Principal Applied Scientist, AI Agent WorkSpaces

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 199,000 - 269,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to own the scientific vision for Agentic WorkSpaces and AI agents at enterprise scale.

You will define performance metrics, develop benchmarks, and guide research across multiple teams to deliver measurable business impact. We expect deep ML expertise, leadership in complex, production-scale research, and a track record of translating research into real-world enterprise solutions.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master's with strong applied ML research.
• Experience shaping research direction and strategy across multiple teams.
• Proven track record delivering ambitious, ambiguous research initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Set the long-term scientific vision for agent performance, evaluation, and learning across the portfolio.
• Solve highly ambiguous problems in agent perception, reasoning, and reliability.
• Own the evaluation framework: create benchmarks, datasets, and metrics for agent and team performance.

Skills

ML expertise

LLMs / foundation models

Experiment design

Cross-team leadership

Education

PhD in Computer Science, ML, or related field

Master's with equivalent applied research experience

Tools

Reinforcement learning

Evaluation harnesses

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to own the scientific vision for Agentic WorkSpaces and AI agents at enterprise scale.

You will define performance metrics, develop benchmarks, and guide research across multiple teams to deliver measurable business impact. We expect deep ML expertise, leadership in complex, production-scale research, and a track record of translating research into real-world enterprise solutions.