Principal Applied Scientist, Automated Reasoning

Benefits

Parental leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Non-birth-parent leave

6 weeks From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Family-building benefits

• Fertility benefits: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Adoption assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026
• Surrogacy assistance: Offered From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Salary

$199K-$269K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$111,944 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+13.7% - Much faster than average

109% above the BLS role benchmark for data and ml aggregate.

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Data and ML aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

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Principal From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Company stage

Public-company From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Principal Applied Scientist, Automated Reasoning Seattle, Washington, USA We are seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to lead research and development in automated reasoning, formal verification, and program analysis. You will drive innovation in making formal methods practical and accessible for real-world systems at cloud scale. Key job responsibilities - Lead research initiatives in automated reasoning, formal verification, SMT solving, model checking, or program analysis - Design and implement novel algorithms and techniques that advance the state of the art - Mentor and guide applied scientists, research scientists, and engineers - Collaborate with product teams to transition research into production systems - Define technical vision and strategy for automated reasoning initiatives - Represent AWS in the academic and research community - Drive cross-organizational impact through technical leadership About the team The Automated Reasoning Group at AWS develops and applies cutting-edge formal methods and automated reasoning techniques to ensure the security, reliability, and correctness of AWS services and customer applications. Our work innovates tools and services to perform verification at scale and apply them to build safe and secure systems at AWS. We are also pioneering the use of formal verification and automated reasoning to develop agentic systems, ensuring AI agents operate within defined safety boundaries. Basic Qualifications: - MS or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related technical field. - Industrial/academic experience in formal verification, and theorem proving. - Experience with program analysis, program verification or synthesis. - Experience with programming languages such as Rust, C, C++, Java,

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