Amazon Startups Sr Applied Scientist Generative AI Innovation & Delivery Team 

United States, New York, New York 

269431596

The Generative AI Innovation and Delivery mission is to drive startup innovation by making AWS the preferred GenAI platform for startups to experiment, build and scale their products. We are a team of strategists, scientists, engineers, and architects working closely with worlds’ leading startups across GenAI model providers, GenAI tooling and applications. We partner closely with startups to address their GenAI infrastructure needs, evolve their GenAI product and infuse GenAI into their existing SaaS applications. In this process we provide guidance on best practices for applying generative AI responsibly and cost efficiently. You will work directly with startups and innovate in a fast-paced organization that contributes to game-changing projects and technologies. You will design and run experiments, research new algorithms, and find new ways of optimizing risk, profitability, and customer experience.Key job responsibilities

- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
- 5+ years of hands on experience with Python to build, train, and evaluate models
- 5+ years of experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing
- 2+ years of experience with design, development, and optimization of generative AI solutions, algorithms, or technologies
- Experience in patents or publications at peer-reviewed conferences or journals

- Experience working in a startup or with startup customers
- 2+ years of experience with design, deployment, and evaluation of Large Language Model (LLM)-powered agents and tools and orchestration approaches
- Hands-on experience with model customization techniques such as fine-tuning, continued pre-training, and LLM-as-judge evaluation
- Experience with optimization of models on GPUs, Amazon Silicon, or TPUs
- 2+ years of experience with open source frameworks for building applications powered by LLMs like LangChain, LlamaIndex, and/ or similar tools
- Experience building generative AI applications on AWS using services such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker
- Strong communication skills, with attention to detail and ability to convey rigorous technical concepts and considerations to non-experts.