Sr. Applied Scientist, AGI

Amazon.com, Inc.

San Francisco, CA, United States

24 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

3 years minimum

Compensation

$192,200.0 - $260,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.amazon.jobs

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Business Software C++ (Programming Language) Profiling Software Debugging Python (Programming Language) Machine Learning Large Language Models Deep Learning Generative AI Machine Learning Operations

Job description

The Foundational AI (FAI) team is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist with a strong deep learning background, to build industry-leading Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) technology with Large Language Models (LLMs)., As an Applied Scientist with the FAI team, you will support the development of RL Gyms, assess their usefulness for the frontier model advancement and build techniques to advance the state of the art with LLMs. You will support the foundational model development in an applied research role. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of products and services that make use of GenAI technology. You will leverage Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in LLMs.

Requirements

3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience

Experience with large scale machine learning systems such as profiling and debugging and understanding of system performance and scalability
PhD, or Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with building agents OR training LLMs for agentic tasks

Benefits & conditions

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.

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