Principal Applied Scientist, PXT

About the Role
In this role you will own the science strategy and technical vision for this intelligence layer leading a team of applied scientists working across GenAI and predictive modeling. You will shape how heterogeneous signals text behavioral network temporal come together to power talent applications at Amazon scale from workforce forecasting to personalized development to compensation strategy. You will identify opportunities where science investment can have material impact on long-term objectives or annual goals and build consensus around needed investments working comfortably across different modeling paradigms and data modalities to guide principal and senior scientists in their most challenging and strategic decisions while serving as the strategic science advisor to PXT leaders operating at the Director VP and SVP levels. As a hands-on leader you will personally own development and delivery of the most complex science problems at the intersection of multiple ML disciplines stay current with emergent AI/ML science and engineering trends to influence focus areas in a rapidly evolving landscape and participate in organizational planning hiring mentorship and leadership development.


Key job responsibilities
Lead technical initiatives in people science models driving breakthrough approaches through hands-on research and development in areas like foundation models for predictive modeling efficient multi-modal LLMs and zero-shot learning
Design and implement novel ML architectures that push the boundaries of how workforce signals are represented fused and predicted at scale
Guide technical direction for research initiatives across the team ensuring robust performance in production environments serving hundreds of thousands of employees
Mentor and develop senior scientists while maintaining strong individual technical contributions on the most complex cross-domain problems
Collaborate with engineering teams to optimize and scale models for real-world talent applications
Influence technical decisions and implementation strategies across teams shaping the long-term platform architecture


About the team
The People eXperience and Technology (PXT) Core Science Team uses science engineering and customer-obsessed problem solving to proactively identify mechanisms process improvements and products that simultaneously improve Amazon and Amazonians lives wellbeing and value of work. As an interdisciplinary team combining talents from machine learning statistics economics behavioral science engineering and product development the Core Science team develops and delivers measurable solutions through innovation and rapid prototyping to accelerate informed accurate and reliable decision-making backed by science and data.

PhD or Masters degree and 6 years of applied research experience
5 years of industry or academic research experience
Experience programming in Python or related language
5 years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience
Experience in patents or publications at top-tier conferences
Extensive track record of leading technical projects
Experience mentoring junior scientists and engineers
Demonstrated expertise in deep learning and model development


A track record of influencing software shipped at scale using your science expertise
Experience working with real-world complex data sets and building models at Amazon scale


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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience qualifications and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical dental vision prescription Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans EAP Mental Health Support Medical Advice Line Flexible Spending Accounts Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage) 401(k) matching paid time off and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at CA Santa Clara - 228700.00 - 309400.00 USD annually
USA IL Chicago - 198900.00 - 269000.00 USD annually
USA NY New York - 218800.00 - 295900.00 USD annually
USA TX Austin - 198900.00 - 269000.00 USD annually
USA VA Arlington - 198900.00 - 269000.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 198900.00 - 269000.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 198900.00 - 269000.00 USD annually