Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Q for Business Science
DESCRIPTION
Amazon is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Principle Applied Scientist with a strong background in NLP, generative AI,
and agentic AI. As part of the Business Intelligence Applications organization in AWS AI/ML you will develop advanced modeling
techniques to derive insights from vast collections of structured and unstructured data via natural language based interaction. You will
play a technical leadership role and contribute to advancing the state of the art in areas such as information retrieval, RAG, large language
models, reasoning and planning, tabular search, personalization, and multimodality.
You will act as a hands-on contributor as well as a technical mentor to junior scientists and help drive the scientific roadmap.
You will work with product and engineering teams to productionize your approaches within a large-scale environment that serves millions of customers.
Key job responsibilities:
• Distill customer requirements and feedback into fundamental science problems
• Develop cutting-edge solutions that advance the state of the art
• Rapidly implement and prototype novel solutions
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to deploy finished solutions into production
• Mentor junior scientists
• Participate in strategic planning
A successful candidate has excellent technical depth, scientific vision, great implementation skills, a results-driven, collaborative mindset, and a passion for solving real-world problems.
About the team:
The Business Intelligence Applications organization develops innovative scientific solutions that enable customers to derive insights from large, heterogeneous collections of enterprise data sources. We develop the next generation of generative AI-based enterprise assistants and data analytics products.
About the team
About AWS
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This team is part of AWS Utility Computing:
Utility Computing (UC)
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BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
• Ph.D. degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Math, or a related field
• 7+ years of professional experience as technical lead in academic or industry settings
• Expert at more than one major programming languages (C++, Java, or similar) and Python
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a technical lead
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to explain complex scientific solutions to engineering and product stakeholders
• Publications in top-tier venues (ACL, ICML, ICLR, Neurips, EMNLP, AAAI)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Deep technical knowledge of machine learning, NLP, and Generative AI/LLMs
• Experience with deep learning toolkits and frameworks
• Solid software development experience
• Demonstrated ability to integrate top-notch scientific solutions into large-scale production systems
• Familiarity with business intelligence and analytics applications
• Experience with defining research and development practices in an applied environment
Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.
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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $179,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $309,400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.