Senior Applied Scientist, AI Prototyping & Cloud Labs

Amazon Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to work directly with customers and partners, building working prototypes of AWS use cases tailored to data, devices, and systems.

In short build cycles, four to six weeks, you will design experiments, select models, and assess feasibility, with opportunities to publish findings and shape production paths. You will collaborate across teams, influence technology direction, and contribute to publications that showcase best practices

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree with 5+ years of applied research experience.
• Experience in building machine learning models for business applications.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.

Responsibilities

• As a key member of the AWS Specialists and Partner Prototyping team, ensure customer success through hands-on participation producing and demonstrating prototypes on the AWS platform.
• Participate in deep architectural and scientific design discussions to ensure prototypes are crafted for successful deployment in the cloud and a credible path to production.
• Bring applied science depth to engagements: frame the problem, select and adapt models, design experiments, and judge technical feasibility honestly.
• Conduct one-to-few and one-to-many training sessions to transfer knowledge to prototyping customers, partners, and internal business partners.
• Act as a thought leader for your area of domain expertise across AWS, and share best-practice knowledge among the community.
• Author or otherwise contribute to AWS customer-facing publications such as peer reviewed position papers, blogs, and reference patterns.
• Act as a technical liaison between customers, service engineering teams, and sales, carrying real-world signal back to the teams building the services.

Skills

Applied research

Machine learning

Java

C++

Python

Education

PhD, or Master’s +5 years of applied research

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to work directly with customers and partners, building working prototypes of AWS use cases tailored to data, devices, and systems.

In short build cycles, four to six weeks, you will design experiments, select models, and assess feasibility, with opportunities to publish findings and shape production paths. You will collaborate across teams, influence technology direction, and contribute to publications that showcase best practices