Applied Scientist, Geospatial & Safety Science

Applied Scientist, Geospatial & Safety Science

Amazon's Last Mile Geospatial Science team leverages state‑of‑the‑art computer vision, generative AI, and deep learning to enhance vehicle navigation and ensure safe, efficient deliveries by enriching map data from billions of satellite, aerial, and street‑level images and videos. The role involves building large‑scale machine learning systems that analyze terabytes of multimodal data to solve novel problems, translate business requirements into prototypes while prioritizing driver and customer safety. The team seeks scientists who can combine domain expertise with machine learning to invent and implement state‑of‑the‑art solutions in a collaborative environment with direct business impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Build large‑scale machine learning systems to analyze terabytes of multimodal data.
• Translate business requirements into prototypes and prioritize driver and customer safety.
• Design, implement, and optimize computer vision and generative AI algorithms for image and video analysis.
• Develop production‑ready code, including modifying loss functions, full model training, fine‑tuning, and evaluation of deep learning models.
• Optimize models for specific platforms, including edge devices with restricted resources.
• Apply multimodal models and zero‑shot, few‑shot, and semi‑supervised learning paradigms.
• Communicate complex technical approaches to stakeholders and customers.
• Take iterative approaches to tackle large, long‑term problems.

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of deep learning, computer vision, human‑robotic interaction, or algorithms implementation experience.
• PhD, or master’s degree and 4+ years of CS, CE, ML, or related field experience.
• Experience with patents or publications in top‑tier peer‑reviewed conferences or journals.
• Programming experience in Java, C++, Python, or a related language.
• Experience developing and implementing deep learning algorithms, particularly for computer vision.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using Unix/Linux.
• Experience in professional software development.

Amazon is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Base salary range: 142,800.00 – 193,200.00 USD annually (USA, WA, Bellevue).

Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more at