Sr. Associate - Machine Learning Engineer

Amgen Inc. (IR); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen is hiring a hands-on Machine Learning Engineer (Level 4) to design, build and operationalize generative and agentic AI systems that are safe, auditable and production ready. You will own LLM and agent capabilities, evaluation frameworks and guardrails, and work with data science, product, platform and compliance partners to move models from prototype into trusted enterprise services.

Responsibilities include building LLM solutions, evaluation pipelines, guardrails, agent frameworks, and

Qualifications

• 5–9 years of applied ML or software engineering with at least 2 years in production ML systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with large language models: fine-tuning and embeddings.
• Experience deploying services in cloud environments and with container orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Ability to implement guardrails and safety mechanisms for NLP/LLM systems.
• Clear communicator able to translate prototypes into production solutions and engage stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and deploy LLM solutions and agent frameworks for production workflows.
• Build and run evaluation pipelines: automated metrics, tests, and human-in-the-loop evaluation.
• Create and operationalize guardrails: prompt patterns, data filtering and explainability tools.
• Prototype and productionize agentic behaviours: RAGs, planners, tool-use interfaces.
• Apply MLOps best practices: versioning, CI/CD, scalable serving and observability.
• Collaborate with security, privacy, regulatory and ethics teams to ensure compliance.

Skills

LLM and agent capabilities

Production ML systems

Python programming

Deep learning frameworks

MLOps / CI-CD for models

Guardrails and safety mechanisms

Cloud deployment

Kubernetes

Communication with stakeholders

Education

B.Tech, M.Tech or MS in CS

Tools

Kubernetes

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Job description

Career Category Human Resources Job Description

ABOUT AMGEN

Amgen harnesses the best of biology and technology to fight the world's toughest diseases, and make people's lives easier, fuller and longer. We discover, develop, manufacture and deliver innovative medicines to help millions of patients. Amgen helped establish the biotechnology industry more than 40 years ago and remains on the cutting-edge of innovation, using technology and human genetic data to push beyond what's known today.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Amgen is hiring a hands-on Machine Learning Engineer (Level 4) to design, build and operationalize generative and agentic AI systems that are safe, auditable and production ready. You will own LLM and agent capabilities, evaluation frameworks and guardrails, and work with data science, product, platform and compliance partners to move models from prototype into trusted enterprise services.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, implement and deploy LLM solutions and agent frameworks for production workflows, focusing on reliability, interpretability and safety.
• Build and run evaluation pipelines: automated metrics, unit and integration test suites, adversarial/red-team tests, and human-in-the-loop evaluation.
• Create and operationalize guardrails: prompt patterns, policy enforcement, input sanitization, output validation, data filtering and explainability tools.
• Prototype and productionize agentic behaviours: RAGs, multi-step planners, tool-use interfaces, state management and safe action execution.
• Implement MLOps best practices: model versioning, CI/CD for models, scalable serving, observability and cost controls.
• Partner with security, privacy, regulatory and ethics teams to embed compliance and auditability into deployments.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements.

MUST-HAVE SKILLS

• 5 to 9 years of applied machine learning or software engineering experience, including at least 2 years on production ML systems.
• B.Tech, M.Tech or MS with specialization in Computer Science.
• Strong hands-on experience with large language models: fine-tuning, instruction tuning, retrieval augmentation and embeddings.
• Practical experience with agent frameworks and multi-step agent behaviours.
• Solid software engineering skills in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX or TensorFlow.
• Experience building evaluation suites, human-in-the-loop workflows and adversarial testing.
• Demonstrated implementation of guardrails and safety mechanisms for NLP/LLM systems.
• Experience deploying services in cloud environments and with container orchestration (Kubernetes) and model serving technologies.
• Clear communicator able to translate prototypes into production solutions and to engage cross-functional stakeholders.

GOOD-TO-HAVE SKILLS

• Prior work on Agentic AI, multi-agent systems, planners or applied agent safety research.
• Experience with benchmarking and continuous evaluation tooling.
• Background in regulated industries such as pharma or healthcare.
• Familiarity with Traditional ML, data governance and model risk management.
• Advanced technical credentialing or proven contributions to open-source or academic work in LLMs or agent systems.

BEHAVIORS AND COMPETENCIES

• Pragmatic execution: delivers practical, well-engineered solutions that work in production.
• Ownership: drives projects from design through sustained operations.
• Security and compliance mindset: designs for auditability, traceability and risk reduction.
• Collaborative: aligns product, platform, governance and data science stakeholders.
• Continuous learner: keeps pace with LLM and agent research and applies best practices.

Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology. Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its biologics manufacturing expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.

For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen