Amazon

Data Engineer, Ads Science Analysis & Tech (ASAT)

Amazon$111K — $185K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 1+ years of data engineering experience
  • Proficient in SQL
  • Skilled in data modeling, warehousing, and building ETL pipelines
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • Familiarity with AI and GitHub for project automation (preferred)

Responsibilities

  • Analyze data trends impacting advertiser performance and goals
  • Present insights on feature development and ad selection to senior leaders
  • Standardize key performance indicators for ad serving systems
  • Collaborate with engineering on data logging requirements
  • Validate financial models through data analysis
  • Develop and manage analytics reports for ad revenue intelligence
  • Formalize analytic approaches for Ads auctions

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement
  • Mental health support services
  • Medical advice line
Full Job Description
We are seeking a recent college graduate (undergrad) who has traversed their academic career learning and experimenting with AI. We want you to bring this new way of thinking to Amazon Ads! You will use these skills to further the development and application of analytics methods to examine the complex data flows of Amazon Ads and to translate deep-dives into actionable insights for our product teams. In this role you will develop new tools to analyze our advertising data to help improve the performance of our bidding algorithms, targeting and relevance systems, help advance our supply strategy, and evaluate the adoption and impact of feature releases.

Key job responsibilities

Analyze data trends regarding supply, optimization, ad load, and advertising mix effects that affect advertiser performance and contribute to achieving advertiser goals

Present papers to senior leaders on issues like feature development impact on identity recognition rates, and changes of ad selection systems to improve fill rate highlighting insights that will inform our business development and engineering roadmaps

Formalize our analytics approach to Ads auctions by analyzing bid spreads, auction depth, and simulating impacts of potential auction structure changes

Identify, standardize, and operationalize KPIs to effectively measure the performance of all systems involved in ad serving, and use trend insights to inform business priorities

Partner with engineering teams to define data logging requirements and getting these prioritized in engineering roadmaps

Validate financial models through analysis

Develop and own ad revenue and supply intelligence analytics decks that provide ongoing deep-dives

A day in the life

The Ads Scientist will work closely with business leaders and engineers on developing common data architecture that will optimize our data logging at different grains, and will allow data interoperability from bid flow to optimization to campaign delivery. The candidate will then analyze the data and present papers and ongoing reports on actionable insights.

About the team

The Ads Science Product Team's Mission: Work alongside those who need product data to apply objective perspective and business logic to uncover insights, advise strategic decisions, and adjust to industry changes.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 1+ years of data engineering experience

- Experience with SQL

- Experience with data modeling, warehousing and building ETL pipelines

- Bachelor's degree

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience using AI to automate and build with github (other sources) to showcase projects.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. 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 option for 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 about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Palo Alto - 116,500.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually

USA, NY, New York - 111,400.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually

USA, WA, SEATTLE - 101,300.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually

About Amazon

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Amazon Careers

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