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At Amazon, we believe that scientific innovation is essential to being the most customer-centric company in the world. Our scientists' ability to have an impact at scale allows us to attract some of the brightest minds in artificial intelligence and related fields.
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  • (Updated 6 days ago)
    We're seeking an exceptional Principal Applied Scientist to join Amazon's Digital Devices and Alexa Support (D2AS) Customer Service organization. In this role, you'll lead the development and implementation of SOTA AI/machine learning solutions that directly impact millions of customer interactions daily. You'll be at the forefront of revolutionizing how Amazon serves its customers through AI-powered experiences. You will lead scientific invention and development of advanced AI systems while providing crucial technical leadership across multiple domains. Your key deliverables will encompass designing and developing advanced AI-powered solutions for Customer Experience (CX) optimization, deploying scalable AI systems for customer service automation, and driving innovation in conversational AI and predictive analytics. In this role, you will pioneer novel approaches to complex customer experience challenges, drive research initiatives in LLMs and dialogue systems, and lead technical strategy development for CX technology initiatives. Additionally, you will mentor and develop applied scientists and engineers, drive cross-functional collaborative efforts , and influence senior leadership on technical direction and strategy. Key job responsibilities - Design and develop advanced AI/ML solutions for customer experience optimization - Architect scalable, production-grade AI systems for customer service automation - Drive innovation in conversational AI, natural language processing, and predictive analytics - Lead technical strategy and roadmap development for CX technology initiatives - Pioneer novel approaches to complex customer experience challenges - Drive research initiatives in areas such as LLMs, dialogue systems, and personalization - Publish and present findings at top-tier conferences and journals - Collaborate with research teams across Amazon - Mentor and develop applied scientists and engineers - Drive cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering, and operations teams - Influence senior leadership on technical direction and strategy A day in the life We thrive on solving challenging problems to innovate for our customers. By pushing the boundaries of technology, we create unparalleled experiences that enable us to rapidly adapt in a dynamic environment. If you are not sure that every qualification on the list above describes you exactly, we'd still love to hear from you! At Amazon, we value people with unique backgrounds, experiences, and skillsets. If you’re passionate about this role and want to make an impact on a global scale, please apply! Benefits Summary: Amazon offers a full range of benefits that support you and eligible family members, including domestic partners and their children. Benefits can vary by location, the number of regularly scheduled hours you work, length of employment, and job status such as seasonal or temporary employment. The benefits that generally apply to regular, full-time employees include: 1. Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage 2. Maternity and Parental Leave Options 3. Paid Time Off (PTO) 4. 401(k) Plan About the team Our team is responsible for revolutionizing Device, Digital and Alexa Support customer service for Amazon as it serves hundreds of millions of customers globally. We leverage Gen AI/ML technologies to create seamless, personalized, and efficient customer experiences. The Science and Data team (SDT) consists of Research Science, Applied Science, Data Engineering, and MLOPs professionals responsible for developing Gen AI solutions, experimentation, science modeling and generating data-driven insights to drive business performance and customer contact experience. Our work directly impacts customer satisfaction, operational efficiency, and Amazon's bottom line. The team builds state-of-the-art Gen AI/ML solutions for customer support in multi-lingual and multi-modal ( chat/image/voice) context, manages massive datasets, generates analytic insights, data pipelines that enable self-service analytics, engineering intelligent operational processes to create personalized customer experiences, and oversees the technical and operational aspects of analytical tools and platforms used by the entire D2AS/CS organization.
  • US, NY, New York
    Job ID: 3083576
    (Updated 3 days ago)
    About Amazon Advertising: Amazon Advertising operates at the intersection of eCommerce and advertising, offering a rich array of digital display advertising solutions with the goal of helping our customers find and discover anything they want to buy. We help advertisers of all types to reach Amazon customers on Amazon.com, across our other owned and operated sites, on other high quality sites across the web, and on millions of mobile devices. We start with the customer and work backwards in everything we do, including advertising. If you’re interested in joining a rapidly growing team working to build a unique, world-class advertising group with a relentless focus on the customer, you’ve come to the right place. About our team: Our team, CreativeX optimizations, is responsible for tailoring the visual experience of ads to each context in real time. To accomplish this, we are investing in latent-diffusion models, large language models (LLM), reinforced learning (RL), Computer Vision, and related methods. Key job responsibilities We are looking for talented Applied Scientists who are adept at a variety of skills, especially with reinforcement learning and recommendations, and familiarity with LLMs, latent diffusion, or related foundational models that will accelerate our plans to dynamically optimize ad creatives on behalf of advertisers. Every member of the team is expected to build customer (advertiser) facing features, contribute to the collaborative spirit within the team, publish, patent, and bring state-of-the-art research to raise the bar within the team.
  • US, CA, Sunnyvale
    Job ID: 3079771
    (Updated 8 days ago)
    We are seeking an innovative Applied Scientist to join Amazon's Traffic Engineering organization in developing next-generation bot detection and mitigation capabilities. You will lead the scientific development of real-time anomaly detection systems to identify and counter sophisticated automated threats, including LLM-powered agents, protecting Amazon's websites and subsidiaries worldwide. This is a critical challenge at the intersection of ML and cybersecurity. With GenAI/LLM-powered bots now capable of mimicking human behavior, evading traditional detections, and monetizing attacks, we must revolutionize our approach from reactive to real-time protection. You'll pioneer ML systems that can detect threats in milliseconds instead of days, protecting Amazon assets and compute while ensuring legitimate bot traffic continues to benefit our business. This role offers the unique opportunity to build first-of-its-kind real-time behavior-based ML models that will safeguard Amazon's global infrastructure. Your work will directly impact millions of customers by ensuring the integrity and availability of Amazon's digital presence while advancing the state-of-the-art in automated threat detection and response. Key job responsibilities - Design and develop advanced ML models for real-time detection of programmatic access patterns and anomalous behaviors - Pioneer new approaches in identifying LLM-based agents and emerging automated threats - Drive innovation in applying ML/AI techniques to traffic analysis, classification, pattern recognition and automated response systems - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement layered defense strategies - Mentor junior scientists and contribute to the team's technical direction About the team Our team is embarking on a journey to develop the next generation of website traffic management software that protects customers experience. Your work will be highly visible and is instrumental in helping Amazon serve record breaking amounts everyday including flagship events such as Prime Day. If you love building high performance software that's focused on best-in-class networking, data processing, security, and leverages AWS technologies, we have the job for you.
  • (Updated 9 days ago)
    Amazon has a rare opportunity for a talented Machine Learning Scientist to join an international team of ML experts changing the way our customers experience the everything store. At Amazon's International Machine Learning team, we partner with businesses across the Amazon ecosystem to drive innovation and deliver exceptional experiences for customers around the globe. Our team works on large-scale, high-impact projects that leverage the latest advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence. As part of Amazon's Research and Development organization, you will have the opportunity to push the boundaries of applied science and deploy solutions that directly benefit millions of Amazon customers worldwide. Whether you are exploring the frontiers of generative AI, developing next-generation recommender systems, or optimizing agentic workflows, your work at Amazon has the power to truly change the world. Join us in this exciting journey as we redefine the present and the future of innovative applied science. * You will take on complex problems, work on solutions that either leverage or extend existing academic and industrial research, and utilize your own out-of-the-box pragmatic thinking. * In addition to coming up with novel solutions and building prototypes, you will deliver these to production in customer facing applications, in partnership with product and development teams. * You will publish papers internally and externally, contributing to advancing knowledge in the field of applied machine learning and generative AI. Key job responsibilities - You will take on complex problems, work on solutions that either leverage or extend existing academic and industrial research, and utilize your own out-of-the-box pragmatic thinking. - In addition to coming up with novel solutions and building prototypes, you will deliver these to production in customer facing applications, in partnership with product and development teams. - You will publish papers internally and externally, contributing to advancing knowledge in the field of applied machine learning and generative AI. About the team Our team is composed of scientists with PhDs, with a strong publication profile and an appetite to see the impact of innovation on real-world systems at scale.
