Member of Technical Staff, PMT Research, AGI Autonomy

Company: Amazon
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

We’re a new research lab in San Francisco, currently focused on developing new foundational capabilities for enabling useful AI agents. We’re pursuing several key research bets that will enable AI agents to perform real-world actions, learn from human feedback, self-course-correct, and infer our goals. In particular, we are really excited about the work in combining large language models (LLMs) with reinforcement learning (RL) to solve reasoning and planning, learned world models, and generalizing agents to physical environments. Our work builds on that of Amazon’s broader AGI team, which recently introduced Amazon Nova, a new generation of state-of-the-art foundation models (FMs). We’re a small, talent-dense team with the resources and scale of Amazon. Each team in the lab has the autonomy to move fast and the long-term commitment to pursue high-risk, high-payoff research. We’re entering an exciting new era where AI agents are the next playing field; the right research bets can reinvent what’s possible with AI. We’d love for you to join our new lab and build it from the ground up! Key job responsibilities The Product Manager - Technical role for the AGI Autonomy Lab focuses on defining and prioritizing tooling roadmaps that support data collection, model evaluation, and release processes, balancing custom builds. You will bridge research and engineering by translating complex technical needs from researchers into actionable product requirements, ensuring tools address real-world bottlenecks and scale workflows. Key qualifications include: - Deep proficiency in Large Language Models (LLMs), including hands-on implementation, prompt engineering, and integration into complex systems - Ability to translate LLM capabilities into product roadmaps that accelerate research velocity - Experience building products for technical audiences (e.g., AI/ML tools) - Ability to thrive in ambiguous research environments This role offers opportunities to impact Amazon’s ecosystem across retail, logistics, and consumer products, with access to AWS resources and deployment to billions of users. - * Deep technical expertise and detailed understanding of neural networks, large language models, reinforcement learning, model evaluation, data annotation * Experience building products for highly technical users * Love for ambiguity and creating something new from scratch * Outstanding ability to clearly articulate product vision and requirements in written documents - * Interest in AI agents - bonus if you’ve worked in the space (either formally or through side projects) Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $150,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $325,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits. This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.

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