Amazon
Sr. Applied Scientist, AI & AGI Security
$184K–$249K
New York, NY · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of applied research experience with a Master's degree, or a PhD; 5+ years of building machine learning models for business applications.
- Education
- PhD, or Master's degree and 5+ years of applied research experience.
About the job
Leads research and production development of security monitoring, validation, and discovery systems for AI agents, applications, and services.
What you'll do
- Research and build real-time agent monitoring, MCP server and AI application validation, and AI asset discovery systems.
- Design, implement, and deliver scalable security solutions and critical-path code into production.
- Set scientific direction, influence cross-team initiatives, publish research when appropriate, and mentor scientists.
What they ask for
- PhD, or Master's degree and 5+ years of applied research experience.
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or a related language.
- 5+ years of experience building machine learning models for business applications.
- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning.
Nice to have
- Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy.
- Experience with large-scale distributed systems such as Hadoop or Spark.
Pay
USD 183,800.00 - 248,700.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
Java, C++, Python, R, scikit-learn, Spark MxNet, Tensorflow, Hadoop
AI focus
Develops AI security research and systems for real-time agent behavior monitoring, MCP server and AI application validation, and AI asset discovery and inventory.
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