Sponsored Brands (SB) is a self-service advertising program that drives discovery and sales on Amazon. This role is an opportunity to be part of the founding of a global product with the potential for explosive growth, standing at the intersection of e-commerce and advertising. Everyone on the team needs to be entrepreneurial, wear many hats, and work in a highly collaborative environment that’s more start-up than big company. Our team of high caliber analysts, developers and product managers use rigorous quantitative approaches to ensure that we target the right ad to the right Customer managing tradeoffs between monetization, advertiser ROI and Customer relevance. In order to accomplish this we leverage the wealth of Amazon’s information to build analyses, models, and set up experiments that ensure that we are thriving to reach global optimums and leverage Amazon’s technological infrastructure to display the right ads in real time. As a Data Scientist in our team, you will have unique
· Academic background in computer science, Statistics, Applied Math or related field; or equivalent experience. · At least 3 years of experience with data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python), and statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, Stata, Matlab). · Experience communicating analytical outcomes through written communication to both business and technical teams. · Self-starter with the ability to work independently. · Excellent written and verbal communications skills.· Experience with Big Data solutions: Hadoop, Pig/Hive or other frameworks. · Experience building