Great code assistants have to understand code the way an experienced engineer does, not as a wall of text but as a living structure of symbols, calls, types, and dependencies that span an entire repository. Most AI tools today flatten all of that into tokens and lose the structure that makes real software navigable. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is assembling an elite team of scientists and engineers to fix that, and we are hiring an Applied Scientist to build the intelligence layer that lets our AI development tools reason about code through its true structure. You will help create generative AI technologies, including Kiro IDE and CLI, that are transforming how software gets built.
You will design how we turn the many signals around code, from static analysis and symbol graphs to build systems and language servers, into a single unified representation our models can reason over. This is a build-oriented research role where the questions are still open: how to fuse heterogeneous code signals, how to represent a whole repository so a model can find and use the right context, and how to ground an assistant's reasoning in the structure of real software rather than text alone. Your work will reach millions of developers, and you will own this direction end to end, from framing the approach to shipping it in a product engineers rely on every day.
Key job responsibilities
- Design a unified representation of code that fuses static analysis, symbol and call graphs, type information, and build system context
- Build the methods and models that consume that representation to power code navigation, retrieval, and reasoning at repository scale
- Invent and implement state-of-the-art machine learning solutions that operate at unprecedented Amazon scale
- Deploy products that directly impact the daily workflows of millions of developers worldwide
- Publish and present your work at premier ML, NLP, and software engineering conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, EMNLP, ICSE, FSE)
- Accelerate innovation by working directly with customers to rapidly transition research breakthroughs into production systems
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Hybrid Work We value innovation and recognize this sometimes requires uninterrupted time to focus on a build. We also value in-person collaboration and time spent face-to-face. Our team affords employees options to work in the office every day or in a flexible, hybrid work model near one of our U.S. Amazon offices. 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 using Unix/Linux
- 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.
USA, CA, Santa Clara - 171,600.00 - 222,200.00 USD annually