+ years of experience of designing and delivering highly efficient and effective AI/ML powered technical solutions that solve organizational business problems at scale
- Expert in designing and supporting large-scale measurement and optimization systems in a production environment
- Extensive experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment
- Expert in more than one more major programming languages (C++, Java, or similar) and at least one scripting language (Perl, Python, or similar)
Desirable
- PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Machine Learning, or a related quantitative field
- 10+ years of experience in marketing measurement science and content ranking AI/ML
- Experience with Generative AI, large scale distributed systems
- Independent thinker and influencer on strategic decisions
- Comprehension of tech stacks and could stay on top of tactical execution
- Strong publication record in one of the following technical topics: recommender system, optimization, reinforcement learning, time series, natural language processing, experiment system design
- Functional knowledge of AWS platforms such as S3, Glue, Athena, Sagemaker
- Strong fundamentals in problem solving, algorithm design and complexity analysis
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Principal Data Scientist with deep expertise in scaling measurement science, content ranking and rapid experimentation at scale, with strong interest in building scalable solutions in partnership with our engineering organization
- You will lead strategic measurement science initiatives across AWS Marketing & Sales ranging anywhere between recommender engines, scaling experimentation and measurement science, real-time inference, and cross-channel orchestration
- You are an hands-on innovator who can contribute to advancing Marketing measurement technology in a B2B environment, and push the limits on what’s scientifically possible with a razor sharp focus on measurable customer and business impact
- You will work with recognized B2B Marketing Science and AI/ML experts to develop large-scale, high-performing measurement science models and AI/ML capabilities
- We are at a pivotal moment in our organization where AI/ML and measurement velocity has reached an unseen momentum, and we need to scale fast in order to maintain it
- Your work will be a key input into a few of our key business goals
- You will advance the state of the art in measurement at scale
Our take
Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.
More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.
Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.
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Insights
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
South Lake Union, Seattle, WA
Leadership
Jeff Bezos
(Founder & Executive Chairman)Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.
Andy Jassy
(President & CEO)Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.
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