Amazon · 15 hours ago
Principal Applied Scientist, AWS Marketplace & Partner Services
New York, New York, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$199K/yr - $269K/yr
5+ years expAmazon is a leading technology company, and they are seeking a Principal Applied Scientist for their AWS Marketplace & Partner Services team. This role involves owning the technical strategy for AI-driven initiatives that enhance customer experiences and partner capabilities, while also mentoring other scientists and contributing to the scientific community.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)DeliveryE-CommerceFoundational AIRetail
Responsibilities
Define direction for next-generation recommendation systems, including deep personalization, agentic architecture, and primitives that integrate customer usage patterns, infrastructure requirements, and business objectives to deliver personalized, outcome-oriented guidance
Lead information retrieval innovations, multi-objective ranking, and reasoning over heterogeneous solution types
Architect, implement, and design agentic AI systems that orchestrate complex workflows
Bridge theoretical innovations with practical solutions, making critical judgments to select the best technical approaches for both short and long-term objectives
Mentor and guide applied scientists, holding the team to high standards of technical rigor and scientific excellence
Contribute to the broader scientific community through patents, publications at conferences, and engagement with academic partners
Qualification
Required
5+ years of practical work applying ML to solve complex problems experience
Experience working in predictive modeling and analysis
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
Experience in several of the following areas: machine learning, statistics, deep learning, natural language processing, or information retrieval
Preferred
10+ years of relevant work in industry or academia experience
Experience with leading experienced scientists as well as having a record of developing junior members from academia or industry to a career track in a business environment
Experience creating novel algorithms and advancing the state of the art
Have peer-reviewed scientific contributions in premier journals and conferences
PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field
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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