Senior Applied Scientist, AWS Healthcare AI

Senior Applied Scientist, AWS Healthcare AI at Amazon — Seattle, WA, US

  • Company: Amazon
  • Location: Seattle, WA, US
  • Posted: 2026-09-18

About this role

AWS Applied AI Solutions (AAIS) is building toward a future where every business innovates with Amazon AI teammates. To get there, we build AI solutions that improve human capabilities and transform entire business functions. We create end-to-end products that surprise and delight out-of-the-box, making complex things easy and hard things possible, with no cloud experience required. We start with customers who embrace the future and build bridges to meet the rest where they are. We pursue ambitious opportunities with conviction, and we are looking for builders who share that mindset.

At AWS Healthcare AI we're revolutionizing healthcare delivery through AI solutions that serve millions globally. As a pioneer in healthcare technology we're building next-generation services that combine Amazon's world-class AI infrastructure with deep healthcare expertise. Our mission is to accelerate our healthcare businesses by delivering intuitive and differentiated technology solutions that solve enduring business challenges. The AWS Healthcare AI organization includes services such as HealthScribe Comprehend Medical HealthLake and more.

Key job responsibilities

  • To be successful in this mission we are seeking an experienced Applied Scientist to lead pioneering research and development of new highly confidential AI applications that re-imagine experiences for end-customers (e.g.
  • consumers patients) frontline workers (e.g.
  • customer service agents clinicians) and back-office staff (e.g.
  • claims processing medical coding). As a leading subject matter expert in NLU deep learning knowledge representation foundation models and reinforcement learning you will guide a team of scientists to invent novel generative AI-powered experiences. This role involves defining research directions developing new ML techniques conducting rigorous experiments and ensuring research translates to impactful products. You will be a hands-on technical innovator who is passionate about building scalable scientific solutions. You will set the standard for excellence invent scalable scientifically sound solutions across teams define evaluation methods and lead complex reviews. This role wields significant influence across AWS Amazon and the global research community.

About the team
Amazon values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empower us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

  • PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
  • 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
  • Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
  • Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
  • 8+ years of building large-scale machine learning and AI solutions at Internet scale experience
  • Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
  • Experience in building speech recognition, machine translation and natural language processing systems (e.g., commercial speech products or government speech projects)
  • Experience with large scale machine learning systems such as profiling and debugging and understanding of system performance and scalability
  • Master's degree, or a PhD or equivalent research experience and experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals
  • Strong publication record in top-tier journals and conferences.
  • Strong publication record in top-tier journals and conferences.

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.

USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 192,200.00 - 260,000.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually

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