Applied Scientist, Generative Conversational AI

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Santa Clara (CA); 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. in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking Applied Scientists with a strong ML background to build industry-leading Conversational AI systems, including NLU, Dialog Management, and Generative AI with LLMs.

You will work with experts to develop novel algorithms and run at scale on heterogeneous data and compute resources. The role emphasizes innovation, mentorship, and collaboration across teams, with hybrid work options near AWS offices and a focus on moving

Qualifications

• 3+ years of building models for business applications.
• PhD or Master’s + 4+ years in CS/CE/ML.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Use generative AI and foundation models to reimagine the experience of AWS customers.
• Explore new technologies and find creative solutions.
• Collaborate with experts to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques.
• Impact millions of customers through language technology products and services.
• Leverage large-scale computing resources to accelerate language understanding research.

Skills

Modeling experience

Java

C++

Python

Algorithms & data structures

Distributed computing

Numerical optimization

Data mining

Education

PhD or Master’s degree in CS/CE/ML

4+ years related experience

Tools

Unix/Linux

Software development practices

Job description

Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking Applied Scientists with a strong ML background to build industry-leading Conversational AI systems, including NLU, Dialog Management, and Generative AI with LLMs.

You will work with experts to develop novel algorithms and run at scale on heterogeneous data and compute resources. The role emphasizes innovation, mentorship, and collaboration across teams, with hybrid work options near AWS offices and a focus on moving