Senior Applied Scientist, FinTelligence

Amazon is hiring a Senior Applied Scientist, FinTelligence in Bellevue, United States. It pays $167k-$226k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Amazon.

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Level rates this applied scientist role Builds AI ●●●●: the job is building AI systems.
The listed pay starts close to the typical applied scientist posting on Level.
Tools and skills the posting cites include TensorFlow, scikit-learn and Large Language Models.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
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AI in this role

Lead the development of generative AI applications, large language models, and multi-agent financial systems at scale.

TensorFlowscikit-learnLarge Language ModelsMulti Agent SystemsPython

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At Amazon's FinTech organization, we are building AI systems that process hundreds of millions of financial transactions, turn complex documents into actionable intelligence, and power autonomous agents that learn from every customer interaction. We are looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to lead the development of generative AI applications that change how finance teams work, tackling problems at the intersection of large language models, multi-agent systems, and real-world financial operations.

Key job responsibilities
What You'll Work On

- Building AI systems that finance teams trust enough to rely on without manual review, where precision isn't a nice-to-have, it's a compliance requirement
- Designing agents that learn from user corrections and get measurably better with every interaction, not just at the next model release
- Solving inference at massive scale using tiered model architectures, intelligent routing, and small language models that deliver production-grade accuracy at a fraction of frontier model cost
- Developing evaluation frameworks that catch quality regressions before customers do and gate every model change before it ships

Who Thrives Here

- You're someone who cares as much about shipping as about research.
- You've built models that run in production, not just in notebooks.
- You're comfortable working across the full stack, from model architecture to deployment to measuring whether the customer's workflow actually changed.

- You operate well in cross-functional settings where science, engineering, and business teams inform each other continuously.
- You'd rather solve a hard real-world problem than optimize a benchmark.

What Makes This Different

Your work ships to production and directly changes how thousands of finance professionals operate daily
The problems are genuinely hard: financial data is messy, regulated, high-stakes, and operates at a scale where naive LLM approaches break down
You'll work across multiple domains — from contract intelligence to cash application to financial data investigation — not a single narrow use case

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.

Basic qualifications

- PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
- 3+ years of building machine learning models for business application experience
- Experience with neural deep learning methods and machine learning
- Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language

Preferred qualifications

- Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
- Experience with large scale distributed systems such as Hadoop, Spark etc.
- Have 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, Bellevue - 167,100.00 - 226,100.00 USD annually

How we rate this

Senior Applied Scientist, FinTelligence 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

Senior Applied Scientist, FinTelligence is an open job at Amazon.
Level rates this role AI Level 4 of 4: Builds AI.
The listed salary is $167k-$226k a year.
The role is based in US, WA, Bellevue.
The job was posted on April 22, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Amazon. Apply on Amazon

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

AI agentsMachine learningApplied ResearchGenerative AIInference OptimizationTensorFlowscikit-learnLarge Language Models

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Pay

This job starts at: $167k
Typical applied scientist job: $167k

This posting starts close to the typical applied scientist job. See applied scientist jobs

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