Amazon · 4 hours ago
Sr Applied Scientist, AWS Proactive Security
Herndon, Virginia, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$192K/yr - $260K/yr
6+ years expAmazon is a leading technology company focused on security across its products and services. The role involves designing and building a data mapping utility to enhance security automation, collaborating with engineers to leverage generative AI models for complex data mapping challenges.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Lead the research, selection, and development of the appropriate data mechanisms to scale to meet the data context needs of Proactive Security and Security Assurance programs, to the ultimate goal of reducing the manual interaction between security and Amazon builders, while maintaining a high security bar
Work closely with Software Engineers and Applied Scientists to leverage the latest generative AI models to solve complex data mapping problems and increase our data mapping coverage and reasoning capabilities
Qualification
Required
3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
Preferred
Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc
Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc
Benefits
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
Parental leave
Company
Amazon
Amazon is a tech firm with a focus on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.11BKey Investors
AmazonKleiner Perkins
2023-01-03Post Ipo Debt· $8B
2001-07-24Post Ipo Equity· $100M
1997-05-15IPO
Leadership Team
Douglas J. Herrington
CEO, Worldwide Amazon Stores
Werner Vogels
VP & CTO
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