mid machine learning Applied Scientist ic · Posted May 27, 2026
$142,800 – $193,200
USD per year

About this role

Amazon is hiring a mid-level Applied Scientist in the machine learning function based in Seattle, WA. The posting calls out experience with Python, Java, AWS, LLMs. Compensation is listed at $142,800–$193,200 per year.

Role
Applied Scientist
Function
machine learning
Level
mid
Track
Individual contributor
Employment
Full-time
Location
Seattle, WA
Department
Machine Learning Science
Posted
May 27, 2026

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Job description

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Do you want to work on Reinforcement Learning (RL) post-training of frontier Large Language Models (LLMs) to revolutionize customer service? Come join the world class researchers and academics in the AWS AI endeavor, and develop the science that powers countless new businesses in cloud computing! AWS, the world-leading provider of cloud services. Our customers bring problems that will give Applied Scientists like you endless opportunities to see your research have a positive and immediate impact in the world. You will have the opportunity to partner with technology and business teams to solve real-world problems, have access to virtually endless data and computational resources, and to world-class engineers and developers that can help bring your ideas into the world. As part of the team, we expect that you will develop innovative solutions to hard problems, and publish your findings at peer reviewed conferences and journals. The scientific topics you are going to work on include, but are not limited to: LLM post-training to improve capabilities particularly for instruction following, reasoning over long context, and tool use, etc. About the team Why AWS Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and…

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