Applied Scientist, AI Security

We are seeking an Applied Scientist to join our AI Security team, which builds security tooling and paved path solutions to ensure Generative AI (GenAI) based experiences developed by Amazon uphold our high security standards, and uses AI to develop foundational services that make security mechanisms more effective and efficient.

As an Applied Scientist, you’ll be responsible for designing and implementing state-of-the-art solutions, to build an AI-based foundational service for securing products and services at Amazon scale. You will collaborate with applied scientists and software engineers to develop innovative technologies to solve some of our hardest security problems, and AI-based security solutions that support builder teams across Amazon throughout their software development journey, enabling Amazon businesses to strengthen their security posture more efficiently and effectively.


Key job responsibilities
• design and implement accurate and scalable methods to solve our hardest AI security problems
• Lead and partner with applied scientists and software development engineers to drive technical design and implementation for a foundational GenAI-based security service


About the team
The mission of the AI Security organization is to ensure Generative AI experiences delivered by Amazon to our customers uphold our high security standards and to harness AI to strengthen Amazon’s security posture more efficiently and effectively.

A day in the life
A day in the life involves meeting Vulnerability Management and Incident Responder teams to review data flows, prediction use cases, and automation gaps. From here you will research data sets, working with security/software engineers to retrieve data needed for your analysis and explorations. Once you have framed the problems, you will conduct experiments, regressions, and various analysis activities to find insights. You will develop and train models that will then be placed into a production environment with the help of software engineers. You will then work with your security team partners to understand the effectiveness of the models created.
About the team
The Defensive Security team is small, tight-knit, and located in Austin, Texas. It is primarily software engineers, but will be developed into a hybrid team of software engineers and security engineers. This team will have tenured Amazonian leadership, with a track record of mentoring, coaching, and career progression support.

About Amazon Security

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

- Advanced degree in engineering, technology, computer science, machine learning, robotics, operations research, statistics, mathematics or equivalent quantitative field
- Knowledge of programming languages such as C/C++, Python, Java or Perl

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with applying Large Language Models (LLMs) for solving business-critical problems
- Experience with modeling tools such as R, scikit-learn, Spark MLLib, MxNet, Tensorflow, numpy, scipy etc.
- Strong problem-solving ability and the ability to work in ambiguous and constantly evolving environment
- Strong personal interest in researching and developing new technologies with high customer impact

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please visit https://www.amazon.jobs/en/disability/us.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $129,400/year in our lowest geographic market up to $212,800/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.