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Principal Applied Scientist

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-09 → 2026-09-26

Core

Identify high-value opportunities for applied AI, translate ambiguous business problems into rigorous technical approaches, and rapidly prototype and iterate on AI solutions to improve operational outcomes.

Role type

Principal Applied Scientist (Strategy & Hands-on IC)

Builds

Scalable data, experimentation, and learning loops; production-ready AI capabilities and reusable frameworks.

Domain

Applied AI, Statistics, Predictive Analytics, Research

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | research

Required skills

AI-first development, robust evaluation methodologies, experimental design, technical leadership, Responsible AI governance, system architecture, implementation, deployment, observability, reliability, performance optimization.

Preferred skills

N/A

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Design robust evaluation methodologies and benchmarks connecting model performance to operational outcomes; Partner with engineering teams on architecture, implementation, deployment, and reliability; Develop reusable AI methods and frameworks for multiple transformation scenarios; Provide technical leadership on emerging techniques and tradeoffs; Ensure Responsible AI, privacy, and security throughout experimentation and deployment.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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