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Principal Applied Scientist, Amazon Payments

Seattle, Washington, United States💼 Full-time💰 $198,900–$269,000🗓 2026-05-07 → 2026-09-25

Core

Setting the direction for Amazon Payments AI/ML services, including recommendation, prediction, and GenAI platforms for SOP automation, while mentoring a team of applied scientists.

Role type

Principal Applied Scientist (Strategy & Mentorship)

Builds

Amazon Payments AI/ML services and features leveraging Machine Learning and GenAI

Domain

Payments, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing

Deliverable

production ML models | research

Required skills

PhD or MSc in computer science or related fields, 10+ years in AI and Machine Learning, thought leadership, roadmap creation, team mentoring, collaboration, delivery in industry/academic contexts

Preferred skills

12+ years in AI/ML/NLP, strong publication history in top publications

Technologies

Amazon's heterogeneous data sources, large-scale computing resources

Responsibilities

Identify research directions and create roadmaps for forward-looking research, communicate research strategy to senior leadership, partner with engineering teams to bring research to production, recruit, retain, and develop top talent in machine learning

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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