Applied Scientist, Healthcare and Life Sciences Applied AI

We are looking for an exceptional senior applied scientist to join the AWS Applied AI Life Sciences organization. You will invent implement and deploy state of the art machine learning algorithms and intelligent AI systems to solve complex problems in healthcare and life sciences area making a meaningful impact on patient lives. You will be at the heart of a growing and exciting focus area for AWS and work with other acclaimed engineers and world famous scientists.


Key job responsibilities
- Design develop and deploy novel Agentic systems and ML solutions for complex healthcare and life sciences challenges
- Navigate ambiguity and create clarity in early-stage product development
- Collaborate with product managers engineers and domain experts to transform research into production-quality features
- Mentor junior scientists and participate in tactical and strategic planning

A day in the life
You will solve real-world problems by getting and analyzing large amounts of data generate insights and opportunities design simulations and experiments and develop statistical and ML models.

About the team
We are a multidisciplinary team of product managers engineers scientists and domain experts working at the intersection of AI/ML and healthcare. We leverage AWSs expertise in secure scalable cloud computing and applied AI to solve complex challenges in healthcare and life sciences. Our team values customer obsession technical excellence innovation and a commitment to improving patient outcomes through technology.

AWS Solutions
As part of the AWS solutions organization we have a vision to provide business applications leveraging Amazons unique experience and expertise that are used by millions of companies worldwide to manage day-to-day operations. We will accomplish this by accelerating our customers businesses through delivery of intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. we blend vision with curiosity and Amazons real-world experience to build opinionated turnkey solutions. Where customers prefer to buy over build we become their trusted partner with solutions that are no-brainers to buy and easy to use.

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 hasnt followed a traditional path or includes alternative experiences dont let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the worlds most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating thats 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
Were continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earths Best Employer. Thats why youll 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 theres nothing we cant achieve.


- 3 years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms 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 top-tier peer-reviewed 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 high-performance computing

- 5 years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience
- Experience building and tuning AI powered molecular design workflows and an up-to-date knowledge of current Biological Foundation Models (both commercial and open sources) available to customers.
- Passion for applying AI to healthcare and life science challenges
- Experience in developing scalable secure AI/ML systems

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

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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 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.