Senior Applied Scientist, Amazon Fulfillment Technology

DescriptionAs a Senior Applied Scientist in Amazon Fullfilment Technology, you will lead the development of agentic systems to assist with operational decision making and orchestration. You will train LLMs using a combination of SFT, post-training, and Reinforcement Learning (RL).Your work will leverage the latest LLMs and multimodal models to develop capabilities for agentic reasoning, coding and analytics. You will also lead research projects to tackle unsolved problems, mentor interns, and author academic papers to summarize your findings for external publication.Key job responsibilitiesGenerating training and preference data for specific use cases (reasoning trajectories, tool traces)Reward modeling and policy optimization for LLMs: DPO, IPO, KTO, RLHF/RLAIF with PPO/GRPO, KL control, rejection sampling.Supervised fine-tuning on step-by-step trajectories and tool-use tracesRL for LLMs, Offline RL and off-policy evaluationAgentic memory/state management; episodic and semantic memory; vector search; grounding with RAG.Evaluation: developing decision quality metrics, scaling LLM-based evaluations.About the teamAmazon Fulfillment Technologies (AFT) powers Amazon's global fulfillment network. We invent and deliver software, hardware, and data science solutions that orchestrate processes, robots, machines, and people. We harmonize the physical and virtual world so Amazon customers can get what they want, when they want it. Learn more about AFT: https://tinyurl.com/AFTOverviewBasic Qualifications3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experiencePhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experienceExperience programming in Java, C++, Python or related languageExperience with neural deep learning methods and machine learningPreferred Qualifications* Experience in building machine learning models for business applicationAmazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.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 https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't 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 https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.USA, WA, Bellevue - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually