Applied Scientist II (AiRES)

Amazon is hiring an Applied Scientist II (AiRES) in Bengaluru, India. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

AI in this role

AWS Support includes experts from across AWS who help our customers design, build, operate, and secure their cloud environments. You’ll join a diverse team of technical experts in dozens of countries who help customers achieve more with the AWS cloud.

Do you have proven analytical capabilities to identify business opportunities, develop advanced ML solution, Gen AI products, predictive models and optimization algorithms to help us build state of the art Support organization?

Team AiRES (Analytics, Insights, Research, Engineering and Science) is looking for a passionate Applied Scientist to deliver insights and identify opportunities through the use of statistics, machine learning, and deep learning to drive business and operational improvements. A successful candidate must be passionate about building solutions that will help drive a more efficient operations network and optimize cost. In this role, you will partner with data engineering, Tooling team, operations, Training, Customer Service, Capacity planning and finance teams, driving optimization and prediction solutions across the network.

At Amazon, we are working to be the most customer-centric company on earth. To get there, we need exceptionally talented, bright, and driven people. We set big goals and are looking for people who can help us reach and exceed them. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Amazon Web Services, Inc. provides services for broad range of applications including compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), security, and application development, deployment, and management.

Key job responsibilities
Team AiRES is looking for a passionate, talented, and inventive Applied Scientist with a strong machine learning background who will be responsible for establishing scalable, efficient, automated processes for carrying out large-scale data analysis, machine-learning model development, model validation and serving customers. You will serve as a key scientific resource in full-cycle development (conception, design, implementation, testing to documentation, delivery, and maintenance).

As an Senior Applied Scientist in our team, you will be responsible for the research, design, and development of new AI technologies for personalization and will adopt or invent new machine learning and analytical techniques in the realm of recommendations and large language models. You will collaborate with scientists, engineers, and product partners locally and abroad. Your work will include inventing, experimenting with and launching new features, iterating models & stay up to date on latest enhancements in the Data Science ecosystem.

A day in the life
You will collaborate closely with other Data Scientists and leverage Amazon’s heterogeneous data sources and large-scale computing resources to accelerate development of multimodal Large Language Models and Generative Artificial Intelligence solutions and will own the end to end development & deployment at scale of Generative AI and ML solutions developed by the team. Prior experience in Advanced Applied science & Engineering proficiency in deploying models & optimizing for the best optimal solution will be mandatory.

About the team
Diverse Experiences: AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job below, 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.

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
- 4+ years of designing experiments and statistical analysis of results experience

Preferred qualifications

- Experience using Unix/Linux
- Experience in professional software development
- Experience in investigating, designing, prototyping, and delivering new and innovative system solutions

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.

How we rate this

Applied Scientist II (AiRES) at Amazon rates 94 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. Open the description and count.

Key facts

Applied Scientist II (AiRES) is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The role is based in IN, KA, Bengaluru.
The job was posted on October 14, 2026.
Seniority: mid.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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