Job Description
We are looking for a world-class Principal Applied Scientist to lead our teams in creating the next generation of AI-based monitoring solutions.
About CloudWatch
CloudWatch is the observability platform of AWS, built for developers, system operators, site reliability engineers (SRE), and IT managers. It collects monitoring and operational data in the form of logs, metrics, and events, providing a unified view of AWS resources, applications and services that run on AWS, and on-premises servers.
Key Responsibilities
* Taking on challenging and ambiguous customer problems, distilling customer requirements, and delivering solutions that leverage existing academic research or utilize out-of-the-box but pragmatic thinking.
* Researching and developing novel approaches for anomaly detection, root cause analysis, and providing intelligent insights from vast amounts of monitoring and observability data.
* Collaborating with scientists and engineers across the CloudWatch team as well as directly with customers.
* Hiring, developing, growing, and mentoring junior scientists.
Requirements
* Ph.D. degree in Statistics, Computer Science, Applied Math, or a related field.
* Hands-on experience in solving difficult machine learning problems.
* Expertise in multiple programming languages (C++, Java, or similar) and at least one scripting language (Perl, Python, or similar).
* Demonstrated ability to serve as a technical lead.
* Excellent writing skills for presenting business cases and scientific models with rigorous analyses that support results/conclusions.
* Strong fundamentals in problem-solving, algorithm design, and complexity analysis.
* Proven track record in leading, mentoring, and growing teams of scientists.
* Deep technical knowledge of machine learning and statistical methodologies.
* Experience with deep learning toolkits and frameworks.
* Solid software development experience.
* Algorithm and model development experience for large-scale applications.
* Professional traits necessary for Amazon leaders, including excellent judgment, maintaining high standards, and inspiring passion in others about learning, research, and implementation.
About AWS
AWS is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating — that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.
Why Join AWS?
We value work-life harmony and strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.