Applied Scientist, Personalize, AWS

About the role

Join the AWS AI team to build state-of-the-art recommendation systems and personalization engines at scale, transforming how millions of customers discover products, content, and experiences. As part of Amazon Personalize, you’ll develop machine learning technology used by Amazon.com and make it accessible to developers worldwide. You’ll collaborate with technology and business teams to solve real-world personalization challenges, leveraging vast data and computational resources. Your work will include publishing findings at peer-reviewed conferences and journals while tackling topics such as large-scale recommendation models, sequential and session-based recommendations, cold-start personalization, real-time contextual recommendations, representation learning, and integrating foundation models and LLMs into recommendation pipelines.

About the team

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, trusted by startups and Global 500 companies. The team fosters an inclusive culture that values curiosity, learning, and uniqueness. Employee-led affinity groups and events like Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) promote inclusion. AWS emphasizes work-life harmony, flexibility, and continuous growth through mentorship and career-advancing resources.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building models for business applications.
• PhD or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field (with 4+ years of experience).
• Experience with patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, C++, or Python.
• Experience in one or more of the following: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, or high-performance computing.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Unix/Linux.
• Professional software development experience.

Benefits

Amazon offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D, and optional supplemental life plans).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and mental health support.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage.
• 401(k) matching.
• Paid time off and parental leave.
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Pay

Base salary range for this position in Seattle, WA: $142,800 – $193,200 USD annually. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and location.