Amazon
Applied Scientist III, Foundation AI Assets (FAI)
$167K–$226K
Boston, MA · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years building machine-learning models for business applications; alternatively, a PhD or a Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
- Education
- PhD, or Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
About the job
Develops and productionizes machine-learning models and GenAI technologies using large language models, while guiding research direction and mentoring colleagues.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and deploy machine-learning models; evaluate and improve their performance through rigorous experiments.
- Set the team’s scientific agenda, propose research initiatives, and align priorities with technical leadership.
- Mentor scientists and engineers and collaborate across teams to turn business problems into scientific approaches.
What they ask for
- Experience with neural deep-learning methods and machine learning.
- 5+ years of building machine-learning models for business applications.
- PhD, or Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience.
- Programming experience in Java, C++, Python, or a related language.
Nice to have
- Experience building agents or training LLMs for agentic tasks.
Pay
USD 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
Large Language Models (LLMs), Transformers, CNNs, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Java, C++, Python
AI focus
Build GenAI technology with LLMs, including developing and evaluating models; preferred work includes building agents or training LLMs for agentic tasks.
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