Applied Scientist, Special Projects

Amazon
USA, MA, Boston / USA, WA, Seattle2026-03-02ONSITE

About the job

Innovators wanted! Are you an entrepreneur? A builder? A dreamer? This role is part of an Amazon Special Projects team that takes the company’s Think Big leadership principle to the limits. If you’re interested in innovating at scale to address big challenges in the world, this is the team for you. As an Applied Scientist on our team, you will focus on building state-of-the-art ML models for biology. Our team rewards curiosity while maintaining a laser-focus in bringing products to market. Competitive candidates are responsive, flexible, and able to succeed within an open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, startup-like environment. At the forefront of both academic and applied research in this product area, you have the opportunity to work together with a diverse and talented team of scientists, engineers, and product managers and collaborate with other teams.

Responsibilities

Build, adapt and evaluate ML models for life sciences applications

Collaborate with a cross-functional team of ML scientists, biologists, software engineers and product managers

Qualifications

Minimum

PhD in computer science, machine learning, engineering, or related fields

Experience with programming languages such as Python, Java, C++

Expert knowledge of machine learning and deep learning; experience in applying ML to protein biology.

Preferred

Experience in professional software development

Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals

Expert knowledge of protein biology and design.