Senior Data Scientist, Amazon

Advertising DSP, Ads Science & Analysis Team

$127.3-247.6k

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package

SQL

Python

MatLab

Senior level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

The largest online retailer and technology provider

Job no longer available

The largest online retailer and technology provider

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Job no longer available

$127.3-247.6k

Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package

SQL

Python

MatLab

Senior level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Company mission

To be Earth's most customer-centric company.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

5+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
5+ years of data scientist experience
Bachelor's degree
Experience working with scientists, economists, software developers, or product managers

Desirable

Experience as a leader and mentor on a data science team
Experience in forecasting analyses
Master's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, data science, business analytics, economics, finance, engineering, or computer science

What the job involves

We are seeking a Senior Data Scientist to further the development and application of analytics methods to examine the complex data flows of the Demand Side Platform (DSP), and to translate deep dives into actionable insights for our product and engineering teams
In this role, you will apply statistical and ML methods and develop new tools to analyze our advertising data to help improve the performance of our bidding algorithms, targeting and relevance systems, advertising customer user experience, and evaluate the impact of feature releases
Analyze data that affects campaign delivery and performance and contributes to achieving advertiser goals
Present analytical papers to senior leaders highlighting insights that inform our business development and engineering roadmaps
Drive end-to-end statistical analysis and Machine Learning projects that have a high degree of ambiguity, scale, and complexity
Identify, standardize, and operationalize KPIs to effectively measure the performance of all systems involved in ad serving, and use trend insights to inform business priorities
Partner with engineering teams to define data logging requirements and getting these prioritized in engineering roadmaps
Validate financial models through analysis

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.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

16% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

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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