About this role
The Alexa Ads team is seeking an Applied Scientist II to join a new, greenfield team in Bengaluru focused on Agentic Advertising and personalization. You will design, develop, and evaluate innovative machine learning and deep learning models to integrate advertising into the Alexa experience. Responsibilities include conducting data analysis, building scalable ML pipelines, designing A/B experiments to measure performance, and collaborating with software engineers to deploy models into high-scale, real-time production environments. You will have the autonomy to shape the science roadmap and define the team culture while working on global-scale problems. Basic Qualifications: 3+ years of experience building models for business applications; PhD or Master's degree with 4+ years of experience in CS, CE, ML, or a related field; experience with patents or publications at top-tier conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ACL, KDD); and proficiency in Java, C++, or Python. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Unix/Linux and professional software development. The role encourages top-tier research publication alongside production-focused development.