Applied Scientist, Aws Automated Reasoning

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

This role focuses on automated reasoning, which is a subfield of AI, but the core responsibilities and required skills (SAT, SMT, theorem proving, program analysis) do not directly involve building or shipping AI/ML models or agents as defined by the schema's stages L0-L6. The role is more aligned with traditional computer science research in formal methods and logic, rather than the direct application or development of AI/ML 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

  • PhD in computer science, computer engineering, or related field
  • 4+ years of applied research experience
  • Experience in any of the following areas: SAT, SMT, mechanical theorem proving, symbolic simulation, programming language type systems, program analysis.

Nice to have

  • Experience programming in O'Caml, Dafny, Haskell, Kotlin, Lean, Rust, Scala or related language

What the JD emphasized

  • PhD in computer science
  • applied research experience
  • SAT
  • SMT
  • mechanical theorem proving
  • symbolic simulation
  • programming language type systems
  • program analysis