Senior Applied Scientist, Funnel Agentic Intel
Amazon Ads is building Ads Agent, an AI‑powered agent that understands advertiser intent, reasons over campaign strategy, and executes across the full Amazon Ads portfolio. If you want to work at the frontier of agentic AI and large language models while directly impacting a multi‑billion dollar business, this is your team.
Key job responsibilities
- Design, build, and evaluate agentic systems that plan multi‑step workflows, invoke tools, and take autonomous actions across Amazon Ads products on behalf of advertisers.
- Define evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for agent reliability, correctness, safety, and advertiser satisfaction.
- Analyze agent behavior through deep data analysis and rigorous A/B experimentation to identify failure modes, measure effectiveness, and derive business insights.
- Partner with engineers, product managers, and UX designers to ship end‑to‑end agent experiences that are scalable, efficient, and reliable at Amazon scale.
About the team
We are a small, fast‑moving team building a unified AI‑native interface to all of Amazon Advertising. We sit at the intersection of large language models, agentic AI, and one of the world's most complex advertising ecosystems. If you want to shape how millions of advertisers interact with Amazon Ads, come build with us.
Qualifications
- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
- PhD, or Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
- Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit‑learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, TensorFlow, NumPy, SciPy, etc.
- Experience with large‑scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark, etc.
Equal Employment Opportunity
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Compensation and Benefits
The base salary range for this position is $167,100.00 – $226,100.00 USD annually. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits, including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, basic life & AD&D insurance and optional 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. Learn more at
Location
USA, WA, Seattle
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