Principal Applied Scientist - AI for Life Sciences, AWS Applied AI Solutions - Life Sciences
Core
Define scientific direction and deliver production-scale AI solutions for drug discovery and clinical trial optimization using LLMs and agentic systems.
Role type
Principal Applied Scientist (LLM reasoning & Agentic AI for Life Sciences)
Builds
AI-guided protein engineering, antibody design tools, and agentic automation for clinical trial workflows
Domain
Life Sciences (Drug Discovery, Clinical Trials) + Frontier AI (LLMs, Agentic Systems)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
LLM reasoning & agentic AI architecture, model customization (fine-tuning, RLHF, domain adaptation), biological foundation models, Python, PyTorch/JAX, 0-to-1 product delivery
Preferred skills
Protein structure prediction/inverse folding, clinical data standards, mentoring senior scientists
Technologies
LLMs, Agentic AI, PyTorch, JAX, Retrieval Augmented Generation
Responsibilities
Set scientific vision for LLM reasoning in life sciences, innovate on agentic approaches for clinical protocols, develop model customization methods, adapt biological foundation models, solve open research problems in faithful reasoning, partner with domain experts to translate challenges, publish at top-tier venues, mentor applied scientists, collaborate with product/engineering to ship solutions
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with significant research contribution and mentorship
