Applied Scientist - Autonomous AI & Agentic Planning

Amazon; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 172,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking world-class researchers to advance autonomous agents and large multimodal models within the AWS AI science team. You will explore models for intelligent automation, publish findings, and collaborate with engineers and business teams to drive real-world impact.

We value diverse experiences and encourage candidates who may not meet every qualification to apply. The role offers opportunities to work with vast data, cloud-scale resources, and a culture

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business applications.
• PhD or Master’s degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
• Experience in patents or publications at top-tier 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.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Publications

Algorithms

Data structures

Distributed computing

Education

PhD or Master’s in CS/CE/ML

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. is seeking world-class researchers to advance autonomous agents and large multimodal models within the AWS AI science team. You will explore models for intelligent automation, publish findings, and collaborate with engineers and business teams to drive real-world impact.

We value diverse experiences and encourage candidates who may not meet every qualification to apply. The role offers opportunities to work with vast data, cloud-scale resources, and a culture