Applied Scientist, Aws Automated Reasoning

Amazon Amazon · Big Tech · Seattle, WA · Applied Science

Applied Scientist role focused on automated reasoning, privacy, and sovereignty within AWS. Requires a PhD and experience in areas like SAT, SMT, theorem proving, or program analysis. The role involves solving complex problems, designing and implementing solutions, and providing cross-organizational technical influence.

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

  • SAT
  • SMT
  • mechanical theorem proving
  • symbolic simulation
  • programming language type systems
  • program analysis

Nice to have

  • O'Caml
  • Dafny
  • Haskell
  • Kotlin
  • Lean
  • Rust
  • Scala

What the JD emphasized

  • 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.

Other signals

  • automated reasoning
  • privacy
  • sovereignty