Senior Data Scientist, Generative AI Innovation Center, AWS Generative AI Innovation Center

Amazon; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud provider seeks candidates for a Generative AI position in Greater London. The role involves developing cutting-edge algorithms, directly interacting with customers to implement solutions, and delivering expert recommendations. Ideal candidates will possess strong skills in data scripting and a solid understanding of machine learning concepts, along with relevant experience in the tech industry. A collaborative environment thrives on diversity and continuous learning.

Benefits

Flexible work culture

Mentorship opportunities

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years or Master’s degree and 4 years of experience.
• Experience with data scripting and statistical software.
• Experience researching machine learning and AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to develop generative AI algorithms for real-world challenges.
• Guide customers in implementing generative AI solutions.
• Provide best practices and deliverables adapted for various stakeholders.

Skills

Data scripting languages (SQL, Python, R)

Algorithms and data structures

Machine learning and deep learning

Customer engagement

Data mining

Education

Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree

Tools

AWS services (Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker)

Job description

Job ID: 3107497 | AWS EMEA SARL (UK Branch)

Are you looking to work at the forefront of Machine Learning and AI? Would you be excited to apply cutting edge Generative AI algorithms to solve real world problems with significant impact? The Generative AI Innovation Center at AWS is a new strategic team that helps AWS customers implement Generative AI solutions and realize transformational business opportunities. This is a team of strategists, data scientists, engineers, and solution architects working step‑by‑step with customers to build bespoke solutions that harness the power of generative AI.

Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with ML scientist and architects to research, design, develop, and evaluate cutting‑edge generative AI algorithms to address real‑world challenges.
• Interact with customers directly to understand the business problem, help and aid them in implementation of generative AI solutions, deliver briefing and deep‑dive sessions to customers and guide customer on adoption patterns and paths to production.
• Create and deliver best‑practice recommendations, tutorials, blog posts, sample code, and presentations adapted to technical, business, and executive stakeholder.
• Provide customer and market feedback to Product and Engineering teams to help define product direction.

A day in the life

You will work directly with customers and innovate in a fast‑paced organization that contributes to game‑changing projects and technologies. You will design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing risk, profitability, and customer experience.

About the team

The team helps customers imagine and scope the use cases that will create the greatest value for their businesses, select and train the right models, define paths to navigate technical or business challenges, develop proof‑of‑concepts, and make plans for launching solutions at scale. The GenAI Innovation Center team provides guidance on best practices for applying generative AI responsibly and cost efficiently.

Diverse Experiences

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusion & Culture

Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee‑led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance

We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with data scripting languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R, or equivalent) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g., R, SAS, Matlab, or equivalent).
• Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high‑performance computing.
• Experience delivering customer engagements in a professional services role.
• Experience researching machine learning, deep learning, NLP, computer vision, data science.
• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of experience or Master’s degree and 4 years of experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters or PhD degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, operations research, or a highly quantitative field.
• Experience building generative AI applications on AWS using services such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker.
• Experience with design, deployment, and evaluation of Large Language Model (LLM)-powered agents and tools and orchestration approaches.
• Experience with design, development, and optimization of high‑quality prompts and templates that guide the behavior and responses of LLMs.
• Experience with open‑source frameworks for building applications powered by LLMs like LangChain, LlamaIndex, and/or similar tools.

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