Amazon Web Services (AWS) · 17 hours ago
Applied Scientist II, AWS Just-Walk-Out Science Team
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$136K/yr - $223K/yr
3+ years expAmazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking an Applied Scientist II to join the Just Walk Out Science Team. The role involves developing advanced visual reasoning systems and solving technical challenges in a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment, while mentoring other scientists and working across multiple technical teams.
Agentic AIConsultingDevOpsInformation TechnologySoftwareWeb Development
Responsibilities
As an Applied Scientist, you will help solve a variety of technical challenges and mentor other scientists
You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and given the size of this initiative, you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams at Amazon in different locations
A key focus of this role will be developing and implementing advanced visual reasoning systems that can understand complex spatial relationships and object interactions in real-time
You'll work on designing autonomous AI agents that can make intelligent decisions based on visual inputs, understand customer behavior patterns, and adapt to dynamic retail environments
This includes developing systems that can perform complex scene understanding, reason about object permanence, and predict customer intentions through visual cues
Qualification
Required
3+ years of building models for business application experience
PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
Experience programming in Python or related language
Experience in any of the following: visual reasoning, generative AI, transformers, multi-modal models, video analysis and action/activity understanding
Preferred
Experience in designing and implementing visual reasoning systems that can understand and interpret complex spatial relationships
Demonstrated experience in AI agent architecture design, including decision-making frameworks and behavioral modeling
Experience with advanced computer vision techniques including scene graph generation, visual relationship detection, and spatial reasoning
Knowledge of modern visual-language models and multi-modal AI systems
Experience implementing reinforcement learning for autonomous agent behavior
Experience in professional software development
Benefits
Equity
Sign-on payments
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknownKey Investors
BIRD Foundation
2025-01-22Grant
Leadership Team
Matt Garman
Chief Executive Officer
Anand Desikan
CTO, CXO Advisor, and Enterprise Technologist
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