Applied Scientist, Alexa-PAPI

We are seeking a Applied Scientist to join the Alexa AI PAPI (Personalization Autonomy and Proactive Intelligence) Science this role you will architect and scale next-generation memory intelligence and personalization capabilities that power Alexa Plusenabling it to learn memorize reason and deliver deeply personalized useful and delightful responses that approach the vision of a true general personal assistant.
Your responsibilities include:

* Advance core technology: Invent design and implement state-of-the-art solutions for previously unsolved problems in agentic AI memory retrieval and context management at scale.
* Solve real customer problems: Build systems that learn from heterogeneous multi-modal customer signalsconversations device visual signals ambient activities purchase histories and moreto deliver the right information in the right format at the right time.
* Build for scalability: Design and deploy customer-feedback-driven self-optimizing agentic architectures that serve millions of customers across Amazon surfaces programs and marketplaces.
* Drive platform-level impact: Contribute to a platform science team responsible for organizing and reasoning over diverse customer interactions to continuously improve personalization quality.
* Champion scientific rigor and responsible evaluation: Own the end-to-end science lifecyclefrom hypothesis formulation and offline experimentation to online A/B testing and production accountability. Design evaluation that measure personalization quality and safety at scale ensuring every launch is backed by statistically sound evidence.

This is not incremental work. You will push the boundaries of what personalized AI assistants can dobridging research in generative AI memory systems and agentic reasoning with production systems that operate at Amazon on scale. Your innovations will directly shape how millions of customers experience Alexa Plus daily.


- 2 years of building models for business application experience
- PhD or Masters degree and 4 years of CS CE ML or related field experience
- Experience programming in Java C Python or related language
- Demonstrated expertise in one or more of the following areas: Natural Language Processing (NLP); Recommendation Search or Advertisement systems; Conversational AI

- Experience prioritizing and delivering projects on time in a fast-moving environment
- Experience communicating complex information and solutions to senior stakeholders and influencing decisions
- Hands-on experience with RAG architectures LLM post-training evaluation and reasoning pipelines agentic system design and scalable deployment.
- Published research (peer-reviewed publications) preferred.
- Strong familiarity with state-of-the-art Generative AI tools and frameworks (e.g. Claude Code Langchain Open Claw or equivalent).

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status disability or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees supervisors and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees supervisors and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal state and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies exercise sound judgment effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism and safeguard business operations and the Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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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 CA Sunnyvale - 171600.00 - 222200.00 USD annually
USA WA Bellevue - 142800.00 - 193200.00 USD annually