Principal Applied Scientist, AWS Agentic AI

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: Not verified

Mental health support

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Childcare support

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Verification

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Salary

$219K-$296K From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

401(k) match

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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

130% 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.

Role

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Seniority

Principal From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Schedule

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Company

Company stage

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

Equity

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About this role

Principal Applied Scientist, AWS Agentic AI New York, New York, USA Amazon Web Services (AWS) is looking for a Principal Applied Scientist to join the Quick Science team. Quick is AWS's enterprise generative AI assistant that helps users answer questions, summarize documents, generate content, take actions, and automate workflows using information across enterprise systems. As a key member of this team, you will lead research and development efforts in generative AI and Agentic AI to enable intelligent agents that perform complex reasoning, automate multi-step workflows, and make enterprise users significantly more productive. Key job responsibilities You'll work on building and optimizing multi-modal foundation models, training and fine-tuning state-of-the-art LLMs, and architecting systems that scale efficiently across domains. This role blends science leadership, hands-on innovation, and deep collaboration with engineering teams to bring research into production. Basic Qualifications: - PhD in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field OR a Master's degree with 5+ years of relevant industry or research experience. - Industry experience developing machine learning models for real-world applications. - Experience with generative AI, including model training or building systems with pre-trained foundation models. - Proven record of peer-reviewed publications or granted patents in AI/ML. - Proficiency in Python or similar programming languages. - Experience in at least one of the following areas: natural language processing (NLP), large language models (LLMs), computer vision, or Agentic AI. Preferred Qualifications: - Experience applying generative AI to enterprise or multi-modal tasks (e.g., code generation, document understanding, or task

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