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Applied Scientist III, AWS Identity
Job Location:
Job Location:
Santa Clara County, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
27 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
24 September 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
Are you passionate about programming languages applying formal verification program analysis constraint-solving and/or theorem proving to real world problems Do you want to create products that help customers If so then we have an exciting opportunity for this role you will interact with internal teams and external customers to understand their requirements. You will apply your knowledge to propose innovative solutions create software prototypes and productize prototypes into production systems using software development tools and addition you will support and scale your solutions to meet the ever growing demand of customer use.
Technical Responsibilities:
- Interact with various teams to develop an understanding of their security and safety requirements.
- Apply the acquired knowledge to build tools find problems or show the absence of security/safety problems.
- Implement these tools through the use of SAT SMT and various concepts from programming languages theorem proving formal verification and constraint solving.
- Perform analysis of the customer systems using tools developed in-house or externally provided
- Create software prototypes to verify and validate the devised solutions methodologies; integrate the prototypes into production systems using standard software development tools and methodologies.
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Can present and defend company-wide technical decisions to the internal technical community and represent the company effectively at technical conferences.
- Functional thought leader sought after for key tech decisions. Can successfully sell ideas to an executive level decision maker.
- Mentors and trains the research scientist community on complex technical issues.
AWS has the most services and more features within those services than any other cloud providerfrom infrastructure technologies like compute storage and databasesto emerging technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence data lakes and analytics and Internet of Things. Whether its Identity features such as access management and sign on cryptography console builder & developer tools and even projects like automating all of our contractual billing systems AWS Platform is always innovating with the customer in mind. The AWS Platform team sustains over 750 million transactions per second.
We have a formal mentor search application that lets you find a mentor that works best for you based on location job family job level etc. Your manager can also help you find a mentor or two because two is better than addition to formal mentors we work and train together so that we are always learning from one another and we celebrate and support the career progression of our team members.
Key job responsibilities
Technical Responsibilities:
- Interact with various teams to develop an understanding of their security and safety requirements.
- Apply the acquired knowledge to build tools find problems or show the absence of security/safety problems.
- Implement these tools through the use of SAT SMT BDDs and various concepts from programming languages theorem proving formal verification and constraint solving.
- Perform analysis of the customer systems using tools developed in-house or externally provided
- Create software prototypes to verify and validate the devised solutions methodologies; integrate the prototypes into production systems using standard software development tools and methodologies.
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Can present and defend company-wide technical decisions to the internal technical community and represent the company effectively at technical conferences.
- Functional thought leader sought after for key tech decisions. Can successfully sell ideas to an executive level decision maker.
- Mentors and trains the research scientist community on complex technical issues.
A day in the life
You will be working on technology related to formal methods automated reasoning automated testing and adjacent areas. You will work with fellow applied scientists to solve challenging problems that provide value to customers by improving the quality of software. You will have an opportunity to publish your work.
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.
About the team
The Automated Reasoning in Identity (ARI) team is growing fast. It works on applying automated reasoning techniques to services within AWSs Identity organization building on initial successes of the Zelkova and Access Analyzer projects. The reach of AR within Identity is growing with more scientists joining all the time.
- PhD or Masters degree and 6 years of applied research experience
- 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
- PhD or equivalent research experience or a Masters degree and experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- 5 years of industry or academic research experience
- Experience in professional software development
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Technical Responsibilities:
- Interact with various teams to develop an understanding of their security and safety requirements.
- Apply the acquired knowledge to build tools find problems or show the absence of security/safety problems.
- Implement these tools through the use of SAT SMT and various concepts from programming languages theorem proving formal verification and constraint solving.
- Perform analysis of the customer systems using tools developed in-house or externally provided
- Create software prototypes to verify and validate the devised solutions methodologies; integrate the prototypes into production systems using standard software development tools and methodologies.
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Can present and defend company-wide technical decisions to the internal technical community and represent the company effectively at technical conferences.
- Functional thought leader sought after for key tech decisions. Can successfully sell ideas to an executive level decision maker.
- Mentors and trains the research scientist community on complex technical issues.
AWS has the most services and more features within those services than any other cloud providerfrom infrastructure technologies like compute storage and databasesto emerging technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence data lakes and analytics and Internet of Things. Whether its Identity features such as access management and sign on cryptography console builder & developer tools and even projects like automating all of our contractual billing systems AWS Platform is always innovating with the customer in mind. The AWS Platform team sustains over 750 million transactions per second.
We have a formal mentor search application that lets you find a mentor that works best for you based on location job family job level etc. Your manager can also help you find a mentor or two because two is better than addition to formal mentors we work and train together so that we are always learning from one another and we celebrate and support the career progression of our team members.
Key job responsibilities
Technical Responsibilities:
- Interact with various teams to develop an understanding of their security and safety requirements.
- Apply the acquired knowledge to build tools find problems or show the absence of security/safety problems.
- Implement these tools through the use of SAT SMT BDDs and various concepts from programming languages theorem proving formal verification and constraint solving.
- Perform analysis of the customer systems using tools developed in-house or externally provided
- Create software prototypes to verify and validate the devised solutions methodologies; integrate the prototypes into production systems using standard software development tools and methodologies.
Leadership Responsibilities:
- Can present and defend company-wide technical decisions to the internal technical community and represent the company effectively at technical conferences.
- Functional thought leader sought after for key tech decisions. Can successfully sell ideas to an executive level decision maker.
- Mentors and trains the research scientist community on complex technical issues.
A day in the life
You will be working on technology related to formal methods automated reasoning automated testing and adjacent areas. You will work with fellow applied scientists to solve challenging problems that provide value to customers by improving the quality of software. You will have an opportunity to publish your work.
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.
About the team
The Automated Reasoning in Identity (ARI) team is growing fast. It works on applying automated reasoning techniques to services within AWSs Identity organization building on initial successes of the Zelkova and Access Analyzer projects. The reach of AR within Identity is growing with more scientists joining all the time.
- PhD or Masters degree and 6 years of applied research experience
- 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
- PhD or equivalent research experience or a Masters degree and experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- 5 years of industry or academic research experience
- Experience in professional software development
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.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process including support for the interview or onboarding process please visit for more information. If the country/region youre applying in isnt listed please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 - 192200.00 - 260000.00 USD annually
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IC
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