Applied Scientist – AI Automation & Reasoning

Amazon Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 172,000 - 223,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Sign-on bonus

Health insurance

Job summary

Amazon’s AWS Agentic AI team in New York is pursuing next‑generation models for intelligent automation. You will work with vast data, world‑class engineers, and cutting‑edge compute to publish findings and deliver impactful AI systems in the cloud.

The role emphasizes collaboration with technology and business teams to solve real‑world problems, develop scalable AI solutions, and drive strategic decisions that shape customer experiences in AWS.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s with 4+ years in CS, CE, ML.
• Experience in patents or publications at top peer‑reviewed conferences or journals.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high‑performance computing.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement new automated reasoning features that employ scalable and efficient approaches to solve complex problems using neural learning and symbolic/formal reasoning
• Apply software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all team deliverables
• Work in an agile, startup‑like development environment
• Deliver high-quality scientific artifacts
• Work with the team to help drive business decisions

Skills

Autonomous agents

API orchestration

Planning

Large multimodal models

Reinforcement learning

Sequential decision making

Education

PhD or Master’s in CS/CE/ML

Tools

Java

C++

Python

Job description

Amazon’s AWS Agentic AI team in New York is pursuing next‑generation models for intelligent automation. You will work with vast data, world‑class engineers, and cutting‑edge compute to publish findings and deliver impactful AI systems in the cloud.

The role emphasizes collaboration with technology and business teams to solve real‑world problems, develop scalable AI solutions, and drive strategic decisions that shape customer experiences in AWS.