Drimva

Amazon

Senior Applied Scientist, Sponsored Products and Brands Off-Search

$167K–$249K

Seattle, WA +3 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026

Location
Seattle, WA
New York, NY
SEATTLE, WA
Palo Alto, CA
Experience
3+ years building machine learning models for business applications; PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
Education
PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.

About the job

Develop and deploy AI-driven advertising science for personalized ad retrieval, allocation, auctions, relevance, and shopping experiences across Amazon surfaces beyond Search.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop GenAI, deep learning, optimization, or reinforcement-learning solutions for advertising and shopping experiences.
  • Collaborate with scientists, engineers, and product managers to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions.
  • Advance scientific methods and infrastructure, track AI developments, and mentor junior scientists and engineers.

What they ask for

  • 3+ years of experience building machine learning models for business applications.
  • PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
  • Programming experience in Java, C++, Python, or a related language.
  • Strong foundation in GenAI, LLMs, machine learning, deep learning, probabilistic modeling, and/or optimization; experience deploying models in production.

Nice to have

  • Expertise in Generative AI, foundation models, LLMs, or fine-tuning; experience with ads ranking, retrieval, recommendation, search, or personalization at web scale.
  • Knowledge of multimodal modeling, few-shot learning, RAG, RLHF, online experimentation, computational advertising, or communicating complex technical topics.

Pay

USD 183,800.00 - 248,700.00 annually (base salary); USD 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 annually (base salary)

Tools

GenAI, LLMs, Java, C++, Python, RAG, RLHF

AI focus

Develop and deploy generative AI, LLM, deep-learning, optimization, and reinforcement-learning approaches for advertising retrieval, allocation, relevance, recommendations, and personalized shopping experiences.

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