Applied Scientist, Responsible AI

About the role

We are Amazon's central Responsible AI team. Our mission is to advance the science and practice of Responsible AI (RAI) to enable Amazon's tens of thousands of builders to build and deploy AI solutions to the high standards that our customers and society expect. The team values diverse experiences, fosters an inclusive culture with ongoing DEI events, emphasizes learning and curiosity, offers training and career‑growth resources, and promotes work‑life harmony through flexible hours.

Responsibilities

• Understand in depth the technical and scientific issues related to RAI, including controllability, security, privacy, safety, veracity, robustness, fairness, explainability, transparency, and governance
• Help define the strategies, priorities and metrics for RAI
• Solve open problems in RAI to unblock traditional, generative and/or agentic AI use cases and solutions, publishing as appropriate
• Help develop our team
• Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, including the academic community, on issues related to RAI

Requirements

• PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience with one of the following areas: machine learning technologies, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing (NLP) or related applications

Qualifications

• Experience prioritizing and delivering projects on time in a fast-moving environment
• Passion for responsibly building and operating complex AI/ML systems, with consideration for controllability, privacy, security, safety, veracity, robustness, fairness, explainability, transparency, and governance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with demonstrated ability to synthesize large amounts of complex data and communicate complex concepts effectively to internal and external stakeholders
• Publication record on issues in responsible AI or related to responsible AI

Skills

Programming languages: Java, C++, Python; Machine learning technologies; Reinforcement Learning; Deep Learning; Computer Vision; Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Benefits

• 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
• Parental leave
• Sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs)

Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

USA, WA, Seattle - $142,800.00 - $193,200.00 USD annually

Schedule

Flexible work hours and arrangements are part of the culture to support work‑life harmony.