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) are more aligned with traditional computer science research and formal methods rather than the direct development, training, or deployment of modern ML models or agents as defined by the stage model (L0-L6). The role is classified as 'Exploring' as it's in a growing segment of AWS, and the function is 'Research' due to the emphasis on scientific innovation and solving complex problems. The domain is 'enterprise_ai' as it's within AWS.

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
  • 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

  • PhD 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 analysis.