Applied Scientist I, Amazon Ads Trust (Content Understanding), Bengaluru
Job Description
Amazon Ads’ Trust Science team in Bengaluru is hiring an Applied Scientist I, an entry-level science role. The team makes sure ads are relevant and of good quality, using automated systems that check tens of millions of offers from merchants in many countries and languages. The scientist builds ML models for content understanding from visual and text features, and writes production code that helps moderate millions of ads a day.
At a glance
- Role: Applied Scientist I, Ads Trust
- Posted: 15 July 2026
- Focus: Multimodal content understanding, ad moderation, NLP and computer vision
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Job ID: 10475339
- Apply: open until filled (re-checked 13 October 2026)
About the ads trust science role
- Build ML models for content understanding in ads, using visual and textual features
- Scale models across many languages and countries
- Work with engineers and scientists to build, train and deploy models
- Write production code that moderates millions of submitted ads each day
What Amazon is looking for
- Programming in Java, C++, Python or a related language
- SQL with a relational database or data warehouse
- Experience building ML models or algorithms for business applications
- Research experience in machine learning, deep learning, NLP, computer vision or data science
- Experience with deep learning architecture design, training, optimisation and pruning
- Enrolled in or completed a bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, machine learning, operations research, statistics or a related field
Nice to have
- Applying theoretical models in practice
- Publications at top peer-reviewed venues
- A master’s degree
Pay and location
Amazon’s posting does not state a salary; pay is discussed during the hiring process. The role is based in Bengaluru, India.
How to apply
Apply through the official Amazon job posting. Amazon’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 13 October 2026. Amazon lists the minimum and preferred qualifications on the posting; read both before applying. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.
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Hiring institution: Amazon
Official advertisement: www.amazon.jobs
How to prepare for this application
- Multimodal basics: revise how to combine image and text encoders, for example CLIP-style models.
- Moderation metrics: think about precision and recall trade-offs when blocking bad ads.
- Coding and SQL: both are basic requirements, so practise them.
- Entry level: this is a good fit for recent graduates with strong ML projects.
- Leadership Principles: Amazon interviews lean on them; prepare two or three STAR stories for each.
About Amazon in India
Amazon runs large science and engineering teams in India, including in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune and Gurugram. Applied scientists and data scientists work on machine learning problems across retail, logistics, advertising, devices, payments and cloud services.
