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Applied Scientist, AICE - AI Center of Excellence

Applied Scientist, AICE - AI Center of Excellence

Amazon Development Centre Canada ULC • Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
The AI Center of Excellence (AICE) builds AI primitives that power system-intrinsic intelligence and Trusted Intelligent Knowledge Infrastructure for both AI-as-a-Consumer and human users. We develop AI capabilities independently and in partnership with product-owning teams to evolve Amazon's AI-driven operations and productivity. Our impact is enterprise-broad and global.

We are looking for an Applied Scientist who can identify high-impact problems, design rigorous experiments, and translate research into hardened, reusable primitives ready for broad consumption across the enterprise.

Key job responsibilities
* Research, design, and develop AI/ML primitives - defining problem spaces, formulating approaches, running experiments, and validating outcomes with scientific rigor
* Translate research findings into production-ready primitives, working closely with machine learning engineers to harden and scale solutions
* Drive the scientific direction of AICE primitives, identifying opportunities where novel approaches can unlock step-function improvements
* Design and execute experiments to validate primitive performance, robustness, and generalizability before broad consumption by partner teams
* Collaborate with product-owning teams to understand their problem spaces and ensure AICE primitives deliver measurable value when integrated
* Contribute to AICE's mission of driving AI transformation through best practices in applied research, evaluation methodology, and responsible AI within your area of expertise
* Publish findings, share learnings, and raise the scientific bar across the team

A day in the life
Every day brings new challenges. You might be deep in experimentation - designing evaluations to stress-test a new primitive's robustness. The next day, you could be analyzing results and iterating on model architectures. Later in the week, you may collaborate with partners to understand their domain and shape a primitive that fits their product needs. Other days, you'll work alongside our MLEs to harden a validated approach for broader consumption.

No two weeks look the same. You'll move fluidly between research and applied problem-solving - always with the goal of building AI primitives that are scientifically sound, trusted, and impactful at enterprise scale.

About the team
AICE is a team of scientists and machine learning engineers building the AI primitives that power Amazon's intelligent systems. We develop and harden reusable capabilities for broad consumption by product teams across the enterprise - and partner with those teams to integrate them.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- PhD in Computer Science (Machine Learning, AI, Statistics, or equivalent)
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++
- Ability to work across the research-to-production spectrum - from formulating hypotheses to validating primitives in production environments
- Familiarity with traditional software development practices with the ability to also leverage AI-assisted development tools effectively
- Experience designing and running experiments, A/B tests, or rigorous offline evaluations
- Track record of translating research into applied solutions that operate at scale
- Strong foundation in statistical methods, experimental design, and model evaluation

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
- Experience building reusable ML/AI components, frameworks, or primitives consumed by other teams
- Experience in information retrieval, knowledge representation, or agentic AI systems
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with engineering teams to harden research prototypes for production

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers.
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