AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations from foundational services such as Amazons Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWSs services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization youll support the development and management of Compute Database Storage Internet of Things (Iot) Platform and Productivity Apps services in AWS including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.
Amazon is looking for a passionate talented and inventive Applied Scientist with a strong machine learning background to help build industryleading language technology.
Our mission is to provide a delightful experience to Amazons customers by pushing the envelope in Natural Language Processing (NLP) Generative AI Large Language Model (LLM) Natural Language Understanding (NLU) Machine Learning (ML) RetrievalAugmented Generation Responsible AI Agent Evaluation and Model Adaptation.
As part of our AI team in Amazon AWS you will work alongside internationally recognized experts to develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to advance the stateoftheart in human language technology. Your work will directly impact millions of our customers in the form of products and services as well as contributing to the wider research community. You will gain hands on experience with Amazons heterogeneous text and structured data sources and largescale computing resources to accelerate advances in language understanding.
The Science team at AWS Agentic AI builds the scientific foundations of our service which enables customers to create and deploy powerful agentic systems through a unified API. We are passionate about continuously advancing the stateoftheart in autonomous AI agents and exploring creative ways to delight our customers. In our daily work we tackle largescale AI agent challenges and apply rigorous research methods to develop efficient scalable and innovative solutions.
At AWS Agentic AI youll experience the benefits of working in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment while leveraging the resources of AWS one of the worlds leading cloud companies. Youll have opportunities to publish your groundbreaking work on agentic systems in toptier conferences and journals.
We are building a brand new team to help develop advanced agentic AI services for AWS. You will have the opportunity to conduct novel research on autonomous agents and influence the science roadmap and direction of the team. Come join this greenfield opportunity to shape the future of agentic AI!
About the team
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3 years of building models for business application experience
PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of CS CE ML or related field experience
Experience in patents or publications at toptier peerreviewed conferences or journals
Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures parsing numerical optimization data mining parallel and distributed computing highperformance computing
Experience using Unix/Linux
Experience in professional software development
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $136000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $223400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity signon payments and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package in addition to a full range of medical financial and/or other benefits. For more information please visit This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.