Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Payments

Principal Applied Scientist

We are looking for a Principal Applied Scientist for Amazon Payments AI/ML Team, which contributes science and science-related engineering work for Amazon's Payments Artificial Intelligence services. In this role, you will work with your peers and senior management to set the direction for Amazon's AI efforts. Our mission is to put the power of AI in the hands of every developer. You will be responsible for mentoring a team of applied scientists. You will be responsible for creating a strong environment for applied scientists, with a focus on recruiting, retaining, and developing top talent. You will partner with engineering leaders to deliver remarkable new Amazon Payments services and features that leverage Machine Learning and GenAI.

As a Principal Applied Scientist, you will identify research directions, create roadmaps for forward-looking research and communicate them to senior leadership, and work closely with engineering teams to bring research to production. You will work with teams of talented scientists, and fill the ranks by attracting the best scientists in machine learning, e.g. Amazon payments recommendation and natural language processing for SOP automation. You will work with talented peers and leverage Amazon's heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources.