Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Alexa Ads (Agentic Advertising and GenAI), Bengaluru
Job Description
Amazon’s Alexa Ads team is also hiring at senior level in Bengaluru. This senior applied scientist will lead deep learning and generative AI work for agentic and conversational advertising in Alexa+, including models that personalise interactions and place sponsored content within a conversation. The posting asks for at least six years of building ML models for business use, and a strong say in the new team’s science direction.
At a glance
- Role: Senior Applied Scientist, Alexa Ads
- Posted: 12 May 2026
- Focus: GenAI and deep learning for ads, NLP, recommendation, experimentation
- Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Job ID: 10417197
- Apply: open until filled (re-checked 13 October 2026)
About the senior Alexa Ads role
- Design, build and evaluate deep learning and GenAI models for NLP, recommendation and personalisation
- Lead hands-on data analysis and scalable ML pipelines
- Design A/B experiments on customer experience and ad performance
- Deploy models into high-scale, real-time systems with software engineers
- Help set the science roadmap for a new Bangalore team
About the Alexa Ads team
Alexa Ads is setting up a new science team in Bangalore. The posting describes it as a greenfield group: rather than tuning mature models, the team is rethinking how ads are ranked, priced and personalised across voice-first and screen-first surfaces, and early members help set the science roadmap and team culture.
What Amazon is looking for
- At least 6 years of building machine learning models for business applications
- A PhD, or a master’s degree and at least 6 years of applied research experience
- Programming in Java, C++, Python or a related language
- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Nice to have
- Modelling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLlib, MXNet, TensorFlow, NumPy and SciPy
- Large-scale distributed systems such as Hadoop and Spark
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
- Lead with scope: describe a model or system you owned end to end and what it changed.
- GenAI in ranking: think about where LLMs help or hurt in ad selection and how you would test that.
- Team building: expect questions on hiring, mentoring and setting technical direction.
- Pick your level: an Applied Scientist II role on the same team is listed separately.
- 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.
