Amazon
Applied Scientist II, AWS Security
$143K–$193K
Herndon, VA · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years building models for business application; PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience.
About the job
Develops and operates AI-powered security solutions that automate analysis and remediation across the open-source software lifecycle and improve software supply-chain security.
What you'll do
- Design and build LLM-based security tools for code scanning, solution development, and remediation.
- Research, train, and evaluate machine-learning models, then integrate them into reliable production systems.
- Lead security automation and service operations, including design reviews, monitoring, incident response, and on-call support.
What they ask for
- 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; programming experience in Java, C++, Python or a related language.
- Experience in a listed technical area and contributing to open-source projects, including driving features or fixes upstream into production-used projects.
Nice to have
- Experience using Unix/Linux and in professional software development.
- Experience maintaining or co-maintaining an open-source repository or applying open-source security practices.
Pay
142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually (base salary)
Tools
Bedrock, SageMaker, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Java, C++, Python, Unix/Linux
AI focus
Builds LLM-based security tooling and applies machine learning and deep learning to scan code, develop and deploy solutions, and identify and remediate vulnerabilities.
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