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# Applied Scientist, Conversational AI ModEling and Learning

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $142,800.0 - $193,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Business Software, C++ (Programming Language), Data Mining, Distributed Systems, Information Retrieval, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Parsing, Performance Tuning, Recommender Systems, Software Engineering, High Performance Computing, Chatbots, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10505881/applied-scientist-conversational-ai-modeling-and-learning

## About the Role

We are looking for a passionate, talented, and resourceful Applied Scientist in the field of LLM, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Recommender Systems and/or Information Retrieval, to invent and build scalable solutions for a state-of-the-art context-aware conversational AI. A successful candidate will have strong machine learning background and a desire to push the envelope in one or more of the above areas. The ideal candidate would also have hands-on experiences in building Generative AI solutions with LLMs, enjoy operating in dynamic environments, be self-motivated to take on challenging problems to deliver big customer impact, moving fast to ship solutions and then iterating on user feedback and interactions., 3+ years of building models for business application experience

 - PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
 - Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
 - Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
 - Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing

Preferred Qualifications

 - Experience using Unix/Linux
 - Experience in professional software development

## Description

As an Applied Scientist, you will leverage your technical expertise and experience to collaborate with other talented applied scientists and engineers to research and develop novel algorithms and modeling techniques to reduce friction and enable natural and contextual conversations. You will analyze, understand and improve user experiences by leveraging Amazon's heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate advances in artificial intelligence. You will work on core LLM technologies, including Prompt Engineering and Optimization, Supervised Fine-Tuning, Learning from Human Feedback, Evaluation, Self-Learning, etc. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of novel products and services.


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