Applied Scientist, Amazon Redshift

Amazon is hiring an Applied Scientist, Amazon Redshift. It pays $143k-$193k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Amazon Redshift is the world’s most popular fully managed cloud data warehouse. Tens of thousands of enterprise customers use Redshift to crunch through exabytes of data in the cloud to make business critical decisions every day. To stay ahead in such a mission critical setting, at Redshift, we must always re-invent ourselves for customers. We are always looking for the innovative engineers to help shape the future of Redshift.

We are looking for an Applied Scientist to build deep learning models that predict query resource consumption, enabling intelligent workload management at massive scale. Query resource prediction is at the heart of Redshift's workload management, determining how queries are scheduled, scaled, and executed across the system.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of intelligent query management for the world's most popular cloud data warehouse, powering analytical workloads for Fortune 500 companies, startups, and everything in between. You will bring deep expertise in one or more areas such as deep learning, graph neural networks, or reinforcement learning, with the ability to work in a fast-moving and collaborative environment to deliver broad business impact at scale.

Key job responsibilities
As an Applied Scientist on the Redshift Query Optimizer team, you will research and develop deep learning models that power resource prediction for one of the world's largest cloud data warehouses. You will take ownership of the end-to-end ML lifecycle, from problem formulation and data analysis to model training, evaluation, and production deployment. You will design novel approaches to understand queries and predict resource needs across diverse and evolving workloads. You will run experiments at scale on real production data, and collaborate closely with systems engineers to deliver low-latency inference in a highly available environment. You will publish your research at top-tier academic venues and contribute to the broader ML-for-systems community. And you will help shape the science roadmap for autonomous database operations while mentoring fellow scientists and engineers.

About the team
AWS 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.

Why AWS? 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.

Inclusive Team Culture 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 (CORE) and AmazeCon conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth 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.

Work/Life Balance We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve in the cloud.

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 programming in Java, C++, Python or related language
- Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design

Preferred qualifications

- Experience in state-of-the-art deep learning models architecture design and deep learning training and optimization and model pruning
- Experience in solving business problems through machine learning, data mining and statistical algorithms
- Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals

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. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

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, WA, Redmond - 142,800.00 - 193,200.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Applied Scientist, Amazon Redshift at Amazon rates 90 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Builds AI (AI Level 4 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Builds AI. The job is building AI systems.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Applied Scientist, Amazon Redshift is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is $143k-$193k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Redmond.
The job was posted on November 3, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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