Principal AI Scientist, Frontier Models & Security Lab
Amazon Inc.
Amazon Web Services, Inc. is seeking a Principal Applied Scientist for the Mission AI Lab in Arlington, VA. You will tackle frontier-model challenges, design evaluation frameworks, and build scalable data pipelines, collaborating with engineers, analysts, and operators to push state-of-the-art AI capabilities for national security applications. You will lead hands-on research on training and evaluating models, explain limitations to stakeholders, and mentor junior scientists while operating in a #J-18808-Ljbffr Amazon Inc.
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