Senior Applied Scientist , Alexa AI Aurora
Amazon · Bellevue, WA · Applied Science
About this role
Amazon is hiring a senior-level Applied Scientist in the machine learning function based in Bellevue, WA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, Spark, LLMs. Compensation is listed at $167,100–$226,100 per year.
- Role
- Applied Scientist
- Function
- machine learning
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Bellevue, WA
- Department
- Applied Science
- Posted
- Mar 19, 2026
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Job description
from Amazon careersThe Alexa AI, AURORA: Alexa Understanding, Runtime, ORchestration, and Applied sciences org is seeking a passionate, talented, and resourceful Senior Applied Scientist to invent and build scalable solutions for sate-of-the-art conversational AI. You will be working on advancing technologies in the fields of LLM, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP). As part of this role, you will collaborate with talented peers, have significant influence on our overall strategy as you guide and mentor Applied Scientists to create innovative and scalable solutions that touch millions of Alexa customers. Creating reliable, scalable, and high performance products requires exceptional technical expertise, a sound understanding of the fundamentals of AI, and practical experience building large-scale machine learning systems. The ideal candidate will be a self-starter who can dive into a project with limited guidance and is able to design and implement inventive, simple solutions to complex problems. They will be passionate about new technologies and have a track record of delivering valuable software features and products in a fast-paced, highly iterative environment. A commitment to team work, hustle, and strong communication skills (to both business and technical partners) are absolute requirements. Join us in our mission to shape the space of Generative AI…