Senior Applied Scientist, AWS Healthcare AI

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 226,000; Full time

Job summary

AWS Healthcare AI seeks an Applied Scientist to lead research and develop confidential AI applications for end customers, clinicians, and staff. You will guide a team of scientists in natural language understanding, foundation models, and reinforcement learning, translating research into scalable, impactful products.

The role requires hands-on technical leadership, defining evaluation methods and ensuring research translates into real-world healthcare solutions with high impact across teams.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree with 6+ years of applied research experience.
• 3+ years of building ML models for business applications.
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language.
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning.
• 8+ years of building large-scale ML and AI solutions at Internet scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead pioneering research and development of new AI applications.
• Guide a team of scientists in generative AI-powered experiences.
• Define research directions, develop ML techniques and conduct rigorous experiments.
• Translate research into impactful products and set standards for scalable solutions.

Skills

Applied research

ML model development

Programming (Java/C++/Python)

Neural deep learning

Large-scale ML systems

Education

PhD or Master’s degree

Tools

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Spark MLlib

MxNet

NumPy/SciPy

Job description

DESCRIPTION

At AWS Healthcare AI, we're revolutionizing healthcare delivery through AI solutions that serve millions globally. As a pioneer in healthcare technology, we're building next-generation services that combine Amazon's world-class AI infrastructure with deep healthcare expertise. Our mission is to accelerate our healthcare businesses by delivering intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. The AWS Healthcare AI organization includes services such as HealthScribe, Comprehend Medical, HealthLake, and more.

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

To be successful in this mission, we are seeking an experienced Applied Scientist to lead pioneering research and development of new, highly confidential AI applications that re‑imagine experiences for end‑customers (e.g., consumers, patients), frontline workers (e.g., customer service agents, clinicians), and back‑office staff (e.g., claims processing, medical coding). As a leading subject matter expert in NLU, deep learning, knowledge representation, foundation models, and reinforcement learning, you will guide a team of scientists to invent novel, generative AI‑powered experiences. This role involves defining research directions, developing new ML techniques, conducting rigorous experiments, and ensuring research translates to impactful products. You will be a hands on technical innovator who is passionate about building scalable scientific solutions. You will set the standard for excellence, invent scalable, scientifically sound solutions across teams, define evaluation methods, and lead complex reviews. This role wields significant influence across AWS, Amazon, and the global research community.

ABOUT THE TEAM

AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee‑led and company‑sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do.

We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge‑sharing, mentorship and other career‑advancing resources here to help you develop into a better‑rounded professional.

We value work‑life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
• 8+ years of building large-scale machine learning and AI solutions at Internet scale experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
• Experience in building speech recognition, machine translation and natural language processing systems (e.g., commercial speech products or government speech projects)
• Experience with large scale machine learning systems such as profiling and debugging and understanding of system performance and scalability
• Master's degree, or a PhD or equivalent research experience and experience in patents or publications at top‑tier peer‑reviewed conferences or journals
• Strong publication record in top‑tier journals and conferences.
• Strong publication record in top‑tier journals and conferences.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 192,200.00 - 260,000.00 USD annually

USA, WA, Seattle - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually

Company - Amazon.com Services LLC

Job ID: A10553626