Applied Scientist III, StoreGen

Amazon • Seattle, WA

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About The Position

Join our Generative AI focus team to innovate Software Development at Amazon

Are you ready to be part of a team that's redefining the future of software
engineering? Our team is Amazon's ambitious initiative to pioneer AI development
practices that will fundamentally transform how we build software at scale.

🎯 Our Mission

We’re building the next generation of development tools — uncovering how LLMs
can originate new ways of thinking, building, and collaborating.

💫 What Makes Us Different

Ground-floor opportunity to shape the future of software development
Direct impact on Amazon's global engineering practices
Working with the latest technologies and large language models
Culture of experimentation and innovative thinking

🔍 What We’re Looking For
You’ll lead the research, design, and development of AI technologies that
challenge conventional software practices and uncover new ways for engineers to
build and collaborate.
You’re comfortable working in ambiguous spaces, exploring emergent behaviors,
and collaborating with designers, prototypers, and engineers to test hypotheses
in live, evolving systems.
You explore where LLMs behave in unexpected yet promising ways, especially in
tasks like context retention, code reasoning, or agent behavior , and use those
moments to uncover new AI-native workflows.

We’re looking for applied scientists with experience in areas like:

+ Information retrieval
+ Context and memory modeling
+ Agent behavior and autonomy
+ Code understanding and generation
+ Human-AI interaction

💡 What You'll Do
Prototype new ways of working with LLMs in engineering workflows
Help shape and evaluate scientific approaches behind agentic systems and
engineering tools
Move fast with engineers and prototypers to guide design decisions and model
choices
Make sense of unexpected model behavior and guide what to try next

🌱 Impact

Your work will surface where LLMs can meaningfully change how Amazon engineers
build.
You’ll help the team uncover which surprises are worth pursuing and where to
push beyond what’s already known.

✨ Always find a way 🔮💎🍔⭐️
Basic Qualifications: - 3+ years of building machine learning models for
business application experience
- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
- Experience in software development, or experience demonstrating software
engineering skills in a previous intership, work experience, coding
competitions, or publications and experience in Kafka
- Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and
effective communication abilities, or experience in software development
- Previous work on agents or LLMs Preferred Qualifications: - On-device model
development

Amazon 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
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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
[https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits].

USA, WA, Seattle - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually

Requirements

• 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
• PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
• Experience in software development, or experience demonstrating software engineering skills in a previous intership, work experience, coding competitions, or publications and experience in Kafka
• Experience that includes strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and effective communication abilities, or experience in software development
• Previous work on agents or LLMs

Nice To Haves

• On-device model development

Responsibilities

• Prototype new ways of working with LLMs in engineering workflows
• Help shape and evaluate scientific approaches behind agentic systems and engineering tools
• Move fast with engineers and prototypers to guide design decisions and model choices
• Make sense of unexpected model behavior and guide what to try next

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree