Data Scientist, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance

Amazon is hiring a Data Scientist, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance in Seattle, United States. It pays $136k-$184k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

AI in this role

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The AWS Compliance & Security Assurance Engineering team builds tools and services that scale AWS's ability to exceed security and compliance expectations for our regulators, auditors, and customers globally. We create efficiencies for our teams while maintaining transparency for our customers.

As a Data Scientist on our data team, you'll have a unique opportunity to build solutions that scale security assurance capabilities through AI-driven approaches. You'll leverage advanced analytics, machine learning techniques, and state-of-the-art AI technologies on top of highly complex datasets to transform our security assurance operations. You'll also help shape our data science roadmap, fostering data-driven decision-making and delivering significant business impact through innovative methodologies.

The ideal candidate brings a strong background in automation by leveraging GenAI Large Language Models (LLMs), combined with experience analyzing complex datasets and a proven ability to transform business needs into deliverables. If you're passionate about applying AI to security challenges in a dynamic environment that offers startup-like autonomy with enterprise impact, we want to hear from you.

Key job responsibilities
* Analyze and extract hidden insights from complex, large-scale datasets using advanced statistical and AI techniques, using hands-on expertise in data wrangling and manipulation.
* Identify high-impact business improvement opportunities, lead the design and execution of data science initiatives to address them.
* Apply statistical and ML knowledge to specific business problems and data.
* Leverage Vision Language Models (VLMs) and Large Language Models (LLMs) to analyze document/image structure, perform content understanding and metadata extraction.
* Rapidly prototype and test AI solutions, while iterating quickly based on data and feedback.
* Collaborate cross-functionally to deeply understand business requirements, customer needs, and technical constraints; transforming discovered information into data-driven solutions and actionable recommendations.
* Communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders; present compelling insights and evidence-based recommendations to leadership.
* Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in AI and identify opportunities to apply emerging techniques to the space.
* Collaborate with Business Intelligence, Data Engineers and SDEs to drive the collection of new data and refinement of existing data sources to continually improve data quality.
* Actively participate in team design reviews, data modeling discussions, brainstorming activities while mentoring colleagues in state-of-the-art AI tools and methodologies.

About the team
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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 Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & 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, training, 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 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.

Basic qualifications

- 3+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
- 3+ years of machine learning/statistical modeling data analysis tools and techniques, and parameters that affect their performance experience
- Experience applying theoretical models in an applied environment
- Master's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, machine learning or equivalent quantitative field, or Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of data scientist experience

Preferred qualifications

- Experience with AWS technologies
- Experience with one of the following areas: machine learning technologies, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing (NLP) or related applications
- Experience in a ML or data scientist role with a large technology company
- Experience communicating across technical and non-technical audiences, including executive level stakeholders or clients
- Experience communicating technical concepts and processes using clear, simple language and visuals
- Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Vision Language Models (VLMs).
- Experience in text data manipulation.

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, Seattle - 136,000.00 - 184,000.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Data Scientist, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance at Amazon rates 86 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

Data Scientist, AWS Compliance & Security Assurance is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is $136k-$184k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Seattle.
The job was posted on June 9, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

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Pay

This job starts at: $136k
Typical data scientist job: $168k

This posting starts 19% below the typical data scientist job. See data scientist jobs

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How would you decide a model or AI system is ready to ship?
Tell me about a time a model underperformed in production. How did you find out, and what did you change?

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