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Career profile
Matthew Spencer
Principal AI Scientist | Cohere | ex-Amazon | PhD | GenAI Agents and Reasoning
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Career path.
CohereSenior Manager of Technical Staff
May 2026 - Present- Amazon
Principal Applied Scientist
Apr 2025 - May 2026 - Amazon
Senior Manager, Applied Science
Sep 2023 - Oct 2025 - Amazon
Manager, Applied Science
Jan 2022 - Sep 2023 - PolicySpark.ai
Principal Scientist
Sep 2019 - May 2026 - Amazon
Senior Applied Scientist
Jun 2018 - Jan 2022 - Amazon
Machine Learning Engineer
Oct 2014 - Jun 2018 - University of Reading
Postdoctoral Cognitive Research Scientist
Sep 2012 - Mar 2014 - University of Reading
Applied Systems Neuroscience Researcher
Oct 2008 - Sep 2012 - Thales
Software Developer
May 2007 - Sep 2008