This position requires that the candidate selected be a US Citizen and must currently possess and maintain an active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
The Amazon Web Services Professional Services (ProServe) team is seeking a skilled Data Scientist to join our team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Are you looking to work at the forefront of Machine Learning and AI? Would you be excited to apply Generative AI algorithms to solve real world problems with significant impact? In this role, you'll work directly with customers to design, evangelize, implement, and scale AI/ML solutions that meet their technical requirements and business objectives. You'll be a key player in driving customer success through their AI transformation journey, providing deep expertise in data science, machine learning, generative AI, and best practices throughout the project lifecycle.
As a Data Scientist within the AWS Professional Services organization, you will be proficient in architecting complex, scalable, and secure machine learning solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of each customer. You'll help customers imagine and scope the use cases that will create the greatest value for their businesses, develop statistical models and analytical frameworks, select and train the right models, and define paths to navigate technical or business challenges. Working closely with stakeholders, you'll assess current data infrastructure, perform exploratory data analysis, develop proof-of-concepts, and propose effective strategies for implementing AI and generative AI solutions at scale. You will design and run experiments, research new algorithms, extract insights from complex datasets, and find new ways of optimizing risk, profitability, and customer experience.
The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts that help customers realize their desired business outcomes when using the AWS Cloud. We work together with customer teams and the AWS Partner Network (APN) to execute enterprise cloud computing initiatives. Our team provides assistance through a collection of offerings which help customers achieve specific outcomes related to enterprise cloud adoption. We also deliver focused guidance through our global specialty practices, which cover a variety of solutions, technologies, and industries.
Key job responsibilities
- Designing and implementing complex, scalable, and secure AI/ML solutions on AWS tailored to customer needs, including developing statistical models, performing feature engineering, and selecting appropriate algorithms for specific use cases
- Developing and deploying machine learning models and generative AI applications that solve real-world business problems, conducting experiments, performing rigorous statistical analysis, and optimizing for performance at scale
- Collaborating with customer stakeholders to identify high-value AI/ML use cases, gather requirements, analyze data quality and availability, and propose effective strategies for implementing machine learning and generative AI solutions
- Providing technical guidance on applying AI, machine learning, and generative AI responsibly and cost-efficiently, performing model validation and interpretation, troubleshooting throughout project delivery, and ensuring adherence to best practices
- Acting as a trusted advisor to customers on the latest advancements in AI/ML, emerging technologies, statistical methodologies, and innovative approaches to leveraging diverse data sources for maximum business impact
- Sharing knowledge within the organization through mentoring, training, creating reusable AI/ML artifacts and analytical frameworks, and working with team members to prototype new technologies and evaluate technical feasibility
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, data science, business analytics, economics, finance, engineering, or computer science
- 5+ years of data scientist or similar role involving data extraction, analysis, statistical modeling and communication experience
- 5+ years of data querying languages (e.g. SQL), scripting languages (e.g. Python) or statistical/mathematical software (e.g. R, SAS, Matlab, etc.) experience
- Experience with statistical models e.g. multinomial logistic regression
- Current, active US Government Security Clearance of TS/SCI with Polygraph
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in a quantitative field such as statistics, mathematics, data science, business analytics, economics, finance, engineering, or computer science
- Experience as a leader and mentor on a data science team
- Experience in data applications using large scale distributed systems (e.g., EMR, Spark, Elasticsearch, Hadoop, Pig, and Hive)
- Experience applying quantitative analysis to solve business problems and making data-driven business decisions
- Experience in developing and deploying LLMs in production on GPUs, Neuron, TPU or other AI acceleration hardware, or experience with Machine Learning and Large Language Model fundamentals, including architecture, training/inference lifecycles, and optimization of model execution
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
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