Senior GenAI Security Scientist - Cloud Threat Defense

Amazon; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Security seeks a Senior Applied Scientist to design, build, and deploy GenAI-powered AI/ML systems that detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats at scale across AWS infrastructure. You will mentor teammates and influence the future direction of automation in threat detection, leading research agendas with little guidance.

You will collaborate with security engineers, data scientists, and software teams to deliver high-impact security solutions at massive scale, balancing analytic rigor

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's degree with 6+ years of applied research experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams as a mentor or tech lead.
• 3+ years of non-internship experience building ML models for business applications.
• Experience deploying AI/ML models into production with direct customer impact.
• Programming and/or scripting experience (e.g., Python).
• This role requires you to be a national of an EU Member state.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy AI/ML systems that process threat data at scale.
• Conduct data analyses and develop prototypes for detecting security problems.
• Independently frame ambiguous problems and define a research agenda.
• Seek out and advocate for new technologies to solve security problems.
• Build consensus on scientific approaches while balancing rigor and urgency.
• Mentor and develop teammates both technically and professionally.
• Publish patents and peer‑reviewed articles and present research internally and externally.

Skills

Mentor / tech lead

Python programming

Machine learning

GenAI

Data analysis

Big data

Education

PhD or Masters + 6+ years applied research

Tools

SageMaker

Bedrock

EMR

Glue

Lambda

S3

Hadoop

Spark

Job description

Amazon Security seeks a Senior Applied Scientist to design, build, and deploy GenAI-powered AI/ML systems that detect and mitigate cybersecurity threats at scale across AWS infrastructure. You will mentor teammates and influence the future direction of automation in threat detection, leading research agendas with little guidance.

You will collaborate with security engineers, data scientists, and software teams to deliver high-impact security solutions at massive scale, balancing analytic rigor