- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering, math, statistics, data analytics or operations research
- 1+ years of data scientist or similar role involving data extraction, analysis, ML or statistical modeling, and communication of results
- 2+ years data querying (e.g., SQL or Hadoop) and scripting language (e.g., Python)
- 1+ years experience with a machine learning toolkit (e.g., SciKit-Learn, Amazon SageMaker, PyTorch)
Amazon Web Services is looking for world class scientists to join the Security Innovation team in AWS Global Services Security (GSS). GSS is responsible for delivering product-led, people-powered services that help our customers operate their business securely on AWS, and we are accelerating our adoption of AI/ML. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute at the intersection of AI/ML, cloud, and cybersecurity. Your primary responsibility will be to envision, experiment, prototype, and help deliver AI/ML solutions in our products to meet the needs of our customers. You will have the opportunity to work with multiple lines of business and learn from (and contribute to) a variety of security use cases. This is a hands-on role where success comes from solutions with measurable impact. If you have experience with large scale machine learning and have a passion for security, this will be an exciting opportunity.
Key job responsibilities
- Collaborate with security and business teams to identify viable data analysis opportunities
- Eagerly explore data - answering questions posed by our security and business teams
- Implement machine learning and statistical methods to solve specific business problems utilizing code
- Build reporting tools to provide insights and metrics which track model performance and explain variance
- Communicate results and recommendations both verbally and in writing. Educate our business partners about our solutions and potential opportunities
- Seek partnerships with peer AI/ML scientists to further develop your data science skills and a body of work that builds trust among colleagues
About the team
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- Master's degree in computer science, engineering, math, statistics
- Hands-on experience with deep learning (e.g., CNN, RNN, LSTM, Transformer)
- Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) including prompt engineering, vector databases, and retrieval augmented generation
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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.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $97,500/year in our lowest geographic market up to $206,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
