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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Applied Scientist, Data Processing Agents Science - **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc. - **Location:** Santa Clara, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $192,200.0 - $260,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Big Data, C++ (Programming Language), Databases, Data Governance, Data Mining, Distributed Systems, Apache Hadoop, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Data Processing, Apache Spark, Data Analytics, Programming Languages - **Published:** August 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/93BE54283D8940E3BCD16F039C639008/job/ ## About the Role * PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience * Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language * Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals * 5+ years research experience applying agentic AI or ML techniques to systems problems in programming languages, databases, or distributed systems., * Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc. * Experience with conducting research in a corporate setting * Experience in solving business problems through machine learning, data mining and statistical algorithms * Experience in professional software development ## Description The Data Processing Agents science team is looking for a passionate, inventive Applied Scientist with a strong background in agentic AI/ML applied to systems problems in databases, programming languages, and distributed systems, to help create industry-leading agentic experiences for big data processing. AWS provides a comprehensive set of services for all data analytics needs and enables organizations of all sizes and industries to reinvent their business with data. From storage and management, data governance, actions, and experiences, AWS offers purpose-built services that provide the best price-performance, scalability, and lowest cost., As part of the Data Processing Agents science team you will have the opportunity to apply your agentic AI/ML and systems skills to impact some of the largest analytics services in the industry and their customers. You will innovate by designing and building agentic solutions and ML-powered automation to simplify, optimize, and automate the big data processing workflows of AWS customers. You will collaborate with a talented team of applied science peers to drive scientific impact and with engineering, product, and business leaders to launch your work in production at Amazon scale. A day in the life A mix of the following activities: talking to product leaders and customers to define science features; researching the state of the art and creating science plans to build them; building and rigorously benchmarking the science implementations of such features; partnering with engineering teams to onboard science work and launch it in production; preparing, publishing, and presenting scientific work at top-tier science venues and evangelizing it within the company; upgrading your science knowledge by participating in reading groups and science presentations by internal or external scientists; mentoring applied science interns and science peers in all of the above functions. About the team We are a team dedicated to delivering transformative, science-driven agentic big data processing experiences for Amazon customers and having fun doing so. Our leadership team fosters an inclusive team culture and encourages work-life balance to bring out the best in each team member. Collaboration and mentorship are key tenets of our fabric. 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