Applied Scientist, Aws Automated Reasoning

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · Boston, MA · Applied Science

The Applied Scientist role in AWS Automated Reasoning focuses on developing advanced solutions for automated reasoning, privacy, and sovereignty within AWS. This involves solving complex problems, leading design and implementation of solutions with long-term impact, and providing cross-organizational technical influence. The role requires a Ph.D. in computer science or a related field and experience in areas like SAT, SMT, mechanical theorem proving, symbolic simulation, program analysis, and type systems.

What you'd actually do

  1. Solve large or significantly complex problems that require deep knowledge and understanding of your domain and scientific innovation.
  2. Own strategic problem solving, and take the lead on the design, implementation, and delivery for solutions that have a long-term quantifiable impact.
  3. Provide cross-organizational technical influence, increasing productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience.
  4. Develop strategic plans to identify fundamentally new solutions for business problems.
  5. Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues.

Skills

Required

  • Ph.D. in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
  • Experience in SAT
  • Experience in SMT
  • Experience in mechanical theorem proving
  • Experience in symbolic simulation
  • Experience in programming language type systems
  • Experience in program analysis

Nice to have

  • Experience programming in O'Caml
  • Experience programming in Dafny
  • Experience programming in Haskell
  • Experience programming in Kotlin
  • Experience programming in Lean
  • Experience programming in Rust
  • Experience programming in Scala

What the JD emphasized

  • Ph.D. in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
  • Experience in any of the following areas: SAT, SMT, mechanical theorem proving, symbolic simulation, programming language type systems, program analysi

Other signals

  • automated reasoning
  • SAT
  • SMT
  • mechanical theorem proving
  • symbolic simulation
  • program analysis
  • type systems