Applied Scientist, Security & Privacy Innovations

Amazon; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 143,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Security in AWS is seeking an Applied Scientist to tackle complex security, privacy, and sovereignty challenges. You will own design and delivery of high-impact solutions in a fast-moving, startup-like environment within AWS.

The role emphasizes deep technical expertise, cross-team collaboration, and the ability to influence multiple domains while advancing security research and product impact.

Qualifications

• PhD or equivalent research experience.
• Experience in SAT, SMT, mechanical theorem proving, symbolic simulation, programming language type systems, program analysis.

Responsibilities

• Solve large or significantly complex problems that require deep knowledge and understanding of your domain and scientific innovation.
• Own the design, implementation, and delivery for solutions that have a long-term quantifiable impact.
• Provide cross-organizational technical influence, increasing productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience.
• Develop fundamentally new solutions for business problems.

Education

PhD or equivalent research experience

Experience in SAT, SMT, mechanical theorem proving, symbolic simulation, programming language type systems, program analysis

Tools

OCaml

Dafny

Haskell

Kotlin

Lean

Rust

Scala

Job description

Amazon Security in AWS is seeking an Applied Scientist to tackle complex security, privacy, and sovereignty challenges. You will own design and delivery of high-impact solutions in a fast-moving, startup-like environment within AWS.

The role emphasizes deep technical expertise, cross-team collaboration, and the ability to influence multiple domains while advancing security research and product impact.