Senior Applied Scientist: Prototyping Frontier AI

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

RSUs

Job summary

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Senior Applied Scientist to work directly with customers and partners, building working prototypes of complex use cases using data, devices, and systems. Engagements run in short cycles to prove the art of the possible on AWS and chart a credible path to production.

You will help define bets, contribute to experiments, and share best practices with the AWS prototyping community, while translating research into practical production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Partner with customers to build prototypes on AWS.
• Lead deep architectural and scientific design for cloud deployments.
• Frame problems, adapt models, design experiments, judge feasibility.
• Conduct targeted training sessions for prototyping customers.
• Act as a technical thought leader and share knowledge.
• Publish customer-facing papers, blogs, and reference patterns.
• Bridge customers, service teams, and sales with real-world feedback.

Skills

Java

C++

Python

Applied ML

Education

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

Tools

vLLM

SGLang

TensorRT

GPUs

Job description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) seeks a Senior Applied Scientist to work directly with customers and partners, building working prototypes of complex use cases using data, devices, and systems. Engagements run in short cycles to prove the art of the possible on AWS and chart a credible path to production.

You will help define bets, contribute to experiments, and share best practices with the AWS prototyping community, while translating research into practical production-ready solutions.