Applied Scientist: Automated Reasoning & Formal Methods

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Denver (CO); On-site; USD 136,000 - 226,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Denver seeks applied scientists to design and implement algorithms for automated reasoning, ensuring the security, reliability, and correctness of AWS services.

Work on cloud infrastructure verification, AI safety, and formal guarantees for generative systems; contribute to research and publish findings; mentor peers in a fast‑moving environment with broad business impact.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research experience.
• Experience in mathematical logic, formal verification, SAT/SMT, mechanical theorem proving, model checking, or program analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement algorithms and formal methods for automated reasoning, including constraint solving, model checking, static analysis, theorem proving, and program synthesis to verify the correctness, security, and reliability of computing systems.
• Solve large or significantly complex problems that require deep knowledge and scientific innovation in your domain; own strategic problem solving and take the lead on design, implementation, and delivery of solutions with long‑term quantifiable impact.
• Develop new decision procedures, heuristics, and search strategies that improve the scalability and accuracy of verification tools; build and deploy production‑grade automated reasoning systems at Amazon scale.
• Explore and apply generative AI and machine learning techniques to enhance automated reasoning capabilities, including learning‑based heuristics for search and optimization, neural approaches to symbolic reasoning, and methods for verifying the correctness of AI‑generated code.
• Develop automated reasoning techniques for generative AI and agentic coding systems, including methods for ensuring the safety and alignment of autonomous software agents and applying formal guarantees to large language model outputs.
• Conduct original research snd publish findings in peer‑reviewed venues.
• Work with customer teams to understand the nature of their software and the properties they need to establish; identify tools and methods capable of addressing verification needs, including novel analysis capabilities.
• Provide cross‑organizational technical influence, increasing productivity and effectiveness by sharing deep knowledge and experience; collaborate with partner teams to translate verification capabilities into production systems.
• Mentor scientists and engineers on formal methods, neurosymbolic techniques, and best practices for building reliable automated reasoning systems; assist in career development of others.

Skills

mathematical logic

formal verification

satisfiability solving

mechanical theorem proving

model checking

program analysis

Tools

Lean

Dafny

Isabelle

Rocq

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Denver seeks applied scientists to design and implement algorithms for automated reasoning, ensuring the security, reliability, and correctness of AWS services.

Work on cloud infrastructure verification, AI safety, and formal guarantees for generative systems; contribute to research and publish findings; mentor peers in a fast‑moving environment with broad business impact.