Data Scientist: AI for Cloud Security & Compliance

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 184,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Data Scientist on the Compliance & Security Assurance Engineering data team to build AI-powered solutions that scale security assurance operations.

You will analyze large datasets, apply ML/AI techniques, and mentor colleagues while shaping the data science roadmap. The role emphasizes automated data wrangling, collaboration with BI and SDEs, and translating business needs into data-driven recommendations for leadership.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab) experience.
• 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience.
• Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment.
• Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of data scientist experience

Responsibilities

• Analyze and extract hidden insights from complex, large-scale datasets using advanced statistical and AI techniques, using hands-on expertise in data wrangling and manipulation.
• Identify high-impact business improvement opportunities, lead the design and execution of data science initiatives to address them.
• Apply statistical and ML knowledge to specific business problems and data.
• Leverage Vision Language Models (VLMs) and Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze document/image structure, perform content understanding and metadata extraction.
• Rapidly prototype and test AI solutions, while iterating quickly based on data and feedback.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deeply understand business requirements, customer needs, and technical constraints; transforming discovered information into data-driven solutions and actionable recommendations.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders; present compelling insights and evidence-based recommendations to leadership.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in AI and identify opportunities to apply emerging techniques to the space.
• Collaborate with Business Intelligence, Data Engineers and SDEs to drive the collection of new data and refinement of existing data sources to continually improve data quality.
• Actively participate in team design reviews, data modeling discussions, brainstorming activities while mentoring colleagues in state-of-the-art AI tools and methodologies

Education

Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field

Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of data scientist experience

Tools

SQL

Python

R

SAS

Matlab

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. in Seattle, WA is seeking a Data Scientist on the Compliance & Security Assurance Engineering data team to build AI-powered solutions that scale security assurance operations.

You will analyze large datasets, apply ML/AI techniques, and mentor colleagues while shaping the data science roadmap. The role emphasizes automated data wrangling, collaboration with BI and SDEs, and translating business needs into data-driven recommendations for leadership.