Applied Science Manager, AWS Startups

Amazon Science; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Science in Seattle, WA seeks an Applied Science Manager to lead a team of scientists and analysts building data and ML capabilities for AWS Startups. You will own the science roadmap end-to-end, from foundational signals to production models and intuitive surfaces for startup teams.

You will balance hands-on technical leadership with people management, set a high technical bar, and partner across product, engineering, design, and GTM to translate science into scalable products.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience.
• Master's degree in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field.
• Master's degree, or PhD and 4+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of applied scientists, business intelligence engineers, and business analysts; hire and develop talent and set a high technical bar.
• Own and prioritize the team's science roadmap and set technical direction for its machine learning models and data assets, balancing rapid experimentation with production quality, cost, and reliability.
• Scope scientific projects, design and evaluate experiments, and productionize models that deliver measurable impact, establishing measurement, evaluation, and operational-excellence standards so quality and impact are quantified and defensible.
• Drive the science behind recommendation systems, startup segmentation and targeting, and fraud detection, delivering models that surface relevant opportunities, group and prioritize startups by need and fit, and protect the business from fraud and abuse.
• Partner with product, engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to translate science into scalable products, and communicate strategy, results, and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical leaders.
• Foster a culture of scientific rigor and rapid experimentation, and proactively identify and escape risks with clear mitigation plans.

Skills

ML management experience

ML knowledge

Education

Master's degree in engineering/CS

Master's or PhD with 4+ years ML experience

Tools

Python

Java

C++

Job description

Description

Trusted by more startups around the world, AWS makes the power of cloud computing accessible for all by giving founders everywhere access to the same technology that powers the world's largest companies. With nearly two decades of experience supporting hundreds of thousands of startups, including 80% of unicorns, we democratize cloud computing to help founders bring their innovative ideas to life.

Trusted by more startups around the world, AWS makes the power of cloud computing accessible for all by giving founders everywhere access to the same technology that powers the world's largest companies. With nearly two decades of experience supporting hundreds of thousands of startups, including 80% of unicorns, we democratize cloud computing to help founders bring their innovative ideas to life.

We support founders at every stage of their journey, from initial onboarding and credit programs to AI-powered guidance and scale solutions. Data is central to how we do this: it helps us identify high-potential startups early, personalize the guidance we deliver, and prioritize where we can create the most value for founders and for AWS.

We are seeking an Applied Science Manager to lead a team of applied scientists and analysts building the data and machine learning capabilities behind AWS Startups. You will own the science roadmap end-to-end, from the data foundation that unifies signals about founders, startups, and their products, through a portfolio of machine learning models, to the surfaces that put insights in the hands of the teams and products that serve startups. You will balance hands‑on technical leadership with people management, setting the technical bar for your team while developing their careers.

Key job responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of applied scientists, business intelligence engineers, and business analysts; hire and develop talent and set a high technical bar.
• Own and prioritize the team's science roadmap and set technical direction for its machine learning models and data assets, balancing rapid experimentation with production quality, cost, and reliability.
• Scope scientific projects, design and evaluate experiments, and productionize models that deliver measurable impact, establishing measurement, evaluation, and operational‑excellence standards so quality and impact are quantified and defensible.
• Drive the science behind recommendation systems, startup segmentation and targeting, and fraud detection, delivering models that surface relevant opportunities, group and prioritize startups by need and fit, and protect the business from fraud and abuse.
• Partner with product, engineering, design, and go‑to‑market teams to translate science into scalable products, and communicate strategy, results, and trade‑offs clearly to technical and non-technical leaders.
• Foster a culture of scientific rigor and rapid experimentation, and proactively identify and escape risks with clear mitigation plans.

About The Team

The AWS Startups team builds innovative products and platforms that support startup customers throughout their journey, from initial onboarding and credit programs to AI-powered guidance and scale solutions. Our portfolio serves hundreds of thousands of startup customers globally, and we partner with business development, field marketing, and solutions architecture teams worldwide. We are building the next generation of AI-native products that make world-class cloud expertise accessible to every founder.

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of scientists or machine learning engineers management experience
• Master's degree in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
• Master's degree, or PhD and 4+ years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience
• Experience with any programming language such as Python, Java, C++
• Knowledge of machine learning approaches and algorithms

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application
• Experience building complex software systems, especially involving deep learning, machine learning and computer vision, that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Experience with training and deploying machine learning systems to solve large-scale personalization, recommendation, or ranking systems

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, WA, Seattle - 183,800.00 - 248,700.00 USD annually