Amazon Machine Learning Engineer jobs
180 open Applied Scientist reqs and an MLE II base posted at $143,700–$194,400, all five days in office.
The Machine Learning Engineer II role
Amazon ML engineers ship models for ads, Prime Video, Music, AWS and the AGI teams, while Applied Scientists own model research and experiments on a separate ladder. Hiring is rolling and posted per team, and the loop weighs Leadership Principles as heavily as technical depth.
No dedicated MLE ladder — MLE sits in the SDE family (SDE II = L5) while Applied Scientist is a separate ladder with about 312 US reqs across AGI and Nova (Sunnyvale, Bellevue, Boston), AWS Applied AI Solutions, Annapurna Neuron and Ads; ‘AI/ML Engineer’ titles are few (Arlington and Seattle, August 2026).
Amazon ML engineer salary
Base: Machine Learning Engineer II, Amazon Music (Seattle, posted Sep 23, 2026) lists $143,700–$194,400, and Applied Scientist II (Seattle, posted Oct 6, 2026) lists $142,800–$193,200. All-in: levels.fyi Amazon ML Engineer, US, 25th–75th percentile (n=26, an L4–L6 mix where L5 averages $285k), Oct 2026; the Applied Scientist family shows an L5 average of $323k (n=44).
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