Principal Applied Scientist, AWS Agentic AI Science jobs in United States
cer-icon
Apply on Employer Site
company-logo

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 19 hours ago

Principal Applied Scientist, AWS Agentic AI Science

positionNew York, United States
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityLead/Staff
money$179K/yr - $309K/yr
date10+ years exp

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking a world-class Applied Scientist with a strong deep learning background to help build industry-leading Agentic AI. The role involves developing novel algorithms and modeling techniques in Natural Language Understanding and Applied Machine Learning, while mentoring junior scientists and managing a small team.

Agentic AIConsultingDevOpsInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
check
H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

Develop technical breakthroughs in agentic infrastructure and applications
Mentor and guide junior scientists
Manage a small team of scientists
Develop technology strategy and roadmap supporting product development
Develop prototypes for key technology, oversee the productization of the prototype, and develop critical assessment for the prototype
Write technical reports summarizing R&D progresses and communicate such progresses with stakeholders
Engage with cross-functional stakeholders to drive alignment and outcomes

Qualification

Deep LearningNatural Language UnderstandingLLM model trainingApplied Machine LearningProgramming in JavaProgramming in C++Programming in PythonAI NLPAI multi-modalityGraph learningUnix/LinuxMentoring junior scientistsDelivering innovationManaging a teamTechnical report writing

Required

PhD, or Master's degree and 10+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
8+ years of building models for business application experience
Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience in any of the following areas: AI (NLP or multi-modality models), Deep Learning, LLM model training, graph learning, software engineering

Preferred

Experience using Unix/Linux
Hands-on experience in professional software development
Experience with agentic observability, simulators
Experience with managing junior scientists
Track record of delivering innovation to production

Benefits

Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Company

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

twittertwittertwitter
Glassdoor3.8
company-logo
Launched in 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began exposing key infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now widely known as cloud computing.
dateFounded in 2002
location
Seattle, Washington, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://aws.amazon.com

H1B Sponsorship

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (22803)
2024 (21175)
2023 (19057)
2022 (24088)
2021 (12233)
2020 (14881)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
unknown
Key Investors
BIRD Foundation
2025-01-22Grant

Leadership Team

leader-logo
Matt Garman
Chief Executive Officer
linkedin
leader-logo
Anand Desikan
CTO, CXO Advisor, and Enterprise Technologist
linkedin

Recent News

GlobeNewswire
WellSpan Health Announces Comprehensive Migration of Technology Portfolio to AWS
2026-01-09
Business Wire
Bloomreach’s AI-Powered Marketing Automation and Ecommerce Search Now Available on AWS Marketplace
2026-01-08
thefly.com
Infosys partners with AWS on enterprise adoption of generative AI
2026-01-08
Company data provided by crunchbase