Senior Applied Scientist, Artificial General Intelligence
Amazon
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Los Angeles, CA · Posted November 2, 2026
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How AI is used in this kind of work
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About the job
...| Amazon.com Services LLC The Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) team is looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Applied Scientist, to lead the development and implementation of cutting-edge algorithms and models for supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement...