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Senior Applied Scientist, Data Processing Agents Science

AmazonSan Jose, CAL6 LeadSeptember 15th, 2026
Overview As an Applied Scientist on the Data Processing Agents team, you will design and build agentic AI/ML solutions that optimize large-scale data workflows. You will work with product, engineering, and science peers to bring research into production at Amazon scale and shape未来 analytics experiences. You will benchmark methods, publish scientific work, and mentor others, all while advancing AWS’s mission to provide transformative data processing capabilities. This role offers the chance to impact how customers process big data across diverse domains. Compensation / Benefitshealth insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)RSUs and sign-on payments401(k) matchingpaid time offparental leaveflexible work hours ResponsibilitiesDesign and build agentic AI/ML solutions for big data processing workflowsBenchmark and validate science implementations to ensure performance and reliabilityCollaborate with engineering to onboard science work and launch in production at scaleDefine science features through interactions with product leaders and customersPublish and evangelize scientific work internally and externallyUpgrade knowledge via reading groups and external/internal science talksMentor applied science interns and peers Key requirementsPhD or Master's degree with 6+ years of applied research experienceExperience programming in Java, C++, Python or related languagePublications or patents at top-tier venues5+ years applying agentic AI or ML techniques to systems problems in programming languages, databases, or distributed systemscross-functional collaborationeffective communication with product leaders and customersmentoring and coachingagentic AI / ML techniquessystems problems in programming languages, databases, or distributed systemslarge-scale distributed systems (e.g., Hadoop, Spark)