  • US, WA, Bellevue
    Job ID: 3078798
    (Updated 9 days ago)
    The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist to work on methodologies for Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) models. As an Applied Scientist, you will be responsible for supporting the development of novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the state of the art. Your work will directly impact our customers and will leverage Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate development with multi-modal Large Language Models (LLMs) and GenAI. You will have significant influence on our overall strategy by working at the intersection of engineering and applied science to scale pre-training and post-training workflows and build efficient models. You will support the system architecture and the best practices that enable a quality infrastructure. Key job responsibilities Join us to work as an integral part of a team that has experience with GenAI models in this space. We work on these areas: - Pre-training and post-training multimodal LLMs - Scale training, optimization methods, and learning objectives - Utilize, build, and extend upon industry-leading frameworks - Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology, scientific techniques and evaluate technical feasibility - Deliver results independently in a self-organizing Agile environment while constantly embracing and adapting new scientific advances About the team The AGI team has a mission to push the envelope in GenAI with Large Language Models (LLMs) and multimodal systems, in order to provide the best-possible experience for our customers.
  • (Updated 3 days ago)
    Are you looking to work at the forefront of Machine Learning and AI? Would you be excited to apply Generative AI algorithms to solve real world problems with significant impact? The Generative AI Innovation Center helps AWS customers implement Generative AI solutions and realize transformational business opportunities. This is a team of strategists, scientists, engineers, and architects working step-by-step with customers to build bespoke solutions that harness the power of generative AI. Starting in 2024, the Innovation Center launched a new Custom Model and Optimization program to help customers develop and scale highly customized generative AI solutions. The team helps customers imagine and scope bespoke use cases that will create the greatest value for their businesses, define paths to navigate technical or business challenges, develop and optimize models to power their solutions, and make plans for launching solutions at scale. The GenAI Innovation Center team provides guidance on best practices for applying generative AI responsibly and cost efficiently. You will work directly with customers and innovate in a fast-paced organization that contributes to game-changing projects and technologies. You will design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing risk, profitability, and customer experience. We’re looking for Applied Scientists capable of using GenAI and other techniques to design, evangelize, and implement state-of-the-art solutions for never-before-solved problems. Key job responsibilities As an Applied Scientist, you will * Collaborate with AI/ML scientists and architects to research, design, develop, and evaluate generative AI solutions to address real-world challenges * Interact with customers directly to understand their business problems, aid them in implementation of generative AI solutions, brief customers and guide them on adoption patterns and paths to production * Help customers optimize their solutions through approaches such as model selection, training or tuning, right-sizing, distillation, and hardware optimization * Provide customer and market feedback to product and engineering teams to help define product direction A day in the life This is a customer facing role. You will be required to travel to client locations and deliver professional services as needed. About the team Sales, Marketing and Global Services (SMGS) AWS Sales, Marketing, and Global Services (SMGS) is responsible for driving revenue, adoption, and growth from the largest and fastest-growing small- and mid-market accounts to enterprise-level customers, including the public sector. The AWS Global Support team interacts with leading companies and believes that world-class support is critical to customer success. AWS Support also partners with a global list of customers that are building mission-critical applications on top of AWS services. The Professional Services team is part of Global Services. About AWS Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud. #aws-korea-proserv-ap #AWSKOREA
  • US, WA, Seattle
    Job ID: 3083694
    (Updated 2 days ago)
    Amazon Science gives you insight into the company’s approach to customer focused scientific innovation. Amazon fundamentally believes that scientific innovation is essential to being the most customer-centric company in the world. It’s the company’s ability to have an impact at scale that allows us to attract some of the brightest minds in artificial intelligence and related fields. Our scientists continue to publish, teach, and engage with the academic community, in addition to utilizing our working backwards method to enrich the way we live and work. Please visit https://www.amazon.science for more information. Are you an expert in Computer Vision (CV), Natural Langugage Procesing (NLP) or Multi-Modality Large Language Models (MLLM)? Are you interested in building Generative AI solutions on complex business problems that have significant global benefit. The Brand Protection Science team designs and builds highly performing and scalable AI models using machine learning, deep learning, LLM/Gen AI to identify and prevent infringement abuse and counterfeit on behalf of buyer, seller and brand owners worldwide. As an Applied Science Manager, you will be lead a group of highly talented scientists, and partner with Tech, Business and Operations, to build the strategic vision for brand protection, drive execution and launch scalable AI solutions operating on billions of Amazon product listings WW for Brand Protection. Key job responsibilities You will lead a team of Applied Scientist to work backwards from customer needs and solve complex scientific problems that have a high business and customer impact. As a manager, You will be the thought leader for inventing novel science solutions using SOTA ML techniques including LLM and GenAI. You partner with your stakeholders and leadership to define the science vision and strategies for your team. You have excellent communication skills to explain complex scientific approaches to a variety of stakeholders and customers, and bridge the gap between science, tech, and business,. You are accountable for the science vision and strategic direction of your team, the artifacts they provide, and any technologies owned. You will establish structures that enable your team to consistently deliver. You will also lead your team to leverage the broader Amazon scientific community, and build a team culture that focuses on bringing research to production, removing road blockers, and delivering more results for Amazon customers. You are strategic about the team members' growth and provide those interested with opportunities to demonstrate higher level role scope, impact, complexity and leadership.
