Senior Applied Scientist, Shopping Core Foundations - BuyForMe

About the role

This role sits at the intersection of Agentic AI, LLMs, reinforcement learning, multimodal reasoning, and large-scale distributed systems. As an Applied Scientist, you will help define the science and architecture powering internet-scale web agents and autonomous purchasing systems.

Responsibilities

• Work on autonomous AI agents operating in open-world environments rather than static benchmarks.
• Solve challenging research problems at the intersection of LLMs, web interaction, multimodal reasoning, and scalable systems.
• Influence products that directly impact millions of Amazon customers.
• Build systems that must generalize across thousands of constantly evolving third-party websites.
• Partner closely with science, engineering, and product leaders to shape the future of AI-powered shopping experiences.
• Have the opportunity to publish research, file patents, and contribute to Amazon-wide AI innovation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business applications experience
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning

Qualifications

• Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
• Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.

Skills

• Strong background in machine learning and deep learning
• Experience with natural language processing and multimodal reasoning
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment

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, WA, Seattle - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually

Schedule

Full-time