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Sr. Applied Scientist, AWS Specialists and Partner Prototyping

Amazon · Santa Clara, CA · Posted 9 days ago

$167k–$260kic
5+ yrs expPythonJavaC++Machine LearningLarge Language ModelsAWSVision Language Action modelsRobotics

Build working prototypes with AWS customers on emerging tech like VLA models for robotics and self-driving labs, turning one-off builds into reusable patterns.

Core to Amazon's DNA is its methodology around executing experiments and prototypes to find the quickest way to prove new ideas, technologies, and business models in a real-world environment. Experimentation fuels Amazon's innovation.

Our team does horizon exploration. We take emerging technology, including our own inventions, build working prototypes with customers and partners, and demonstrate what becomes possible before the rest of the market gets there. Prototyping is how we do the work. Pushing the technology horizon is why we do it.

If you are a highly creative problem solver who works to inspire, motivate, and define innovative solutions; are passionate about technology, understand cloud architectures and platforms, and are quick to pick up emerging technologies; are adept at working with customers to experiment with innovative approaches and validate the technical feasibility of solutions, this could be the role for you.

As a Senior Applied Scientist you sit directly with customers and partners. You help them envision complex uses of AWS by building working prototypes of specific use cases, tailored to their data, devices, and systems. Engagements run in short build cycles, typically four to six weeks, and are designed to be innovative and evaluative, demonstrating the art of the possible on AWS while proving a credible path to production.

You will work across the areas where we are placing our biggest bets. These shift as the technology does, but today they include:

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