Amazon
Sr Manager, Applied Science, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance
$219K–$326K
Seattle, WA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
New York, NY - Experience
- 10+ years building large-scale machine learning and AI solutions at Internet scale.
- Education
- Master's degree in Computer Science (Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent).
About the job
Leads applied scientists developing machine learning, agentic, and verification systems for AWS compliance, security assurance, and global screening.
What you'll do
- Lead, grow, and develop a team of applied scientists and set its technical direction.
- Own science roadmaps and partner with engineering, product, and compliance teams to deliver production capabilities with measurable outcomes.
- Represent CSA science to AWS leadership, auditors and regulators where appropriate, and the research community.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience building large-scale machine learning and AI solutions at Internet scale.
- Master's degree in Computer Science (Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent).
- Experience hiring and leading experienced scientists and developing junior scientists.
- Experience translating informal customer requirements into problem definitions while handling ambiguity and competing objectives.
Nice to have
- PhD in Computer Science (Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent).
- Experience with programming and scripting languages, and professional software engineering practices across the software development life cycle.
Pay
USD 240,600.00 - 325,500.00 annually (base salary); USD 218,800.00 - 295,900.00 annually (base salary)
Tools
machine learning, AI, Java, C++, R, MATLAB, Python
AI focus
Develops machine learning and agentic systems for compliance decisions and verification systems that provide proof of correctness for compliance controls and systems.
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