Applied Scientist-LLM, Buy For Me

Do you want to shape the next generation of AI-driven customer experiences for Amazons most ground-breaking products Join us and help invent the future of shopping.

We are seeking a passionate innovative and highly skilled Applied Scientist with expertise in AI Agentic LLMs Generative AI Machine Learning and NLP to help build LLM-powered solutions for Amazons BuyForMe product which enables Amazon customers to discover and purchase products from any merchants.

Our team develops science and agentic AI capabilities that power a seamless end-to-end shopping experience for Amazon customers. We build and advance technologies such as agentic frameworks LLM fine-tuning reinforcement learning prompt engineering RAG MCP and automated benchmarking to improve pre-purchase in-purchase and post-purchase workflows.


Key job responsibilities
As an Applied Scientist on our team you will:

Invent implement and evaluate state-of-the-art models and agentic systems that directly impact customer experience.

Conduct research that may lead to publications patents or cross-Amazon technical influence.

Collaborate with engineers product managers and other scientists to translate business challenges into scalable science solutions.

Run experiments with real customer data and validate hypotheses in a high-impact product environment.

Drive excellence in model performance safety reliability and evaluation frameworks.

- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
- Experience with SQL and an RDBMS (e.g. Oracle) or Data Warehouse
- Masters degree in computer science mathematics statistics machine learning or equivalent quantitative field

- Experience implementing algorithms using both toolkits and self-developed code
- Have publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- 1 years of building machine learning models or developing algorithms for business application experience
- Experience in LLM finetuning pretraining testing and prompt engineering.

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 - 157300.00 - 212800.00 USD annually
USA WA Seattle - 136000.00 - 184000.00 USD annually