Swati Sharma

About Swati Sharma

Data scientist with 13+ years of experience in experimentation, predictive modeling and presenting technical concepts to cross functional stakeholders. Have deep interest in the intersection of product, science and engineering.

Experience

1. Senior Data Scientist, Amazon Advertising

   Amazon

   Nov 2021 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Founding member of the thematic widget Ad experiences program on search pages, leading large-scale A/B testing for Amazon Advertising contributing to $ B Ad revenue - Launched customized widget experiences, including \"Picks from Amazon Influencers,\" generating $MM Sponsored Ad revenue and pioneered social media integration on Amazon search page. ​​Lead scientist collaborating with cross functional leadership, scientists, engineering and product managers leading discussions on shopper engagement vs. revenue tradeoffs- Designed and implemented LLM-based projects to contextually enhance ad depth on search pages- Lead Scientist on series of GenAI experiments testing ad-integration and placement of AI experiences on search pages influencing product leadership from Core Search, Ads and Rufus (GenAI) Orgs.

Education

• Manipal Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering

• Carnegie Mellon University

  Master of Science, Computational Finance

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Data and Models in Engineering, Science and Business

Skills

• Time Series Analysis
• Market Risk
• Financial Markets
• Statistical Modeling
• Statistical Arbitrage
• Quantitative Finance
• Financial Engineering
• Portfolio Optimization
• Stochastic Calculus
• High Frequency Trading
• Trading Strategies
• Quantitative Investing
• Trading Systems
• Monte Carlo Simulation
• Electronic Trading
• Vba
• Equities
• Var
• Derivatives
• Trading
• Fixed Income
• Foreign Exchange (Fx) Options
• Visual Basic for Applications (Vba)