Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Publisher Monetization - Prime Video Ads
The Amazon Publisher Monetization (APM) Prime Video Ads team sits at the intersection of premium video content and advertising innovation, developing differentiated advertising experiences that delight both advertisers and viewers. Prime Video has a unique combination of assets in our premium video content, wide customer reach, Amazon audience insights, and more, positioning us to become the lead publisher for Streaming TV ads globally. We are seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to evolves our advertising solutions, invent new advertiser and viewer experiences, and accelerate the pace of innovation across our rapidly growing business.
This team develops systems that power Prime Video's advertising delivery and performance optimization. Our customers are global brand advertisers and agencies who leverage Prime Video's premium content to reach audiences in impactful ways. Given Prime Video's low ad load, we require extremely efficient ad delivery to maintain our premium positioning for advertisers while keeping viewers engaged.
To be successful in this role you should be recognized as an industry expert who has experience defining a long-term science vision within the AdTech and video advertising domain, driven fundamentally from the needs of customers, translating that direction into specific plans for research scientists, applied scientists, engineering and product teams. This is a role that combines science leadership, organizational ability, technical expertise, product focus, and business understanding. You will thrive in a fast-paced startup-like environment, think big, move fast, and find ways to improve both advertiser and viewer experiences through ML innovation. If you are interested in making huge impact and shaping the future of Prime Video Advertising worldwide, come join us as we work hard, have fun, and make history.
Key job responsibilities
As a Principal Applied Scientist, you will:
Own and drive the most complex and strategic solutions across Prime Video Advertising; responsible for innovations that impact billions in revenue across our global streaming TV business.
Act as a thought leader and forward thinker in the streaming TV advertising space, anticipating obstacles to success, identifying new opportunities in video advertising ML, and helping avoid common failure modes as the industry rapidly evolves.
Research, build, and deploy innovative machine learning solutions for video advertising challenges including forecasting, yield optimization, ad serving optimization, supply-demand management, and viewer experience optimization; working across all technical disciplines.
Partner with science and engineering leaders across APM and Amazon Ads to identify and deliver innovative solutions that drive advertiser , premium product innovation, and differentiated streaming TV experiences; define the vision and execute solutions that continually delight both advertisers and viewers.
Hire, mentor, and guide senior scientists; partner with engineering leaders to build efficient and scalable solutions that operate 24x7x365 serving hundreds of millions of customers worldwide.