Applied Scientist II, AWS Quick
New York, NYJob$172–223K/yrSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The Applied Scientist II will join AWS’s Agentic AI science team to build models for intelligent automation. The role focuses on research and automated reasoning, with opportunities to partner with technology and business teams, use substantial data and computational resources, and publish findings at peer-reviewed conferences and workshops. The team seeks researchers with experience in areas such as autonomous agents, API orchestration, planning, multimodal models, reinforcement learning, and sequential decision making.
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Full job description
Description
Come join the AWS Agentic AI science team in building the next generation models for intelligent automation.
AWS, the world-leading provider of cloud services, has fostered the creation and growth of countless new businesses, and is a positive force for good. 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 workshops.
We are looking for world class researchers with experience in one or more of the following areas - autonomous agents, API orchestration, Planning, large multimodal models (especially vision-language models), reinforcement learning (RL) and sequential decision making.
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Define and implement new automated reasoning features that employ scalable and efficient approaches to solve complex problems using neural learning and symbolic/formal reasoning
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Apply software engineering best practices to ensure a high standard of quality for all team deliverables
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Work in an agile, startup-like development environment
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Deliver high-quality scientific artifacts
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Work with the team to help drive business decisions
About the team
Why AWS?
AWS is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that’s why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Inclusive Team Culture
Here at AWS, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.
Mentorship & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.
Basic Qualifications
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3+ years of building models for business application experience
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Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
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Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
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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
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Experience using Unix/Linux
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Experience in professional software development
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
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 .
USA, NY, New York - 172,400.00 - 223,400.00 USD annually
How this job compares
Set against the 1,075 open Applied Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$172–223K/yr
- New York median$184–249K/yr102 salary ranges
- US median$158–264K/yr1,036 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $198K, is 8% below the New York median midpoint ($216K) — in the middle half of Applied Scientist salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 108 open Applied Scientist jobs in New York and 1,075 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- Amazon (this employer)73 open
- Garner Health8 open
- Oracle7 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Applied Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (918 postings).
- Education
- 582 of the 1,075 open Applied Scientist jobs (54%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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