Data Scientist

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About Amgen

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Data Scientist

What you will do

The Global Quality Analytics and Innovation team leads the digital transformation and innovation effort throughout Amgen’s Quality organization. We are at the forefront of developing and rolling out data-centric digital tools, employing automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and generative AI to drive end-to-end quality transformation. We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Data Scientist with a strong background in Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and MLOps, along with an understanding for Quality in regulated environments (e.g., GxP). This role will play a key part in designing, developing, and deploying scalable AI/ML solutions to drive innovation, efficiency, and regulatory compliance across the organization.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, data engineers, business stakeholders, and quality professionals to deliver AI-driven capabilities that support strategic business objectives. The ideal candidate is an analytical thinker with excellent technical depth, communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy generative AI and LLM-based applications using frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, and others.
• Engineer reusable and effective prompts for LLMs like OpenAI GPT-4, Anthropic Claude, etc.
• Develop and maintain evaluation metrics and frameworks for prompt engineering.
• Conduct data quality assessments, data cleansing, and ingestion of unstructured documents into vector databases.
• Build retrieval algorithms for relevant data identification to support LLMs and AI applications.
• Ensure AI/ML development complies with GxP and other regulatory standards, fostering a strong Quality culture.
• Partner with global and local teams to support regulatory inspection readiness and future technological capabilities in AI.
• Share insights and findings with team members in an Agile (SAFe) environment.

What we expect of you

Basic Qualifications:

• Master’s degree and 2 – 4 years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Science, or ML Engineering   or
• Bachelor’s degree and 3 to 5 years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Science, or ML Engineering  or
• Diploma and 7 to 9 years of experience in Software Engineering, Data Science, or ML Engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in developing and deploying LLM applications.
• Strong foundation in ML algorithms, data science workflows, and NLP.
• Expertise in Python and ML libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn).
• Familiarity with MLOps tools (e.g., MLflow, CI/CD, version control).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and tools like Spark, Databricks.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and frameworks like FastAPI.
• Experience with BI and visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Streamlit, Dash).
• Knowledge of GxP compliance and experience working in regulated environments.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex topics to diverse audiences.
• High degree of initiative, self-motivation, and ability to work in global teams.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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