Applied Scientist II, Data Intelligence and Governance

We are seeking an Applied Scientist II to work on development of an AI-based

data intelligence and classification platform that will redefine how security

and privacy assessments and enforcement are conducted at scale. This

mission-critical platform will leverage AI-driven autonomous agents to conduct

proactive, intelligent security operations across the company.

The platform will integrate deeply with internal security, privacy, engineering,

and cloud-native tools to provide self-serve, automated insights, verifications,

and enforcement mechanisms. This role requires strong technical expertise in

AI/ML, LLMs, and distributed cloud infrastructure, as well as thought leadership

to drive alignment across multiple teams, customers, and business units.

This is an opportunity to shape the future of AI-driven security and privacy

assurance at an enterprise scale, defining standards, influencing company-wide

security posture, and leading technical innovation at the highest level.

Key job responsibilities

* Architect and define the next-generation data classification and search

matching platform, leading the technical strategy for AI-driven security

automation across applied science and engineering teams

* Build on multi-agent LLM framework, and influence your organizations in

adopting the promising approaches

* Develop a highly scalable, traditional ML-based as well as LLM-based

intelligent security agent framework that enables internal teams to automate

processing of structured and unstructured data

* Combine depth and breadth of domain expertise and provide technical leadership

to the entire team while also doing hands-on work by diving deep into details to

diagnose complex system performance problems.

About the team

The Data Categorization team helps Amazonians understand their data and govern

it at scale and ensures experiences delivered by Amazon to our customers uphold

our high security and privacy standards. The science team harnesses AI to

strengthen Amazon’s privacy and security posture more efficiently and

effectively. Basic

Qualifications

• - 3+ years of building models for business
• application experience
• - PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience
• - Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or
• journals
• - Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
• - Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures,
• parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed
• computing, high-performance computing

Preferred Qualifications

• - Experience in
• building speech recognition, machine translation and natural language processing
• systems (e.g., commercial speech products or government speech projects)
• - Experience with popular deep learning frameworks such as MxNet and Tensor Flow
• - Experience in professional software development
• Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis
• of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
• Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely
• and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to
• standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively
• and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional
• customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company
• policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship
• with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties
• and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company
• policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and
• respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and
• safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los
• Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified
• applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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• The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package
• will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final
• compensation will be determined based on factors including experience,
• qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits
• including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life &
• AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health
• Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy
• Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.
• Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits
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• USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually