Principal Applied Scientist - AI for Data Center Ops

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

Job summary

Amazon in Seattle and Denver seeks a Principal Applied Scientist to advance AI and machine learning for AWS Data Center Services. You will own research through production deployment, building vision models and smart retrieval algorithms to improve reliability and latency in data-center operations.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with software teams, rapid prototyping, and publishing results. You will mentor others and shape benchmarks across electrical and cooling domains.

Qualifications

• PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Statistics or a highly quantitative field.
• Strong problem solving ability.
• Good skills in Python (or similar language).
• Strong communication and data presentation skills.
• Proven track record of delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead research from problem definition to production deployment.
• Develop and evaluate advanced ML models for data-center problems.
• Collaborate with software teams to ship production-ready systems.
• Prototype cross-discipline reasoning and benchmarks for AI services.
• Publish results and contribute to papers as appropriate.

Skills

Problem solving

Python

Communication

Delivery track record

Education

PhD in ML/CV/Statistics

Job description

Amazon in Seattle and Denver seeks a Principal Applied Scientist to advance AI and machine learning for AWS Data Center Services. You will own research through production deployment, building vision models and smart retrieval algorithms to improve reliability and latency in data-center operations.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration with software teams, rapid prototyping, and publishing results. You will mentor others and shape benchmarks across electrical and cooling domains.