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Principal Applied Scientist, AWS Agentic AI

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Seattle, WA · 2 wk ago
EngineeringFull-time

Key job responsibilities

  • Work on building and optimizing multi-modal foundation models
  • Train and fine-tune state-of-the-art LLMs
  • Architect systems that scale efficiently across domains
  • Bleed science leadership, hands-on innovation, and deep collaboration with engineering teams to bring research into production

Basic Qualifications

  • PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field OR a Master’s degree with 5+ years of relevant industry or research experience
  • Industry experience developing machine learning models for real-world applications
  • Experience with generative AI, including model training or building systems with pre-trained foundation models
  • Proven record of peer-reviewed publications or granted patents in AI/ML
  • Proficiency in Python or similar programming languages
  • Experience in at least one of the following areas: natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), computer vision, or Agentic AI

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience applying generative AI to enterprise or multi-modal tasks (e.g., code generation, document understanding, or task planning)
  • Strong understanding of agentic architectures, autonomous systems, or task orchestration
  • Hands-on experience with scalable ML infrastructure, distributed training, or optimization of large models
  • Deep knowledge of AI safety, hallucination mitigation, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • Experience mentoring junior scientists and influencing cross-functional stakeholders
  • Able to think strategically and communicate complex technical topics to non-experts, including senior leadership
  • Track record of shipping scientific innovations into customer-facing products at scale

About the role

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Principal Applied Scientist to join the Quick Science team. Quick is AWS’s enterprise generative AI assistant that helps users answer questions, summarize documents, generate content, take actions, and automate workflows using information across enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

You’ll work on building and optimizing multi-modal foundation models, training and fine-tuning state-of-the-art LLMs, and architecting systems that scale efficiently across domains. This role blends science leadership, hands-on innovation, and deep collaboration with engineering teams to bring research into production.

Qualifications

You’ll need a PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field OR a Master’s degree with 5+ years of relevant industry or research experience. You should have industry experience developing machine learning models for real-world applications, experience with generative AI, including model training or building systems with pre-trained foundation models, a proven record of peer-reviewed publications or granted patents in AI/ML, proficiency in Python or similar programming languages, and experience in at least one of the following areas: natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), computer vision, or Agentic AI.

Skills

You should have experience applying generative AI to enterprise or multi-modal tasks (e.g., code generation, document understanding, or task planning), a strong understanding of agentic architectures, autonomous systems, or task orchestration, hands-on experience with scalable ML infrastructure, distributed training, or optimization of large models, deep knowledge of AI safety, hallucination mitigation, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), experience mentoring junior scientists and influencing cross-functional stakeholders, ability to think strategically and communicate complex technical topics to non-experts, including senior leadership, and a track record of shipping scientific innovations into customer-facing products at scale.

Benefits

Amazon offers comprehensive benefits including 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, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

Pay

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

  • USA, CA, Santa Clara - 228,700.00 - 309,400.00 USD annually
  • USA, NY, New York - 218,800.00 - 295,900.00 USD annually
  • USA, WA, Seattle - 198,900.00 - 269,000.00 USD annually

Schedule

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