Applied Scientist II, Amazon Devices (Generative AI on Edge Hardware), Bengaluru

Job Description

Amazon Devices, the group behind Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV and Echo, is hiring an Applied Scientist II in Bengaluru to bring generative AI onto edge devices. The work is about making models small and fast enough for Amazon’s own ML hardware: quantising, pruning, distilling and fine-tuning generative models, and co-designing them with Amazon’s Neural Edge Engine. The team publishes, and the posting names NeurIPS, ICLR and MLSys.

At a glance

• Role: Applied Scientist II, SSG Science (Amazon Devices)
• Posted: 2 September 2026
• Focus: Edge GenAI, model compression, hardware-aware ML
• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Job ID: 10526536
• Apply: open until filled (re-checked 13 October 2026)

About the edge generative AI role

• Quantise, prune, distil and fine-tune generative AI models for edge platforms
• Understand Amazon’s Neural Edge Engine in depth and invent optimisation techniques for it
• Analyse deep learning workloads and advise how to map them onto the hardware
• Train custom generative models that beat the state of the art and lead to production models, using first principles from information theory, scientific computing and deep learning theory
• Work with compiler engineers, hardware architects, other scientists and product teams, and publish and present at ML conferences

What Amazon is looking for

• At least 2 years of building models for business applications
• A PhD, or a master’s degree and at least 4 years of experience in CS, CE, ML or a related field
• Patents or publications at top peer-reviewed conferences or journals
• Programming in Java, C++, Python or a related language
• Experience in algorithms and data structures, parsing, numerical optimisation, data mining, or parallel, distributed or high-performance computing
• A strong foundation in the relevant mathematics, such as linear algebra and calculus

Nice to have

• Professional software development experience
• Productionising ML models and managing their lifecycle from development to deployment

Pay and location

Amazon’s posting does not state a salary; pay is discussed during the hiring process. The role is based in Bengaluru, India.

How to apply

Apply through the official Amazon job posting. Amazon’s posting does not give a closing date, so the role is open until filled; ResearchJobs.in will re-check this listing on 13 October 2026. Amazon lists the minimum and preferred qualifications on the posting; read both before applying. Check the posting for location and work-authorisation details before you apply.

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