Inflammation Discovery Scientist, Computational Focus

Amgen; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Stock-based incentives

Flexible work models

Job summary

Amgen is seeking a Scientist in Integrated Computational and Experimental Inflammation Discovery to advance inflammation programs through planning and coordinating project tasks, generating high-quality data, and applying computational and AI-enabled approaches to deepen our understanding of disease biology and inform target discovery.

You will manage program components with minimal supervision, develop expertise in an emerging area, and communicate data-driven insights to support project

Qualifications

• Advanced and proficient understanding of technical principles, theories, and concepts relevant to inflammation and immunology research.
• Experience designing, executing, analyzing, and interpreting experimental studies that support target discovery, validation, or mechanistic biology.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled scientific tools, computational biology approaches, advanced data analytics, or multimodal data integration.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate defined project tasks and activities that support target identification, validation, and progression of Inflammation discovery programs.
• Design, execute, analyze, and interpret bench/wet lab studies to investigate disease mechanisms and test therapeutic hypotheses with scientific rigor.
• Apply computational, AI-enabled, and data-analytic approaches to generate mechanistic insights, refine experimental design, and integrate findings across data sources.
• Integrate experimental results with published literature, human genetics, clinical observations, and internal or external datasets to inform ongoing project design.
• Develop and optimize solutions to technical problems of advanced scope and complexity within an emerging area of expertise.
• Collaborate across functions and departments, contributing at the project-team level and building constructive relationships with wet-lab, computational, translational, and drug-discovery partners.
• Organize, interpret, document, and present project data and scientific recommendations within work groups, project teams, and internal scientific forums.
• Coach or guide others within the work group or project team where appropriate, and contribute to a collaborative culture of scientific curiosity, knowledge sharing, and operational excellence.

Skills

Computational biology

Data analytics

AI-enabled tools

Experiment design

Education

Doctorate

Masters (2 years exp in relevant field)

Bachelor's (4 years exp in relevant field)

Job description

Amgen is seeking a Scientist in Integrated Computational and Experimental Inflammation Discovery to advance inflammation programs through planning and coordinating project tasks, generating high-quality data, and applying computational and AI-enabled approaches to deepen our understanding of disease biology and inform target discovery.

You will manage program components with minimal supervision, develop expertise in an emerging area, and communicate data-driven insights to support project