  • (Updated 10 days ago)
    The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Senior Applied Scientist; to lead the development and implementation of Generative AI (GenAI) algorithms and models for supervised fine-tuning, and advance the state of the art with Large Language Models (LLMs), As a Senior Applied Scientist, you will play a critical role in driving the development of GenAI technologies that can handle Amazon-scale use cases and have a significant impact on our customers' experiences. Key job responsibilities - Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, product managers, and scientists to identify and solve complex problems in GenAI - Design and execute experiments to evaluate the performance of different algorithms and models, and iterate quickly to improve results - Think big about the arc of development of GenAI over a multi-year horizon, and identify new opportunities to apply these technologies to solve real-world problems - Communicate results and insights to both technical and non-technical audiences, including through presentations and written reports - Mentor and guide junior scientists and engineers, and contribute to the overall growth and development of the team
  • (Updated 10 days ago)
    The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to work on pre-training methodologies for Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) models. You will interact closely with our customers and with the academic and research communities. You will be at the heart of a growing and exciting focus area for Amazon, working with other acclaimed engineers and world-famous scientists. Key job responsibilities Join us to work as an integral part of a team that has diverse experience with GenAI models in this space. We work on these areas: - Scaling laws - Hardware-informed efficient model architecture, low-precision training - Optimization methods, learning objectives, curriculum design - Deep learning theories on efficient hyperparameter search and self-supervised learning - Learning objectives and reinforcement learning methods - Distributed training methods and solutions - AI-assisted research About the team The AGI team has a mission to push the envelope in Large Language Models (LLMs) and multimodal systems, in order to provide the best-possible experience for our customers.
  • US, VA, Arlington
    Job ID: 3078554
    (Updated 3 days ago)
    You will be instrumental in advancing the frontier of human-agent collaboration for enterprise solutions. You will leverage your deep expertise in machine learning and artificial intelligence to develop intelligent systems that enhance how professionals interact with agentic AI tools, driving innovation in professional services delivery while balancing user experience, ethics, and business outcomes. In this role, you will shape the future of professional services by creating AI agents that augment human capabilities, streamline complex workflows, and deliver unprecedented value to customers. Your work will define how the next generation of professionals collaborate with intelligent systems, establishing new paradigms for productivity, creativity, and problem-solving in enterprise environments. Key job responsibilities Architect and design AI agent systems that can effectively understand, reason about, and execute professional services workflows Perform hands-on analysis and modeling of enormous data sets to develop insights that increase service effectiveness and business outcomes, while maintaining exceptional customer experience Drive end-to-end Machine Learning projects involving agentic AI that navigate high degrees of ambiguity, scale, and complexity Design and implement advanced machine learning models for agent decision-making, natural language understanding, and contextual reasoning Conduct proof-of-concept development, experimentation, optimization, and production deployment of AI agent systems Collaborate closely with software engineers to productionize ML models for agentic AI solutions Design, execute, and analyze A/B experiments to evaluate agent performance, user satisfaction, and business impact Establish scalable, efficient, automated processes for large-scale data analysis, agent behavior modeling, model validation, and serving Research and implement new approaches for agent learning, reasoning, and interaction with human professionals Develop frameworks for evaluating agent effectiveness, safety, and alignment with human objectives About the team Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fueled by the bold ideas, fresh perspectives, and passionate voices our teams bring to everything we do. Mentorship & Career Growth We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional. Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

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Amazon collaborates with leading academic organizations to drive innovation and to ensure that research is creating solutions whose benefits are shared broadly across all sectors of society.