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DescriptionThe Automated Reasoning Group in AWS Platform is looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to formally verify systems code that will run on millions of servers world wide.Each day, hundreds of thousands of developers make billions of transactions worldwide on AWS. They harness the power of the cloud to enable innovative applications, websites, and businesses. You will be part of the team that creates mathematical proofs of the systems code that underlies the infrastructure of the cloud and deliver strong security guarantees to our customers.Key job responsibilitiesAs a Senior Applied Scientist in the Automated Reasoning Group you will
Develop and maintain specifications and machine-checked proofs to demonstrate that systems code is correct.
Write, validate, and maintain formal models of the hardware that systems software controls.
Work with software engineers to guide designs and ensure formal verification is feasible.
Publish papers that explain the security guarantees obtained and the means by which they are established.
Mentor less experienced Applied Scientists
A day in the lifeYou will work with experienced systems software developers to define security and correctness properties of low-level software, and develop programming and design practices to enable formal reasoning about this code. With other formal verification expects in the Automated Reasoning Group you will develop the necessary infrastructure to carry out the proofs of correctness of the systems code and drive these proofs to completion.About the teamAs a member of the Automated Reasoning Group you will be joining the largest assembled team of automated reasoning experts in the world. We bring automated reasoning to bear on problems from across the many business domains in which Amazon operates. You are encouraged to interact with teams in other areas and to seek out new opportunities for automated reasoning in the company. The group is distributed across North America and Western Europe.We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:Austin, TX, USA | Portland, OR, USABasic Qualifications
PhD, or Master's degree and 6+ years of applied research experience
Experience with interactive theorem provers, such as Isabelle, Lean, HOL, Coq, or ACL2
Experience with systems-level programming in Rust, C, or assembly language
Experience creating and validating mathematical models of complex systems
Excellent written and verbal communications skills
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with the Isabell/HOL interactive theorem proving system
Knowledge of the Arm system architecture, such as page table management, interrupt handling, and caching
Familiarity with security engineering from a systems-building perspective (e.g., attack surfaces, threat models, side-channel mitigations)
Experience with applying symbolic model checkers to verify software or hardware systems
Experience with the Standard-ML or OCaml programming languages
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