Applied Scientist, Responsible AI
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Salary range
- USD $142,800 – $193,200 base
- Workplace
- In office
- Level
- Individual contributor
- Job family
- AI Safety
- Posted
- 3 weeks ago
The T&S Network estimates this role to be P2, Professional. The typical base salary for that level in Safety Engineering & Data Science is $130k to $190k at an employer this size in Seattle. Key skills at this level: builds and ships detection or enforcement systems in production, evaluates a classifier on the metric that matches the harm, not on accuracy, and works with labeled data of uneven and adversarial quality.
Why this level
Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: asks for 4+ years · posts $143k to $193k base at a company over 5,000 in Seattle · the title reads as P2.
The role, in T&S terms
Written by the T&S Network from Amazon's posting.
Applied scientist work on Responsible AI inside Amazon's central RAI team, which aims to advance the science and practice of RAI so internal builders can ship AI systems to high standards. The role covers RAI issues such as controllability, security, privacy, safety, veracity, robustness, fairness, explainability, transparency, and governance across traditional, generative, and agentic AI.
What you'd do
- Work in depth on the technical and scientific issues across the RAI areas the team covers
- Help define strategies, priorities, and metrics for Responsible AI
- Solve open RAI problems so traditional, generative, and agentic AI use cases can move forward
- Publish research where appropriate
- Help develop other members of the team
- Talk with internal teams, outside partners, and academics about RAI questions
What it asks for
- Doctorate, or a master's plus 4+ years in computer science, computer engineering, ML, or a closely related field
- Programming skills in Java, C++, Python, or a similar language
- Track record of shipping projects on schedule when pace is high (preferred)
- Clear drive to build and run complex AI/ML systems with responsibility in mind (preferred)
- Strong speaking and writing skills, able to distill large, complex datasets for internal and external audiences (preferred)
- Publication record on responsible AI or related topics (preferred)
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About Amazon

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About Amazon
Marketplaces and commerce · Media and streaming · Seattle, WA · More than 100,000 people · Founded 1994
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