As a Principal Applied Scientist on our Agentic AI Professional Services Experience team you will serve as the foremost technical authority and thought leader in the development and deployment of agentic AI systems. This advanced-level scientific position requires exceptional expertise in deep learning large language models and AI agent architectures to help build our industry-leading Agentic AI portfolio (models systems and applications). You will be responsible for setting the scientific vision driving innovation and representing the companys AI capabilities to senior leadership at customer organizations while ensuring our solutions deliver transformative value across enterprise environments.
Our mission is to provide a delightful experience to customers by pushing the envelope in NLP/NLU AI-assisted code development reasoning and planning with LLMs LLM training and fine-tuning and Applied Machine Learning within professional service contexts. As a principal scientist you will be the bridge between scientific advancement business strategy and customer needs.
Key job responsibilities
Scientific Leadership
- Define and drive the scientific vision and roadmap for our Agentic AI professional services portfolio
- Lead research and development initiatives to advance the state-of-the-art in agent-based AI systems
- Collaborate with senior scientists across the organization to pioneer novel approaches to agent learning reasoning and interaction
- Publish innovative research at top-tier conferences and influence the broader scientific community
- Evaluate emerging research and identify opportunities to integrate techniques into our agent architecture
Technical Excellence
- Architect complex multi-agent systems that can effectively understand reason about and execute professional services workflows at enterprise scale
- Lead the design and implementation of sophisticated machine learning models for agent decision-making planning and reasoning
- Drive breakthroughs in areas such as LLM fine-tuning reinforcement learning from human feedback and agent alignment
- Establish rigorous evaluation frameworks and metrics for measuring agent effectiveness safety and business impact
- Set technical standards and guide implementation of best practices across the organization
Customer & Business Impact
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear business value propositions for diverse stakeholders
- Lead high-visibility technical delivery for strategic customers
- Analyze complex enterprise problems and design AI agent solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes
About the team
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- PhD or Masters degree and 10 years of CS CE ML or related field experience
- 8 years of building models for business application experience
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
- Experience in any of the following areas: AI (NLP or multi-modality models) Deep Learning LLM model training graph learning static code analysis software engineering.
- Experience building AI systems for enterprise professional services environments
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives spanning research engineering and product
- History of successful collaboration with product teams to bring research to market
- Demonstrated ability to secure resources and support for ambitious project or research agendas
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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 $179000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $309400/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered equity sign-on 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.