Sr. ML Engineer

Job Description – Sr. ML Engineer

As a Sr Machine Learning Engineer, you will build and model digital product and platforms that bring Amgen’s AI/ML and GenAI solutions to life.

This role has to collaborate with Amgen’s Technical Architect, Product Manager, UX designers, and Back-end engineers to design secure, scalable, and user-centric products that accelerate discovery, manufacturing, and commercial analytics, corporate functions products

Key Responsibilities

• Strong experience with statistics and machine learning, including deep learning, natural language processing (NLP) and, experience in building cloud-scale systems and working with open-source stacks for data
• Experiment with large language models (LLM), Artificial intelligence (AI) for code or related fields, Generative AI, Foundational Models, Supervised and Unsupervised Learning
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand the requirement and design solutions that meet business needs. Also with Data Architects, Business SMEs, and Technical Architect to design and develop  to meet fast-paced business needs.
• Explore new tools and technologies that will help rapid development of solutions
• Participate in sprint planning meetings and provide estimations on technical implementation 
• Embed responsible-AI and security-by-design controls
• Experience in Generative AI, Foundational Models, LLM's, Feature Engineering, Selection & Extraction, BI & Automation, Predictive Modelling, Data Visualization, CNN, RNN, GNN, Transformers, Exploratory Data Analysis and Causal AI
• Familiarity with Python packages (Pytorch, TensorFlow, Hugging FaceScikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, Cloud Vision API, RAG, TensorBoard, OpenCV,NLTK)), programming languages ( C, C++, Java, CUDA,SQL, NoSQL, PHP, HTML, JS, CSS etc.)

Required Qualifications

• 6–12 years of experience in Data Science  (eg: managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
• Doctorate or Master's or Bachelor's in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science or a related field
• Leverage cloud platforms (AWS preferred) to build scalable and efficient solutions 
• Strong background in Deep Learning, Machine Learning, NLP, Data Mining.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Skills

• Prior exposure to pharma / life sciences AI environments is preferred.
• Strong understanding of Responsible AI and model validation principles.
  

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.