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Senior Applied Scientist

Amazon · San Francisco, CA, US

Amazon is hiring a lead Senior Applied Scientist in San Francisco, CA, US. What you'll do: research and deployment / devops.

Hiring signals for Computer and Information Research Scientists

SOC 15-1221 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

49
/ 100
Cooling

Computer and Information Research Scientists Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay is above the national median ($226k vs $140k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 1% from the last 14 days)
  • Most postings refresh within a month (32% open 30+ days)

Computer and Information Research Scientists job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Computer and Information Research Scientists.

  • 526Active postings
  • 2Posted this week
  • 166Open 30+ days32% of active
  • 29Remote / hybrid6% of active
  • 25%List salary130 of 526
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $226kMedian annual (max)
  • —Median hourly (max)
  • 19dMedian agep90 51d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Data Science483$226k n=128—
Backend6——
Full-stack4——
VP2——
Engineering1——

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Intern15——
Full-time13$252k n=13—
Temporary6$205k n=4—
Contract3——

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Technology459$226k n=128—
Transportation & Logistics192$226k n=82—
Retail175$226k n=81—
Manufacturing105——
Healthcare25——

Top categories

  • Data Science483
  • Backend6
  • Full-stack4
  • VP2
  • Engineering1
  • CTO1

In-demand skills

  • Python43
  • AWS43
  • Express40
  • PyTorch33
  • Go21
  • Google Cloud16
  • REST16
  • C++16

Top sectors

  • Technology459
  • Transportation & Logistics192
  • Retail175
  • Manufacturing105
  • Healthcare25
  • Media & Entertainment21

Employment mix

  • Unspecified489 · 93%
  • Intern15 · 3%
  • Full-time13 · 2%
  • Temporary6 · 1%
  • Contract3 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Data Science
Source
amazon.jobs
Original link
https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/10402831/senior-applied-scientist
Posted
2 weeks ago (2026-04-24)
Status
active

Activities: Research, Deployment / DevOps

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