Jr. Applied Scientist - Santa Cruz, Jr. Developer Program

The Jr. Applied Scientist role is a unique employment opportunity for students seeking to gain on-the-job applied science and machine learning experience and receive excellent mentoring while completing their education. Jr. Applied Scientists are immersed in an Amazon team and work on exciting meaningful projects that impact real Amazon customers. Paired 1:1 with a Amazon Applied Science Mentor Jr. Applied Scientists receive guidance and support in all aspects of their role: skill development career advisement project collaboration and more! Upon successful completion of your degree and success in the Jr. Applied Scientist role the opportunity for full-time employment will be available at the Amazon corporate site in Santa Cruz CA.

The Jr. Applied Scientist role is part of the Jr. Developer Program a unique internship program in several respects:
We offer work year-round part-time (16 hrs/week) while in school and full-time (40hrs/week) during summer. Working schedules are flexible and can be re-arranged each quarter to accommodate class schedules.
We offer excellent mentoring. Our full-time Applied Scientists Data Scientists Business Intelligence Engineers and Software Development Engineers are willing and able to mentor exceptional Jrs.
Jr. Applied Scientists are given responsibilities and roles that prepare them to enter the workforce after graduation with real world Applied Science and Machine Learning experience.

Jrs. who participate in the Jr. Developer Program routinely acknowledge the valuable learning experience created by the uniform excellence of their teams mentoring offered by experienced Amazonians and the challenge of being a principal contributor to science and software products.


Key job responsibilities
Amazon Applied Scientists are specialists with the knowledge to help drive the scientific vision for our products. They are experts in their respective field and are focused on innovating on behalf of their customers.
As a Jr. Applied Scientist at Amazon you will connect with world leaders in your field working on similar problems. You will be working with distributed systems of data and providing technical partnership to the product managers teams and organizations building Machine Learning solutions. You will be tackling Machine Learning challenges along side a dedicated mentor.
Jr. Applied Scientists will analyze large amounts of data discover and solve real world problems and build metrics and business cases around key performance of this program.
Ideal candidates will derive insights and identify actions we can take to improve the customer experience.

- Currently enrolled in an accredited college or university Masters degree program.
- Majoring in Computer Science Statistics or a related STEM discipline.
- This role is not offered as remote or hybrid and working hours must be conducted in our corporate office in Santa Cruz.
- Graduating in June 2026 and beyond.
- Ability to work year-round: part-time during the school year and full-time during the summer.
- Living within commutable distance to Santa Cruz CA and able to work in-person year-round.

Previous technical internship(s).
Effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions.
Adept at handling ambiguous or undefined problems as well as ability to think abstractly.


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 $16.83/hr in our lowest geographic market up to $75.63/hr 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.