About the job
We are seeking an Applied Scientist to join our AI Security team, which builds AI-based security analysis services that identify, validate, and help remediate vulnerabilities in Amazon source code and cloud configurations. The team combines large language models, security knowledge, code analysis, and security-engineer feedback to help builder teams detect security issues earlier in development and maintain security coverage across Amazon.
Responsibilities
• Research and develop accurate and scalable methods to solve our hardest AI security problems • Lead cross-functional work with applied scientists, software engineers, and security engineers to develop models and technical designs for AI systems that analyze source code, validate security findings, and generate remediation guidance at Amazon scale.
Qualifications
Minimum
- 3+ years of building models for business application experience - PhD, or Master's degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML or related field experience - Experience in patents or publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals - Experience programming in Java, C++, Python or related language - Experience in any of the following areas: algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimization, data mining, parallel and distributed computing, high-performance computing
Preferred
- Experience using Unix/Linux - Experience in professional software development