Applied Scientist, AWS Developer Tools Science

We are looking for a Applied Scientist who is passionate about building services and tools for developers that leverage generative artificial intelligence and machine learning. You will be part of a team building Large Language Model (LLM)-based services with the focus on enhancing the developer experience in the Cloud. The team works in close collaboration with other AWS services such the AWS IDE Toolkit, AWS Bedrock, AWS MCPs and Agent Toolkit and develops aws-bench Open Source agent benchmark. If you are excited about working in cloud computing and building new AWS services, then we'd love to talk to you. As a Applied Scientist, you love designing, implementing, and evaluating machine learning solutions to difficult applied problems, and diving into complex data sources crawled from the web or internal logging tools. You are recognized for your expertise and work closely with software engineers to drive the delivery of end-to-end modeling solutions. Your work focuses on ambiguous problem areas where the business problem or opportunity may not yet be defined. The problems that you take on require scientific breakthroughs. You actively participate in mindful discussions with customers, engineers, and scientist peers, and define the right modeling and component design approach and implement ML solutions to achieve the desired customer experience and scientific and business outcomes. Key job responsibilities - Use Python and various open source libraries to develop and/or improve LLMs, AI agents and agentic tools for business applications - Build benchmarks that measure AI agents performance on AWS workloads and idenitifes improvement areas and build documentation, instructions or tools to improve how agents interact with AWS. - Own the technical quality of a product where modeling improvements can improve technical designs and drive value for other scientists and engineers - Understand the challenges that developers face when building cloud-based solutions, and develop generalizable solutions. - Collaborate with developers and pave the way towards bringing your solution into production systems. Participate in cross team projects and ensure technical blockers are resolved. - Communicate and document your research by writing internal documents, giving talks/demos, and striving to publish papers in external scientific venues. A day in the life Utility Computing (UC) AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS’s services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you’ll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS. Within AWS UC, Amazon Dedicated Cloud (ADC) roles engage with AWS customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services. About AWS Diverse Experiences AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying. Why AWS? Amazon Web Services (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 start-ups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses. Inclusive Team Culture AWS values curiosity and connection. Our employee-led and company-sponsored affinity groups promote inclusion and empower our people to take pride in what makes us unique. Our inclusion events foster stronger, more collaborative teams. Our continual innovation is fuelled by