Senior Applied Scientist — Frontier AI Tooling for Scale

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to own high‑value ML problems end‑to‑end, from framing questions with business leaders through to deployed models that change how the field operates.

You will work on GenAI agents, knowledge graphs, and AI tooling across Sales and Delivery, partnering with customers to deliver trusted, scalable solutions and raise the scientific bar through mentorship and leadership.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree with 6+ years of experience building ML models for business applications.
• Experience with SQL and Python scripting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to executives and non-technical leaders.
• Experience managing and deploying ML products.

Responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle of complex science problems: framing, data exploration, method selection, modeling, evaluation, and deployment.
• Set technical direction on ambiguous problems and design decisions.
• Partner with Sales & Delivery to turn business questions into well-scoped science and actionable recommendations.
• Raise the scientific bar through design reviews, mentorship, and hands-on guidance.
• Communicate methods, trade-offs, and results clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Use Python, PySpark, and SQL for data analysis and model development.

Skills

ML deployment experience

Communication

SQL

Python

Education

PhD or Master’s with 6+ years ML experience

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Senior Applied Scientist to own high‑value ML problems end‑to‑end, from framing questions with business leaders through to deployed models that change how the field operates.

You will work on GenAI agents, knowledge graphs, and AI tooling across Sales and Delivery, partnering with customers to deliver trusted, scalable solutions and raise the scientific bar through mentorship and leadership.