Senior Applied Scientist, LLM Code Agents, Kiro Science
Amazon
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Santa Clara, CA · $192k–$260k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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November 2026
- #1Best cities for sales pay after cost of living$175k · of 45
- #1Best cities for product pay after cost of living$224k · of 14
- #2Best cities for operations pay after cost of living$173k · of 41
- #2Best cities for marketing pay after cost of living$192k · of 16
- #2Best all-round cities for remote workers in the West Coast85 / 100 · of 39
- #3Best cities for finance pay after cost of living$156k · of 35
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $226,100 a year. Across 36 open senior applied scientist listings that state pay, the middle half runs $188,500 to $218,000 and the median is $202,000. That is 12% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among data scientists, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for data scientists: 46% (high).
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...Web Services (AWS) is assembling an elite team of world‑class scientists and engineers to pioneer the next generation of AI‑driven development... ...applications ~ PhD or Master’s degree and 6+ years of applied research experience ~ Experience programming in Java, C++,...